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Sheriffs' detectives in Inyo County, Calif., believe a one-time hideout of the notorious Charles Manson clan may be concealing the bodies of murder victims from nearly 40 years ago. The detectives are converging Tuesday on the Barker Ranch with shovels and high-tech ground-penetrating radar to search for graves.

An emissary from Earth has landed on Mars. NASA's Phoenix probe touched down near the Martian North Pole on Sunday shortly before 8 p.m. ET.

Project Nim was a research study conducted in the 1970s meant to find out if a chimpanzee could learn to sign. The study's chimp –- named Nim Chimpsky -– lived in a Manhattan brownstone with a family who could teach him sign language.

What's normally a bipartisan piece of legislation has turned into a culture war battleground.

The Bush administration announces on Wednesday that the polar bear will be protected as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. It's the first time that the Endangered Species Act has been used to protect a species threatened by the impact of climate change.

China is expected to reach a milestone when the giant reservoir behind Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River reaches its maximum height this year. But officials and residents alike have expressed concerns that the project could lead to environmental disasters.

Former Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan's memoir didn't just blast the White House, it also blasted the media for failing to ask tougher questions in the run-up to the Iraq war. Jonathan Landay, national security correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, was among the few reporters who did question the administration's claims about the war.

Scott McClellan was with President Bush when he was governor of Texas. He came to Washington as the ultimate Bush loyalist. Now the former press secretary has written a new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, that's critical of the administration.

Some of Hollywood's most famous movie sets are in ruins after Sunday's huge fire at Universal Studios. The fire burned for more than 12 hours.

Hockey's Stanley Cup Finals get under way Saturday night. The Detroit Red Wings are hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins in what experts are calling a match-up made in "hockey heaven." Damien Cox, a columnist for the Toronto Star talks with Guy Raz about the series.