New York, Apr 9: Levi Johnston, the father of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin''s first grandchild, has called her a ''snob'' who thinks his ''family is white trash''.

Johnston, 18, who said his appearances on the former Republican vice-presidential candidate''s campaign had been their idea, revealed in an exclusive interview on CBS'' "The Early Show" that he was heart-broken over the end of his engagement to Bristol.

Washington, Apr 9 : The White House has denied that President Barack Obama bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right and praise from some Arab outlets.

The photographs show that Obama at least stooped significantly before the 84-year-old Saudi monarch. The Right wing back home has criticised and disapproved Obama's action.

"It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," Politico. com quoted an Obama aide, as saying.

Washington, April 9: Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Journalism have found that despite financial troubles and cutbacks, traditional media Web sites are more comprehensive and technologically advanced than citizen media and bloggers.

"We found that legacy sites offered almost double the percent of news (89 percent) in comparison with citizen news sites (56 percent) and three times that of blogs (27 percent)," said Margaret Duffy, faculty chair in strategic communication in the Journalism School.

Washington, Apr 9 : Researchers from University of Michigan have revealed that giving high doses of radiation along with chemotherapy can significantly improve survival in patients with stage III lung cancer.

The standard treatment for this stage of lung cancer - when the tumour is likely too large to be removed through surgery - involves a combination of radiation therapy with chemotherapy.

Washington, Apr. 9 : The United States has expressed concern over reports of Taliban taking new areas under their grip in Pakistan, and has termed the issue of existence of extremist elements in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as `critical'.

Addressing media persons here, the US State Department spokesperson Robert Wood said: "Certainly, in terms of dealing with extremism, extremist elements that are operating on Afghanistan's border, in the FATA, this is a very complex issue."

Washington, Apr 9 : A new study from North Carolina State University has revealed that soy may help in treating canine cancers.

The research team led by Dr. Steven Suter, assistant professor of oncology sought to determine whether genistein - a molecule found in soy that has been shown to be toxic to a wide variety of cancer cells in humans - also inhibit the growth of canine lymphoma cells.

The study showed that a commercially available form of genistein called GCP was effective in killing canine lymphoid cells in a laboratory setting.