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‘Marley & Me’ tops UK B.O. for second consecutive week

‘Marley & Me’ tops UK B.O. for second consecutive weekWashington, Mar 25 : Jennifer Aniston's `Marley and Me' maintained its top spot at the UK box office for a second consecutive week.

The dog comedy also starring actor Owen Wilson has raked in 2.1 million pounds from the British cinemas, reports Contactmusic.

Kevin James' Paul Blart: Mall Cop came second by garnering 1.3 million pounds, while Julia Roberts'' spy thriller Duplicity grabbed the number three spot, with 796,245 pounds.

Obama asks Americans to be patient about his economic policies

Obama asks Americans to be patient about his economic policiesWashington, Mar. 25 : President Barack Obama has asked Americans to be patient while his administration tries to deal with the recession by bailing out the financial institutions despite the fact that they are being widely criticized for creating the economic crisis.

Obama said he already sees "signs of progress" in the economy and promised a recovery from recession.

Padma Lakshmi, businessman beau going strong

 Padma Lakshmi, businessman beau going strong

Jennifer Hudson to ‘return’ to ''American Idol''

Jennifer Hudson to ‘return’ to ''American Idol''New York, Mar 25 : Jennifer Hudson is returning to ''American Idol'' to perform for one night only, according to sources.

According to reports, the Oscar-winning actress and singer will be making a special appearance on the highly-popular Fox series, reports the New York Daily News.

Sources say that she will perform not live, but in a taped segment to appear in an upcoming episode.

This would mark Hudson''s first major television appearance since the brutal murder of her mother, brother and nephew in Chicago last year.

Give it up for the latest ‘green’ product – hair bleach

Give it up for the latest ‘green’ product – hair bleachWashington, Mar 25 : Japanese scientists have created what could be world''s first `green' hair bleach, an environmentally friendly preparation for lightening the colour of hair on the head and other parts of the body without the unwanted effects of the bleaches used by millions every year.

Kenzo Koike, a chemist with Kao Corporation''s Beauty Research Centre in Tokyo, has isolated an enzyme from a strain of Basidiomycete ceriporiopsis, a type of `white-rot' fungus that has also shown potential to degrade and clean up pollutants in soil.

Herbal medicines can help treat gastrointestinal disease

Herbal medicines can help treat gastrointestinal diseaseWashington, Mar 25 : A new study has suggested that herbal medicines could benefit patients suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders that cannot be treated using conventional drug therapy.

For the study, researchers reviewed data on Japanese herbal medicines and found them to be effective in reducing the symptoms of GI disorders such as functional dyspepsia, constipation, and postoperative ileus.

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