Washington, Sept. 16: Reminding everyone repeatedly that you have been a former prisoner of war does not qualify you to be the president of the United States, says a former Naval Academy midshipman of John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee.

Phillip Butler, the former midshipman, who was also a prisoner of war along with McCain in Vietnam, said being a prisoner of war is not a good prerequisite for being president in an advertisement produced by Brave New PAC, a liberal political action committee affiliated with Brave New Films.

Washington, September 16: A new study has suggested that criminals who eat processed foods have ‘sticky fingers’, and are more likely to be discovered by police through their sweaty fingerprints, which are more likely to corrode metal.

The study has been carried out by Dr. John Bond of Northamptonshire Police Scientific Support and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester’s Forensic Research Center.

Dr Bond is the inventor of a revolutionary new forensic fingerprinting technique that claims criminals who are fans of processed foods are more likely to be discovered by police through their fingerprint sweat.

Washington  - Former secretary of state Colin Powell has not decided whether he'll vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain in the presidential election November 4.

Powell, a Republican, told a foreign policy forum Monday that he intends to see the campaign unfold before reaching a decision.

"I'm anxious to see what the debates are going to be like," said Powell, who served as President George W Bush's top diplomat from 2001 to 2005.

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Washington - US stocks were poised for a massive sell-off Monday after embattled investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings filed for bankruptcy - one of many financial firms in turmoil amid a significant broadening of the US credit crisis.

News of the venerable Lehman Brothers' failure came hours after financial services firm Merrill Lynch & Co agreed to be sold to Bank of America Corp late Sunday night.

The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 300 points - more than 2.5 per cent - and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down more than 3 per cent Monday morning.

Washington - US stocks were poised for a massive sell-off Monday after embattled investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings filed for bankruptcy - one of many financial firms in turmoil amid a significant broadening of the US credit crisis.

News of the venerable Lehman Brothers' failure came hours after financial services firm Merrill Lynch & Co agreed to be sold to Bank of America Corp late Sunday night.