Prosecutors seek to end myth of Utah mountain man
At first, many locals took to calling Troy James Knapp the mountain man. Even victims of his many cabin break-ins marveled over his ability to slip ...
China's bird flu response shows new openness
After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live ...
Russia's Sochi busy storing snow for 2014 Olympics
In April, at the end of another seemingly endless winter, most Russians are eager to get rid of the piles of snow that have clogged their cities and ...
Water, rats, outages: Japan nuke plant precarious
A rat causing a power outage by short-circuiting a temporary switchboard. Another blackout occurring as workers install anti-rat nets. Holes in the ...
Barrick halts work on mine after Chile court rules
Barrick Gold Corp. suspended construction on its Pascua Lama mine Wednesday after a Chilean court ruled in favor of indigenous communities that say ...
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...
Maine hermit living in wild for 27 years arrested
A man who lived like a hermit for decades in a makeshift camp in the woods and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries for food and other ...
Senate endorses Sally Jewell for interior chief
Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won easy Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the nation's next interior secretary.
Satellite shelved after 2000 election to now fly
President Barack Obama is proposing dusting off and finally launching an old environmental satellite championed by Al Gore but shelved a dozen years ...
Alarm over vanishing frogs in the Caribbean
A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with ...
Alert to Congress: Nuclear evacuation may bog down
Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking ...
Feelin' queasy? More air turbulence over Atlantic
Tourists, exchange students, masters of the financial universe and other business travelers: It's time to buckle up. More pollution is likely to mean ...
Headquarters for John Denver foundation for sale
The 950-acre property that John Denver bought in the late 1970s as headquarters for his Windstar Foundation is being sold, a move seen by some ...
4-year-old boy recovers from new bird flu in China
A 4-year-old boy has recovered from a new strain of bird flu that has killed nine people in China, a doctor said Wednesday, as the country's premier ...
Would Annette recognize today's Calif beach scene?
When she traded in her Mousketeer ears for a surfboard and a modest one-piece bathing suit, Annette Funicello helped create a world as fanciful as ...
NH jury: Exxon Mobil owes $236M over gas chemical
An order for Exxon Mobil to pay $236 million in damages for groundwater contamination is by far the largest verdict in state history but represents ...
SAfrica: H7N1 bird flu found in ostrich farm
South African officials say they have detected bird flu on an ostrich farm but that it is unrelated to the strain that has killed eight people in ...
Moniz backs natural gas 'revolution'
President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even ...
Albania to put trash import plan to referendum
Albania pledged Tuesday to hold a historic referendum on whether to scrap waste imports, a money-making program strongly opposed by environmentalists ...
India use drones to protect rhinos from poachers
Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from ...
Trial begins over baby food lead warning
An expert witness testified Monday that average lead levels in baby foods fall below the threshold for warning labels mandated under a California ...
Swanky beach enclave seeks relief from bird stench
La Jolla's jagged coastline is strictly protected by environmental laws to ensure the San Diego community remains the kind of seaside jewel that has ...
Frog-phobic man awarded $1.6M over runoff flooding
Paul Marinaccio Sr. traces his fear of frogs to a childhood incident in Italy when a man holding bullfrogs chased him away after he'd wandered from ...
Gazprom, Shell to develop Arctic oil fields
Energy giants Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have agreed to jointly develop offshore Arctic oil fields, Russian media reported Monday.
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