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Sunday night at the Olympics, South African Oscar Pistorius runs again in a preliminary heat in the 400-meter sprint. His first heat Saturday made history because Pistorius has artificial legs. He's the first amputee to run an Olympic race. NPR's Howard Berkes looks at an unprecedented Olympic quest some are not ready to accept.

Sunday's action includes the final in men's tennis and the gold medal race in the men's 100-meter sprint.

Tiki Gelana also set a new standard for women in the Olympics, with a finishing time of 2:23.07. Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo was second and Russia's Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova finished third.

For one excited photographer, just getting the American swimmer to speak was a thrill.

Leaders of the Badminton World Federation say they'll take action later to avoid future problems. Four women's doubles pairs appeared to deliberately play poorly in their matches last week. They were disqualified.

Before a joyous home crowd at Wimbledon, Andy Murray defeated Switzerland's Roger Federer.

The runner has artificial legs below his knees. To have made it into the semi-finals of the men's 400-meters race is amazing. But in the semis he was up against many who have faster finishes in their record books.

As he did four years ago at the Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt won the men's 100-meter sprint. On Sunday, Bolt ran his second fastest time ever — an Olympic record — 9.63 seconds.

Islamist militants attacked a military checkpoint on the Sinai Peninsula Sunday, killing at least 15 Egyptian forces. The gunmen then commandeered two armored vehicles and tried to storm through a checkpoint into the Gaza Strip. One vehicle exploded, and the Israeli military destroyed the other.

The way we elect a president necessitates that the candidates have to campaign only in the so-called "battleground states." Here is the list of the 10 states that will determine the November winner, and how they voted in the past.