1. The Republican ticket is looking to attack President Barack Obama's stand on Medicare. Meantime, Obama told supporters in Nevada that his opponent's spending cuts would cripple schools, while his tax cuts would shower more breaks on millionaires.

 

 

 

2. Authorities say a New Jersey woman apparently decapitated her 2-year-old son and put his head in the freezer before killing herself. Chevonne Thomas had recently regained custody of her son.

 

 

 

3. The NASA rover Curiosity made its first test drive on Mars' soil today. The rover moved forward about 15 feet, rotated to a right angle and reversed a short distance.

 

 

 

4. And an Israeli attraction meant to immerse tourists in a biblical experience is outfittingdonkeys with wireless routers. That's so visitors can surf the web while touring the land of the Bible on one of the oldest forms of transportation.