Day 13 Highlights: Japan stuns U.S. softball

Day 13 highlights: The U.S. Olympic softball team was denied a fourth straight gold medal, losing to Japan in the sport's final appearance in the games for at least eight years.

Taliban bombs kill 59 at Pakistan arms site

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex Thursday, killing 59 people and dashing hopes for an end to political turmoil.

Struggling at a million-dollar horse stable

In the electoral battleground of the Denver suburbs, Stan and Christine Penton are the embodiment of voters that both parties are trying desperately to woo. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.

Gators prowl as Fay heads back to Fla.

Tropical Storm Fay hung offshore Thursday and poured more rain on Florida's central Atlantic coast after flooding hundreds of homes and leaving much of the state a soggy mess.

Rep. Tubbs Jones dies after hemorrhage

A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, has died after a brain hemorrhage.

Security tight for conventions

Every day the Secret Service thinks: Today could be THE day.

Owner: Doomed jet experienced overheating

The jetliner that crashed in Madrid experienced overheating in an air intake valve before a first attempt at takeoff, but it is not clear if that had anything to do with the disaster, its owner said Thursday.

Lost baby whale faces mercy killing

An abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized because it is in such poor condition, an environmental official said Thursday.

NFL players union chief Upshaw dies at 63

Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who during a quarter century as union head helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died. He was 63.