2. Missouri Representative Todd Akin has apologized for saying women's bodies are able to prevent pregnancies if they are victims of "a legitimate rape", but he refused to heed calls to abandon his bid for the Senate.

 

 

 

3. For the first time in its 80-year history, Augusta National Golf Club has female members. The home of the masters invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become the first women in green jackets when the club opens for a new season in October.

 

 

 

4. And Phyllis Diller who made a career in nightclubs on TV at a time when female comedians were rare has died. Her longtime manager says she died peacefully in her sleep and with a smile on her face. Phyllis Diller was 95.