Seven people are now in custody in the shooting deaths of a wealthy Florida couple who had 17 children. The local sheriff says robbery appears to be the main motive for the crime, revealing for the first time that a safe was taken from the home.

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor defends herself against charges of racial bias during the second day of her Senate confirmation hearing. She was asked to explain a 2001 speech in which she suggested a "wise Latina" would reach better conclusion than a white man.
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A man in a car plunges over the rim of the Grand Canyon to his death 600 feet below. The National Park Service is investigating, and has not ruled out suicide. The man has not yet been identified. Officials say it's the second time in five years a car has driven off the edge.

A Tennessee family with three young children suffered mysterious illnesses for years before finding the problem: their house had been a meth lab before they moved in. And cleaning up the toxins that have invaded the carpet, air ducts, drywall and more could cost them more than $30,000.

A South Carolina funeral home loses its license, five years after the owner's father used an electric saw to cut off the legs of 6-foot-7 James Hines, left, whose body wouldn't fit into a casket.

A 72-year-old British woman has been trying to have a baby for the past 20 years -- and she's not giving up anytime soon. Jenny Brown, who's never been married, has spent nearly $50,000 on in vitro fertilization treatments and says she'll keep trying until she's pregnant.

Hurricane Carlos grows stronger far off the coast of Mexico, but it's traveling on a path taking it further out to sea.