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The four-term Arizona senator's huge investment and hardened positions on issues like immigration have put him on a path that seems to head toward wins in next Tuesday's GOP primary and the November election.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey say the flow rate from the blown-out well is at least twice as much and possibly five times as much as estimates cited by BP. The oil giant says engineers won't know until at least Thursday afternoon whether the latest attempt to plug the leak is succeeding.

China's 12 million Catholics have been bitterly divided for decades. Some belong to Beijing-sanctioned churches, while others worship in "underground" churches loyal to the Vatican. Even though Pope Benedict XVI has urged reconciliation, China's Catholics have struggled to follow his instructions.

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen is suing a voting systems manufacturer for $15 million. She claims five counties were sold equipment that was not properly certified. Jenny O’Mara reports.

Two million manufacturing jobs have disappeared in the recession. Lenoir, N.C., was once known as the "Furniture Capitol of the South." But a handful of former furniture factory workers are trying to retrain for high-tech careers with the new company in town: Google.

Today in San Diego, the last chapter in Raymond Chandler's real life love story with his wife Cissie will be played out. More than 50 years after their deaths, Cissie's ashes will be placed in Chandler's grave in a San Diego cemetery.

For many African-Americans, swimming is economically and culturally out of reach. A recent survey commissioned by USA Swimming found that 60 percent of black children don't know how to swim. Hampton University assistant professor and Director of Aquatics Jodi Jensen wants to reverse the trend. Jensen, who is white, talks about her efforts, as featured recently in the Washington Post Magazine.

We'll find out where all the chefs are eating during Restaurant Week and what neighborhood festivals are happening this weekend preview.

Crew members from the USS Kirk and a family they helped revisit a Vietnam War story of survival and loss.

Twenty-six years after Robert Dixon Jr. went to prison for acting as an accessory to murder, friends and family swear that he is a new man, one committed to redeeming the second half of his life. But according to a test that holds incredible power — some say too much — in the U.S. justice system, Dixon is a psychopath, incapable of reform.