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Nyad tangles with jellyfish on record swim attempt
Without a job, California woman forced to live a lie
Trial of Michael Jackson's doctor begins as jury is set
Eerily quiet in Joplin 4 months after tornado
NASA: Pieces of falling satellite may be down
Elections start in Bahrain
Scientists: Particles appear to travel faster than light
NASA: Re-entry of satellite into atmosphere imminent
FBI: $2.1 million reward paid in 'Whitey' Bulger case
Pope 'deeply shaken' in meeting with sex abuse victims in Germany
Suspected kidnapper shot by his captive, police say
Google honors Jim Henson with Muppets doodle
World pressure grows on Syria
Missing woman's father-in-law arrested on child voyeurism charges
Senate rejects GOP spending plan as shutdown looms
Jury picked in Conrad Murray's manslaughter trial
States gear up to opt out of No Child Left Behind law
Hilton Worldwide says '$16 muffins' included fresh fruit and drinks
Clashes reported on eve of Bahrain elections
With a nudge from Facebook, streaming music lowers barriers

Nyad tangles with jellyfish on record swim attempt

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:58 PM PDT

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is continuing her third bid to swim from Cuba to Florida despite an encounter with a moon jellyfish only a couple of hours into the attempt.

Without a job, California woman forced to live a lie

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:40 PM PDT

Sukhraj Beasla's parents boast that their successful daughter works at a bank. The problem is that it's all a lie -- she was laid off more than two years ago.

Trial of Michael Jackson's doctor begins as jury is set

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:39 PM PDT

Prosecutors want jurors in Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial to hear testimony about investigators' failed efforts to question the doctor in the weeks after Michael Jackson's death.

Eerily quiet in Joplin 4 months after tornado

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:37 PM PDT

I spent about a week covering the tornado that ripped through this city in May. I walked through the rubble, met the survivors and some of the loved ones of the deceased.

NASA: Pieces of falling satellite may be down

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Pieces of a defunct satellite plummeting toward Earth may have come to rest, NASA said Saturday morning

Elections start in Bahrain

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Polls opened Saturday in Bahrain's election to fill 18 seats in the parliament, according to state television.

Scientists: Particles appear to travel faster than light

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:32 PM PDT

Scientists in Switzerland say an experiment appears to show that tiny particles traveled faster than the speed of light -- a result that would seem to defy the laws of nature.

NASA: Re-entry of satellite into atmosphere imminent

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:59 PM PDT

A defunct satellite plummeting toward Earth is expected to re-enter the atmosphere between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 12:45 a.m. Saturday ET, NASA reported late Friday evening.

FBI: $2.1 million reward paid in 'Whitey' Bulger case

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:51 PM PDT

The FBI shelled out $2.1 million for tips that led to the arrest of fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger and his companion, Catherine E. Greig, the agency's Boston office announced Friday.

Pope 'deeply shaken' in meeting with sex abuse victims in Germany

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:33 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI met Friday with a group of people who had been sexually abused by clergy in his native Germany, where disenchantment with the Roman Catholic Church has grown in the wake of the scandal.

Suspected kidnapper shot by his captive, police say

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:30 PM PDT

A man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman was shot by his captive, police in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, said Friday after the man's body was discovered in neighboring Mississippi.

Google honors Jim Henson with Muppets doodle

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:23 PM PDT

The man behind the Muppets, Fraggle Rock and many of Sesame Street's most beloved puppets got a 21st-century shout-out Friday, in the former of an interactive "doodle" atop Google's main search engine page.

World pressure grows on Syria

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:26 PM PDT

World pressure against the Syrian regime intensified Friday with imposition of more international sanctions and a renewed call by a U.N. body to bring in the International Criminal Court.

Missing woman's father-in-law arrested on child voyeurism charges

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:09 PM PDT

The father-in-law of a missing Utah woman is under arrest, having been accused of voyeurism involving children, police said.

Senate rejects GOP spending plan as shutdown looms

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:20 PM PDT

The Democratic-controlled Senate rejected a House GOP temporary spending bill Friday, inching the federal government closer to yet another potential shutdown and risking the loss of sorely needed disaster recovery funds.

Jury picked in Conrad Murray's manslaughter trial

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:19 PM PDT

A jury of seven men and five women was chosen Friday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray, the doctor accused of having a role in singer Michael Jackson's death.

States gear up to opt out of No Child Left Behind law

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:45 PM PDT

A number of states, including Georgia, already are putting things in place to opt out of the controversial No Child Left Behind Law, following President Barrack Obama's announcement Friday that states can now apply for waivers.

Hilton Worldwide says '$16 muffins' included fresh fruit and drinks

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Stung by an audit report this week that highlighted "$16 muffins" at a conference at the Capital Hilton in Washington, the hotel chain is fighting back, insisting the pricey pastries were not that expensive.