COSTELLO: Checking our top stories at 18 minutes past the hour. Radiation levels at a crippled nuclear power plant in Japan are 18 times higher than previously thought. On Saturday, the plant's operator says radiation levels in a tank holding highly contaminated water and a small amount of that water had leaked. Experts say the radiation is not enough to kill someone. In the meantime, a new study says radioactive water from that nuclear plant is expected to reach the U.S. West Coast in 2014, but will be so diluted that it would be harmless. Mexico arrested suspected drug cartel leader known as Ugly Betty. According to state media, Alberto Carrillo Fuentes is the latest in a series of high-profile drug arrests in Mexico. He was captured in a western state and will be charged with drug trafficking and organized crime. Ford is recalling 370,000 cars because of potential corrosion that could cause a loss of steering. The recall includes 2005 to 2011 models of Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Cars. Florida's A&M; marching band returned to the field for the season's opening football game. It was the band's first appearance since being suspended nearly two years ago. You might remember drum major Robert Champion was beaten in a hazing incident and died. University said since Champion's death, it has revised student conduct code and created a new anti-hazing Web site. The duchess of Cambridge isn't the only one off the market. According to celebrity tabloid "Sunday People," her sister Pippa Middleton is said to be secretly engaged to boyfriend Nico Jackson. Middleton and her stockbroker boyfriend met last year at a nightclub in London. The report says two are keeping the engagement quiet until after Pippa's 30th birthday on Friday. Still to come in the</s>NEWSROOM: Diana Nyad's epic journey nears the end. The swimmer closes in on Key West, two days after leaving Havana.
Fukushima Nuclear Radiation 18 Times Higher