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RENO, Nev. - Federal officials announced on Sunday that they had recovered real-time flight information and a possible memory card from a video camera aboard the plane that crashed into a crowd at a Reno air race, killing nine people and injuring dozens of others.

Thousands of spectators lined the streets of Somerville today, ringing cowbells, clapping and cheering as cyclists in a blur of neon yellow, red, green and white sped by every few minutes.More than 500 cyclists from around the world raced in the six events held on a 1.3-mile course that loops through town.

(CNN) -- In a huge upset that few would have predicted just months ago, a Republican won a special election in a heavily Democratic district in New York for the seat of former Rep. Anthony Weiner

Today there was an earthquake and mudslide in India, Nepal, and Tibet that killed at least 55 people and damaged more than 100000 homes.

GAUHATI, India - Rescue workers raced today to clear roads blocked by mudslides as they attempted to reach remote villages cut off after a powerful earthquake killed at least 55 people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Chris Christie was in friendly territory - a Republican town in a swing district - promoting the ticket in one of the state's most competitive legislative races.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Chris Christie was in friendly territory - a Republican town in a swing district - promoting the ticket in one of the state's most competitive legislative races. But in this election season, his appearance in Egg Harbor Township trolling for votes was a sight that has not been repeated often.

"Two days before nearly 50,000 runners are scheduled to gather in Staten Island for the start of the New York City Marathon, opposition to the race continued to swell Friday and the Police Department, stretched thin from handling relief efforts, has called for department retirees to help with storm work and the marathon on Sunday."

"After days of intensifying pressure from runners, politicians and the general public to cancel the New York City Marathon in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, city officials and the event's organizers decided Friday afternoon to cancel the race."

What happened at the Supreme Court 20 years ago tomorrow has been long forgotten by most Americans -- if they ever heard about it at all. Unlike the better-known decisions of the last century, the ruling handed down on Jan. 13, 1988, had nothing to do with race or abortion rights. It didn't become fodder for presidential candidates and hasn't galvanized voters on either the left or right. Yet over the past two decades, the court's ruling in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, which concerned high school newspapers, has had far-reaching consequences. Not only has it changed the way journalism is taught at many schools, it has made it more difficult for high school students to learn the important lessons about democracy that come from publishing -- or simply reading -- serious newspapers.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Rick Santorum captured twin victories in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday, overcoming the financial advantages of Mitt Romney and the Southern allegiances to Newt Gingrich on a night that amplified his argument that the Republican nominating fight is becoming a two-man race with Mr. Romney.

LONDON - Polls in Britain's razor-edge election opened early Thursday - in a race that is likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways.

BERLIN - Now added to the list of banned performance-enhancing substances for female distance runners: men.

(CNN) -- The death toll climbed to 10 in Japan as the remnants of former Typhoon Roke raced into the northern Pacific on Thursday, government officials said.

According to Dr. Autiero's team, neutrinos emanating from a particle accelerator at CERN, outside Geneva, had raced to a cavern underneath Gran Sasso in Italy - a distance of 454 miles - about 60 nanoseconds faster than it would take a light beam. That amounts to a speed greater than light by about 25 parts in a million.

n a twist to notions of race identity, new 2010 census figures show an unexpected reason behind a renewed growth in the U.S. white population: more Hispanics listing themselves as white in the once-a-decade government count.

Mr. Young is one of a number of amateur gardeners whose heart's desire is to raise a pumpkin bigger than anybody else's. These enthusiasts have always been obsessed, but now they are especially so. With the current world record at 1,810 pounds (a Smart car, by comparison, weighs 1,600 pounds), these growers can see the most important milestone of all on the horizon: the one-ton pumpkin. Galvanized by the prospect, they are doubling their efforts and devising a raft of new strategies involving natural growth hormones, double grafting and more, to become the first to reach that goal.

At least 30 people died in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, where the quake was centered near India's border with Nepal, officials said.

With characteristic brio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie informed the world Tuesday that he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination.

Three years after the nation elected its first African-American president, the Republican Party could make its own history - given his rising poll numbers and raised awareness among voters and in the press, Herman Cain is the first African-American to have a real shot at becoming the Republican presidential nominee.