Washington, Mar 21: Green tea’s health benefits, such as fighting bacteria, viruses and cancer, may decrease following long storage of commercial tea brands, say researchers.

The healthy tea’s leaves produce antioxidant organic compounds called catechins that reportedly have beneficial health effects. But consumers need to be aware of possible adverse consequences of their long-term storage, say researchers Mendel Friedman and Carol Levin in an article in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists.

Forrest Gump star Gary Sinise funded a reprint of the book Seabiscuit in Arabic language after learning that the kids in Baghdad had become big fans of author Laura Hillenbrand tale of a heroic horse after hearing the news that a U. S. colonel had attempted to translate segments for the kids, who all loved it a lot.

Sinise tells WENN, "Laura wanted to get it translated to Arabic because one of the colonels was reading the book and the Iraqi kids started asking him about it, so he contacted her and asked for Arabic translations of the book.

"We made 15,000 copies of Seabiscuit in Arabic and sent it over there."

California (US), Mar. 21: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has said President Barack Obama''s gaffe on Special Olympics was a mistake that anyone could committ.

Schwarzenegger who met Obama on Friday about infrastructure funding, following a town hall meeting Thursday in California, dismissed the president''s Special Olympics quip as a goof that could happen to anyone.

Washington, March 21 : Archaeologists have recently uncovered evidence which indicates that Druids possibly committed cannibalism and ritual human sacrifice, perhaps on a massive scale, which add weight to ancient Roman accounts of Druidic savagery.

After a first century B. C. visit to Britain, the Romans came back with horrific stories of sacrifice by high-ranking priests of the Celts, who had spread throughout much of Europe over a roughly 2,000-year period.

First-century historian Pliny the Elder even suggested that the Celts practiced ritual cannibalism, eating their enemies'' flesh as a source of spiritual and physical strength.

Washington, Mar 21 : Move over regular juicy grapes, for ''Delicious'', a new muscadine grape cultivar, has arrived.

University of Florida researchers have introduced the new fruit, which ripens early, produces high yields, and is disease-resistant. The black fruit features exceptional taste and texture with an edible skin, making it well suited for fresh fruit consumption and the potential for wine production.

The name ''Delicious'' was selected based on the comments of vineyard visitors who sampled the fruit.

Washington, Mar. 21: The National Journal has in a non-partisan analysis found that 30 of the 267 senior Obama administration officials have served as lobbyists in the preceding five years.

According to the Washington Times, Obama once promised that if he was elected president "lobbyists won''t find a job in my White House."

Government watchdogs questioned this promise when William Lynn was brought on to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, a former lobbyist for Raytheon. The White House insisted Lynn was "uniquely qualified for the position."