Fox to attend State of the Union speech

Hollywood star Michael J Fox is taking his embryonic stem-cell research campaign straight to the top - he will be attending US President George W Bush's State of the Union address next week.

The actor, a staunch supporter of the controversial research since being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 15 years ago, will be a guest of Rhode Island Republican Jim Langevin, who shares his views. Langevin has been confined to a wheelchair since a shooting accident in his teens.