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Tiki Gelana also set a new standard for women in the Olympics, with a finishing time of 2:23.07. Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo was second and Russia's Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova finished third.

For one excited photographer, just getting the American swimmer to speak was a thrill.

Leaders of the Badminton World Federation say they'll take action later to avoid future problems. Four women's doubles pairs appeared to deliberately play poorly in their matches last week. They were disqualified.

The runner has artificial legs below his knees. To have made it into the semi-finals of the men's 400-meters race is amazing. But in the semis he was up against many who have faster finishes in their record books.

The attack at a temple in a Milwaukee suburb is being investigated as a "domestic terrorist-type incident," police say.

NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

Jamaican Usain Bolt won his second straight Olympic gold in the men's 100 meters Sunday with a time of 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record. Bolt's training partner, Yohan Blake, a fellow Jamaican, finished second.

She was a cultural icon across the Spanish-speaking world, with a voice that redefined notions of beauty and an attitude that brashly bent gender roles. Vargas died Sunday; she was 93.

Journalists Donald Barlett and James Steele say a government commitment to free trade and an indifference to offshoring of jobs has crippled the middle class. And, they say, that situation is unlikely to change, no matter who wins this year's presidential election.

In Hillsborough County, the way people voted in 2008 — for or against President Obama — signals their perception of everything that's happened since and, usually, the way they intend to vote. In this swing county hit hard by the financial crisis, the rarest voter is a person who's changed his mind.