NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has a Talladega night.

Stewart was trying to protect his lead by blocking a long line of traffic on the final lap.

The move backfired, triggering a massive, 25-car pileup.

Matt Kenseth won under caution.

They billed it as “The Rumble In The Air Conditioned Auditorium.”

Bill O’Reilly of Fox News took on Jon Stewart of Comedy Channel in a debate.

Congressman Todd Akin is going on the offensive against Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill by claiming her husband’s businesses profited from the federal stimulus act.

Akin began running a TV campaign ad Monday claiming “the stimulus made McCaskill rich.”

In an interview with The Associated Press, Akin noted that the 2009 stimulus law funded a federal program for low-income housing that directed about $1 million to corporations affiliated with McCaskill’s husband.

McCaskill said Akin’s assertions are “completely wrong.”

McCaskill’s campaign says her husband has only a small ownership stake and received just several thousand dollars from the companies at issue.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development says the $2 billion in the stimulus act funded subsidies that already were due under government contracts and helped avoid delayed payments.

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This skate board enthusiast may be less enthusiastic for wildlife after he collided at high speed with a deer.

This fellow wanted to know how the iPhone5 stacks up against a bullet from a .50 caliber rifle.

As it turns out, not too badly.

Emmy-winning TV host and “Moon River” crooner Andy Williams has died at age 84.

Williams’ publicist, Paul Shefrin, said Wednesday that the silky-voiced singer died Tuesday night at his home in Branson, Mo., following a year-long battle with bladder cancer.

Williams said in November 2011 that he planned to continue performing at the namesake theater he built in Branson in 1992.

The clean-cut Iowa native began singing with his brothers as a child, and his easy style and mellow voice led President Ronald Reagan to call Williams “a national treasure.” Though his version of “Moon River” made him world famous, it was among his many hits, including “Butterfly” and “Can’t Get Used to Losing You.”

Senior Forward Nico Calabria, #13, scores on a corner shot for Concord-Carlisle Regional High School in Concord, MA.

Nico was born with one leg and in addition to playing for CCHS, is currently a member of the US Amputee National Team. (http://www.ampsoccer.org)

Chris Tangey of Alice Springs Film and Television was scouting locations in Australia last week when he confronted a fiery phenomenon.

A small fire was burning in nearby bushland, so Mr Tangey decided to start filming. He caught the sight of his life. A twister touched down on the spot fire, fanning it into a furious tower of flame.

Two single-engine planes, flying side by side in the Netherlands, collide and become stuck together at the wings.

Nobody was injured, but one plane was forced to crash land on the beach while the other safely landed at the airport.