2. Federal health officials say the number of confirmed cases of fungal meningitis from contaminated steroid injections is now past 90. Seven people have died with cases reported in nine states. Thousands of people may have received the steroid injections for back pain.

 

 

 

3. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has won re-election. It's his closest race yet after a bitter campaign in which the opposition accused him of unfairly using Venezuela's oil wealth to his advantage.

 

 

 

4. And a private spaceship is carrying very important cargo to the International Space Station - chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream for the three station residents. The Dragon capsule rocketed into orbit Sunday in the first of a dozen supply runs under a NASA contract.