NASA officials said a communication lapse put them out of contact with the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which later this month will have traversed one light-day -- or the distance light travels in 24 hours -- in its nearly 50-year journey.
Polls are opening across the country in an election that could determine whether Republicans keep their congressional advantage or if Democrats regain power in either chamber.
A family of four, a caretaker and a couple have been identified as passengers in the private Learjet that nose-dived Sunday onto a South Florida roadway, killing all nine on board.