New York, Mar. 27 : The US Senate has approved a major national-service bill that triples the AmeriCorps program to 250,000 participants and designates Sept. 11 as a "National Day of Service and Remembrance."

"Sept. 11 should not only be a day for mourning - it should be a day to think about our neighbors, our community and our country," the New York Daily News quoted Senator Chuck Schumer, as saying.

Washington, Mar 27 : Academy award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson was left dumbfounded on the Ellen DeGeneres show, when host Ellen DeGeneres gifted her a bicycle built for three.

Ellen came to know that Jennifer and her fiance David Otunga like to go for rides on bicycle with their pet Pomeranian, thus she came up with idea of gifting her a custom made bicycle for three.

Jennifer was thrilled to receive the dazzling bicycle.

Washington, Mar. 27 : Hero pilot Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger is going to share his success story with America - and the world, but only at a price.

Sullenberger glided into aviation history on January 15 with a flawless emergency landing in the Hudson River after geese disabled his jet''s engines shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport.

All 155 people aboard U. S. Airways Flight 1549 survived.

Washington, Mar 27 : Parkinson’s disease patients can improve their postural stability by directing their attention to the external effects of their movements, instead of focussing on movements of their own body, according to a new study.

Adults with Parkinson disease are at greater risk for posture and balance impairments, which may lead to falls and resultant head injuries and fractures. Such injuries may finally lead to hospitalisation, and further mobility limitations.

Washington, Mar 27 : A researchers duo at the University of Rhode Island has revealed how reactive oxygen species (ROS), a type of stress signal, regulate a cancer causing protein, called Src.

The findings may help understand how this protein normally behaves in human cells, and eventually help in designing drugs to target specific cancers.

Doctoral student David J. Kemble and Professor Gongqin Sun in the URI Department of Cell and Molecular Biology are the first to provide a biochemical mechanism describing how tyrosine kinases sense and respond to oxidation.