AP - A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said.

AP - Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants eager to show they really are what they eat.

AP - Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a .9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area.