| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Alternate 'Mona Lisa' raises questions | | Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of his famed masterpiece the Mona Lisa, claims a private Swiss art foundation dedicated solely to the alternate painting, which it unveiled Thursday. |
| Real NFL refs return to cheers | | The real referees were greeted with a standing ovation Thursday night, but the lack of controversial calls produced a relative silence that must have been music to NFL executives' ears. |
| Record increase in traffic deaths | | The number of traffic deaths in the United States jumped 9% in the first half of this year, the biggest increase since feds first began collecting data in 1975. |
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