Chicago, Apr 22: An American man, who wrote a letter to US President Barack Obama about the dangers of smoking, was surprised to receive a reply from him.

Michael Powers, 54, whose dad had passed away 30 years back, wrote to Obama urging him to give up smoking, so that he could be there for his daughters.

When Powers, whose family has Waukegan roots, received the reply he could not believe it.

“When I first got it, I thought, ‘Hey, he wrote this’,” the Chicago Sun Times quoted him as saying.

Washington, Apr. 22: The Obama administration plans to create a new military command to coordinate the defense of Pentagon computer networks and improve U. S. offensive capabilities in cyber warfare, according to current and former officials familiar with the plans.

London, Apr 22: The longest place name in United States, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, has been misspelt for years on signposts, admit officials.

After researching historical spelling combinations and the local newspaper the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, local Chamber of Commerce officials have agreed that some signs at the lake in Webster, Massachusetts - known as Webster Lake for short - has been wrongly spelt.

Washington, Apr 22 : Hollywood actress Miley Cyrus has given her nod to gay marriages, as she believes Jesus loves all and does not discriminate between gay people and straight people.

Cyrus revealed her stance on being quizzed by blogger Perez Hilton, who reached out to top celebrities after attacking Miss California Carrie Prejean for her anti-gay marriage stance at the Miss USA pageant over the weekend.

Hilton, who was judging the beauty contest, asked the Carrie for her thoughts on same sex marriage and was aghast when Prejean revealed she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Washington, April 22 : Jessica Simpson has been working hard to keep up her curves but the singer revealed she does not do squats in the process – not until she’s peeing in a club.

The 27-year-old, who has been making headlines over her new fuller look, said she hated doing squats during her routine with longtime trainer Mike Alexander.

"Every time we have to do squats, and he yells at me, ''Get lower like you''re in the club!''" Us magazine quoted her as writing on her Twitter page.

Washington, Apr 22 : Plans to remake 1984’s hit film ‘Footloose’ have been thrown into crisis over Chace Crawford''s commitments to teen drama Gossip Girl, it has emerged.

According to E! Online, Crawford is said to be in final talks to replace Zac Efron in the film, but the actor is struggling to find time for the shoot.

He is already contracted to shoot another series of Gossip Girl in New York.