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  • Fauja Singh, the 101-year-old "turbaned tornado," with other runners Sunday in Hong Kong.
    101-Year-Old 'Turbaned Tornado' Retires From Running
    Fauja Singh, who completed a marathon at the age of 100, participated in his last race Sunday. He finished the 6.2-mile course in Hong Kong in 1 hour, 32 minutes and 28 seconds.
  • Zeus The Great Dane, World's Tallest Dog, Dies
    His owner, Kevin Doorlag, told the Kalamazoo Gazette that Zeus died last week of old age. He would have turned 6 in November. On his hind legs, Zeus was 7 feet, 4 inches tall.
  • A man looks at an electronic stock board at a brokerage house in Beijing on Tuesday, a day in which Asian stock markets sank.
    China's Stocks Dive To Lowest Close Since 2014
    The Shanghai Composite was down more than 6 percent, hitting the lowest level in about 14 months. Slumping oil prices and currency fears added to investors' worries.
  • Alabama fans hold up a sign about the government shutdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Georgia State on Saturday.
    Shutdown Diary, Day 7: The Blame Game
    New polling shows that both parties are taking a hit over the shutdown, but Republicans are bearing the brunt of the blame from the American public.
  • The scene at a career fair in New York City last October.
    Jobs Report Due Out This Morning
    When the Labor Department releases June's employment report Friday morning, economists also expect to hear that 165,000 jobs were added to payrolls last month.
  • Janet Yellen, who is poised to move from the No. 2 to the No. 1 post at the Federal Reserve.
    Yellen Nomination To Fed Clears Hurdle; Confirmation Likely
    Janet Yellen would be the first woman to head the central bank. On Friday, the Senate voted to head off any potential filibuster of her nomination. A confirmation vote is scheduled for Jan. 6.
  • Pedro Hernandez appears in Manhattan criminal court on Nov. 15, 2012, in New York. He was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in the killing of Etan Patz.
    Etan Patz Killer Sentenced To 25 Years To Life
    Pedro Hernandez was sentenced Tuesday in the 1979 killing of the 6-year-old New York City boy, whose disappearance sparked decades of investigation and helped create a generation of wary parents.
  • Pathway To Citizenship For 'Dreamers' Passes Through House
    A path to citizenship may be extended to over 2 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States after the U.S. House of Representatives passed…
  • A "help wanted" sign hangs in a store window in New York on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
    U.S. Adds 156,000 Jobs In September, Unemployment Rises To 5 Percent
    There was positive news in wages — the average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent over August, and were up 2.6 percent over September 2015.
  • Writer WALTER MOSLEY
    2: Writer WALTER MOSLEY. His first book, "Devil In A Blue Dress," (Norton) is a hard-boiled detective story starring a black gumshoe up against white prejudice. MOSLEY's mysteries are loosely based on stories his father told him about black culture the 1940's. His latest book is called "A Red Death" (Thorndike). (REBROADCAST FROM 6/8/90)Mystery writer SUE GRAFTON. Her heroine, Kinsey Millhone, is a new breed of hard-boiled detective: competent and self-reliant, thirty-two years old, twice married with no kids, and currently single. The Kinsey Millhone mystery series began with "A is for Alibi" , and continues through the alphabet. GRAFTON's latest mystery is "I is for Innocent" (Fawcett). (REBROADCAST FROM 5
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