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Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the United States have been honored for their work on the interaction between life and matter — in particular, the "fundamental interactions between light particles and matter."

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are in India for talks with the country's finance officials. The visit comes as the Indian government tries to open the economy to more foreign investment, a move that faces strong opposition in parliament.

Several days of cross-border mortar explosions have world leaders calling on Turkey and Syria to ratchet down tensions and avoid open conflict. Turkish leaders say they're not looking for war, but they're determined to respond to each Syrian mortar with an artillery barrage of their own. Turks have been taking to the streets in large anti-war protests.

Google and the Association of American Publishers have ended a seven-year legal battle over the digitizing of books for the Google Library project.

The convicted child molester was at the center of a scandal that rocked Penn State University. A recording attributed to him was posted online Monday. The voice repeats what Sandusky has said all along — that he's innocent — and tries to shift blame.

The bride wore white and her veil was attached to a baseball cap. The groom wore a tuxedo T-shirt. It was a race that sparked their romance. So the Oregon couple decided to run 20 miles of the Portland Marathon before stopping at a park to exchange vows. The newlyweds then ran the final 6.2 miles.

A man was driving in Beltsville, Md., when a strange noise started coming from his car. The sound came from the engine, and it sounded like a meow. The driver did the same thing as when you'd find a cat up a tree: he called the fire department.

Heriberto Lazcano, "The Executioner," was reportedly killed Sunday in a battle with Mexican marines. Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo, known as "Squirrel," was captured hours earlier.

Also: International Monetary Fund warns of greater risk of global recession; Romney gets boost in Pew poll; security tight as German chancellor visits Greece; Felix Baumgartner's record skydive on hold.

International Monetary Fund economists also warn that things could get even worse if European leaders don't finally get the euro crisis under control and if U.S. lawmakers let the federal government go over its "fiscal cliff."