New York, Mar. 20 : Disgraced former Governor Eliot Spitzer has claimed that he has spent the last year rebuilding his relationship with his family, and still feels the error of his wandering ways.

Spitzer, who resigned a year ago after being outed as a patron of a high-priced prostitution ring, told CNN, "I failed in a very important way in my personal life, and I have paid a price for that.

Washington, Mar. 20 : U. S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have brought the era of the cocktail party back to the White House.

Only eight weeks into the Obama administration, and the president and his wife have already hosted their fair share of social events.

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers has announced that the Obama administration plans to make Wednesday night social events a tradition.

“It’s not so much a cocktail party necessarily,” Katie McCormick Lelyveld, press secretary to Michelle Obama, told FOX News.

Washington, Mar. 20 : A new scandal involving an officer of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has raised questions about how the agency polices itself.

Case officer in the Middle East Andrew Warren is said to have used the lure of sex to recruit spies.

The Washington Post quoted his colleagues as saying that he made an early habit of taking informants to strip clubs, and that he later began arranging out-of-town visits to brothels for his best recruits.

London, Mar 20 : England coach Fabio Capello has asked Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal to beware of Barcelona and Lionel Messi during the Champions League quarter-final.

Capello feels Barcelona is the team to avoid with Messi in the ranks. "Messi makes the difference. He does things that others can't even think of. Every era has its own crack player like Pele or Maradona and Messi can be the crack player of the next decade," he said.

Washington, Mar 20 : Afghan Governor Gul Agha Shirzai, who is a semi-literate former warlord and a handful of other former warlords are again being seen as useful partners as US President Barack Obama undertakes a massive overhaul of the war in Afghanistan.

Many in Afghanistan think Shirzai might also be the country’s best hope for stability. As the head of one of the country’s most peaceful provinces, he has ensured that roads get built, opium poppies are ploughed under, and the Taliban are held at bay.

Washington, Mar 20 : After a chaotic weekend, actress Lindsay Lohan is now trying to get back on track, and her fellow actors Stephen and Danny Baldwin will be aiding her in achieving her goal.

Lohan, 22, is seeking professional guidance to put her back on a positive path, and, as per a source close to the family, she will temporarily be in a “therapeutic environment” organized by the brothers.