A fire tears through a barn at a county fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio, killing two people and about 60 horses. The cause of the blaze is not immediately clear. "This is a horseman's nightmare," a horse owner tells the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Sen. Max Baucus, a Democrat, defends nominating former staffer Melodee Hanes, who is also his girlfriend, for the U.S. attorney position in Montana earlier this year. Baucus says Hanes is a highly qualified prosecutor, but in the end Hanes withdrew her name and took a position with the Justice Department.

The British military closes its UFO hot line after nearly a half-century of investigations into possible sightings. The Defense Ministry says the measure will save $73,000 a year, but critics claim closing the hot line will threaten national security. "Who's to say there is nothing out there?" says one Briton. "If there is, it's a bit scary that there is no one to call to inform them of what you've seen."

The video showing 200 dancing hospital employees wearing pink gloves in support of breast cancer awareness becomes an Internet sensation. More than three million people have viewed the video on YouTube.

Russian officials and witnesses now say at least 107 people died and 130 were injured in a nightclub blaze sparked by onstage fireworks. Many perished in a rush for the building's only exit. "I'm simply devastated," says the father of one victim.

In his weekly radio and Web address, President Barack Obama says the economy has slowly started to get back on track. And thanks to recovery efforts, "we're no longer facing the potential collapse of our financial system," he adds. Obama also announces that he'll send Congress a job-creation plan in the coming week.