Washington, Sep 13 : A former aide to Hillary Clinton’s campaign has told CBS News that the media have been much harder on Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin than the other candidates in the race, and as a result “have growing credibility problems.”

In an interview posted at CBSNews. com on Friday, Mark Penn criticized the press for going through every single expense report that Governor Palin ever filed while showing no similar interest for those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or even John McCain.

Washington, Sep 13 : Former US House speaker Newt Gingrich has said that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin represents a “threat” to modern feminism and to Barack Obama’s quest for the presidency, and that is why the “elite media” is trying to tear her down.

Washington, Sep 13 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain has taken a slender lead over his rival Barack Obama less than two months before elections, a poll on the presidential race has said.

The Arizona senator has a 13-percentage-point lead over his Democratic rival both with men and senior citizens, and a 23-point advantage among rural residents, according to the Associated Press-GfK Poll of likely voters.

Tehran - The United States has not yet issued a visa for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the United Nations General Assembly later this month in New York, Fars news agency reported Saturday.

Despite a timely application for the visas, no visas have yet been issued for the president and any of the Iranian delegation members, Fars said.

Washington, September 13: A company, based in Chicago, US, has produced 100 per cent tree free paper, which implies paper made without any usage of products from trees.

According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), the company in question is GPA, a Chicago paper company, which has produced ‘Ultra Green paper’ – a 100 per cent tree free paper.

Ultra Green is made from inorganic mineral powders derived from limestone and calcium carbonate, with a trace amount of non-toxic resin and high density polyethylene (HDPE) as a binding agent, and no usage of chlorine.

Wasila (Alaska), Sept. 13: Republican vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin believes Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is probably regretting not picking Hillary Clinton as his running mate.

Praising Clinton for her dynamism, Palin told ABC News: "I think he's regretting not picking her now, I do. What, what determination and grit, and even grace through some tough shots that were fired her way -- she handled those well."