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• Undersea explorer Barry Clifford believes the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah off Cape Cod holds a mother lode of riches.
• 7. 'GENIUS GRANTS' AWARDED
• Among this year's recipients: A doctor who created a system to track patients in desperately poor Camden, N.J., and make sure they get the care they need after they leave the hospital.
• 8. 'I FEEL SO MUCH SMARTER'
• A 99-year-old Iowan who started school in a one-room school house, then left high school one credit shy of graduation in 1932, receives her diploma.
• 9. ASSESSED PRICE: $67,000. ASKING PRICE: $500,000
• On the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's final studio album, Kurt Cobain's mother is putting his childhood home -- complete with his mattress -- up for sale.
• 10. AMERICAN SAILORS FORCE WINNER-TAKE-ALL FINALE
• With the America's Cup competition tied 8-8, a win by the USA over New Zealand would cap what's being called one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.
AP News in Brief
Mall attackers claim 137 hostages killed in Kenyan assault on mall; government denies
• NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The militant group behind the four-day takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed Wednesday that Kenyan government forces used chemical weapons in their assault on the building, then carried out "a demolition" to cover evidence and buried 137 hostages.
• In a series of Twitter posts from an account believed to be genuine, al-Shabab said that "having failed to defeat the mujahideen inside the mall, the Kenyan govt disseminated chemical gases to end the siege."
• They added "to cover their crime, the Kenyan govt carried out a demolition to the building, burying evidence and all hostages under the rubble."
• Government spokesman Manoah Esipisu immediately denied the claim, telling told The Associated Press no chemical weapons were used and that the official civilian death toll remains 61.
• "Al-Shabab is known for wild allegations and there is absolutely no truth to what they're saying," he said. But officials said the death count will likely rise. Estimates varied between only a few bodies to dozens of bodies possibly still inside the mall.
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