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Super skinny Lindsay has reached 95 pounds: Expert

Super skinny Lindsay has reached 95 pounds: ExpertWashington, Apr 24 : Lindsay Lohan, who recently flaunted her super-skinny body, weighs around 95 pounds, says an expert.

The `Mean Girls' actress showed her painfully skinny look just days after her traumatic split from lesbian lover DJ Samantha Ronson.

Now, according to Dr. Kent Holtorf, Director of the Holtorf Medical Group in L. A, the 5'5'''' starlet weighs around 95-100lbs with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 16.

‘Chloe’ helmer hails Liam Neeson as ‘heroic’

‘Chloe’ helmer hails Liam Neeson as ‘heroic’Washington, Apr 24 : Irish actor Liam Neeson has been hailed by director Atom Egoyan as `heroic' after he returned to the Canadian set of `Chloe' just days after his wife Natasha Richardson passed away.

Egoyan, 48, revealed that it had been a "harrowing experience" for all involved, and that the only way the 56-year-old actor could have done it was because of the support he got from his loved ones.

"He called me and said, `You know let''s do it right away.' It was really emotional," People magazine quoted Egoyan as telling ET Canada.

New cancer drug restricts neuroblastoma growth by 75 pct

New cancer drug restricts neuroblastoma growth by 75 pctWashington, April 24 : A research team has found a novel drug that reduces the growth of neuroblastoma, a childhood brain cancer, by more than 75 percent.

A study, conducted with human neuroblastoma cells transplanted into mice, showed how 3-BrOP, a glycolysis inhibitor, starved the cancer cells to death by shutting down their main energy source, glucose.

Michelle Obama more popular than Barack: Survey

Michelle Obama more popular than Barack: SurveyChicago, Apr 24 : US President Barack Obama''s approval rating might be strong, but a new survey has revealed that first lady Michelle is more popular than him.

In the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll survey, 79 percent people said they approve of the way Michelle Obama is handling the job of first lady. This tops her husband''s approval rating of 64 percent.

When asked about the first lady''s stronger showing, White House adviser David Axelrod joked in an interview, "Fortunately, she''s agreed not to run."

Google Street View ''does not breach privacy''

Google Street View ''does not breach privacy''Washington, Apr. 24 : Google''s controversial Street View does not infringe people''s privacy, a watchdog has ruled.

The service has made pictures of people''s homes and cars available to everyone across the web, reports Sky News.

But the Information Commissioner''s Office said it would not be in the public interest to "turn the digital clock back".

Tarnished cricket tycoon Stanford ''living on charity''

Tarnished cricket tycoon Stanford ''living on charity''Washington, Apr. 24 : Tarnished cricket-loving Texas billionaire Allen Stanford is living on charity, according to his 30-year-old fiancée Andrea Stoelker.

When the FBI found him, Stanford, who was once known for his larger than life existence, was served with fraud charges related to an eight billion dollar Caribbean pyramid scheme, had taken refuge at the family home of his 30-year-old fiancée, Andrea Stoelker, a modest town house that was a far cry from the mansions and castles of his privileged life further south.

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