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One year ago, German cybersecurity expert Ralph Langner announced he had found a computer worm designed to sabotage a nuclear facility in Iran. The Stuxnet worm is now recognized as a cyber-superweapon, and it could end up harming those who created it.

Facing cutbacks, election offices across the country are making tough decisions, such as trimming the number of voting sites and shortening the number of days for early voting. Doug Lewis, who runs The Election Center, says that at the very least, voters should be prepared for slower lines in 2012.

The Turkish prime minister says Syria's Bashar Assad has become "increasingly aggressive and violent." Recep Tayyip Erdogan also reiterates his demand that Israel apologize for the deadly raid at sea that killed nine Turks last year.

Critics say Egypt's military rulers are using the law, which allows for arbitrary arrests and harsh sentences, to impose their will. The government says it had no choice but to employ the measure after a mob attack on the Israeli Embassy earlier this month.

An Afghan employed by the U.S. government was shot dead after he turned his weapon on his American colleagues, according to a U.S. Embassy statement. Another U.S. citizen was wounded in the shooting around the former Ariana Hotel, which ex-U.S. intelligence officials said is the CIA station in Kabul.

A recent study confirms what many pain specialists and patients already know: Pain relief differs from person to person. In fact, some medications that were highly effective for some individuals were barely noticeable for others.

The day's news includes word that two people, one of them an American, were killed at a CIA station in Kabul.

Kenya's Patrick Makau averaged about 4 minutes, 43 seconds per mile over the 26.2-mile course in Berlin. The previous record holder, Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, had to stop because of exercise-induced asthma.

Arch West was 97. At a service next Saturday, his family plans to toss some chips in before his grave is covered.

But which acclaimed American should be featured first? The U.S. Postal Service is inviting suggestions from the public after ending its longstanding rule that people cannot appear on a stamp while they're still living.