ANCHORAGE, Alaska 28-year-old British adventurer became the first woman to row solo across the North Pacific Ocean Monday, arriving in Adak in Alaska's Aleutians after 150 days and 3,750 miles at sea. Sarah Outen celebrated with a bottle of champagne and greeted community members and supporters, her first human contact in nearly five months, the Anchorage Daily News reported (http://is.gd/ve9FD7). She left Japan on April 27.

IVAN MORENO, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is promising residents that aid for areas devastated by massive flooding in Colorado won't stop even if the federal government shuts down. "I promise you, I promise you, there will be help," Biden said after flying by helicopter Monday over the Big Thompson River, and fields and reservoirs swollen with muddy brown water.

NOMAAN MERCHANT CORSICANA, Texas —A  couple and their three children were found shot dead in their North Texas home in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide, a sheriff said Monday. Authorities have yet to determine who fired the shots, though the children's father was arrested less than two weeks ago on a family violence charge.