A husband and wife are shot to death during a home invasion in Beulah, Fla. Authorities say Byrd and Melanie had 16 children, 12 of them adopted. Eight of the youngsters were at home and asleep while their parents were killed.

A surveillance operation launched by the Bush administration played a limited role in the FBI's overall counterterrorism efforts but ran much deeper than the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, federal inspectors say. President George W. Bush initiated the program after the 2001 terror attacks.

Tremor patterns within California's San Andreas Fault show a buildup of underground stress, suggesting an increased risk of a major earthquake, researchers say. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, monitored seismic activity within a section of the fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857.

A charging bull gores a young Spanish man to death during the famous running of the bulls at Pamplona's San Fermin festival. It is the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. Nine others are injured.

Shepard Fairey, who created the famous "Hope" image of Barack Obama, pleads guilty to three charges of vandalism after being accused of plastering his stickers and posters in Boston. The artist gets two years of probation. He is also ordered to pay $2,000 to a graffiti removal group, and is forbidden to have stickers or paste within Boston city limits.

Police say a 46-year-old cleaning woman who vanished while working inside a New York City skyscraper may be dead and her body may have been discarded in the trash. Security cameras, which are positioned throughout the building, captured Eridania Rodriguez during her shift but none showed her leaving.