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John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. sniper, was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection. Talk about night, Brazil emerged early Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged its major cities and at least nine states into darkness for hours, prompting security fears and concern from residents about another black eye for a country hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. This next case stirs up an even more dangerous concern. In the study released by Consumer Reports, canned soup, tuna, juice and green beans have all been found to contain potentially dangerous levels of bisphenol A, a man-made chemical preservative that increases shelf-life.

NASA celebrates the 400th year of the telescope being turned to the heavens by releasing one of the most detailed images of the center of the Milky Way's center to date. Not as much as 400 years, but is has been a long time in this next story. Services took place around the world to mark the 91st anniversary of the armistice signed between Germany and the Allies on November 11, 1918. As people were reflecting on the lives lost before the armistice was finally signed, other's reflect on the life of this star soccer player. Germany's national soccer team has canceled its training session ahead of Saturday's friendly match with Chile after its goalkeeper, Robert Enke, was struck and killed by a train on Tuesday, in what police called an apparent suicide.

Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar battles with a rare form of leukemia. Speaking of amazing performers, Oscar winner Denzel Washington is headed back to Broadway. He will be playing the lead in a revival of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Fences." Another Oscar winner is accomplishing great things also. Halle Berry will receive the Sherry Lansing Award, an award that recognizes groundbreaking contributions to the entertainment industry.

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