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Loose gorilla alert? Electronic road sign hacked
A prankster is changing the message on an electronic traffic warning sign in Northern California. The sign is supposed to tell people that a road in ...
Vietnam may evict bears from 'protected' park land
Bears rescued from Asia's bear bile trade are enjoying life in a lush Vietnamese national park, but they may need saving once more. The future of the ...
Sportsmen's bill clears a Senate hurdle
Congress is back in town after the election to find a way around automatic tax increases and spending cuts in January. But first, lawmakers are ...
Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list
Bears and budgets top the list as Congress returned Tuesday from a seven-week election break to a long list of unfinished business. Looming large in ...
Fate of pets adds to stress of storm survivors
Kate and Warren Sherwood had to think quickly about what to take when Superstorm Sandy's surge flooded their barrier island and caused five houses on ...
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree survived Sandy
The Christmas tree that will dominate New York's Rockefeller Center survived the winds of Superstorm Sandy that left a path of destruction in a New ...
Elephant calf raised by woman in Malawi dies
An elephant calf that was separated from his herd and raised by a human "mother" for months in Malawi has died. Jenny Webb, who raised the calf, said ...
Congress faces agenda of unfinished business
Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert ...
LatAm leaders call for review of US legal pot vote
A group of Latin American leaders declared Monday that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash ...
Panic at Macedonian circus after lion escapes
Several hundred spectators got an unexpected shock at a circus in Macedonia after a lion broke through a safety enclosure during a performance.
Report: Huge illegal ivory seizure in Dubai
Customs authorities in Dubai have seized ivory worth as much as 15 million dirhams ($4.1 million) from more than 100 poached elephants. The UAE's ...
Food labels multiply, some confuse consumers
Want to avoid pesticides and antibiotics in your produce, meat, and dairy foods? Prefer to pay more to make sure farm animals were treated humanely, ...
Development boom puts pressure on Panama wetlands
On a cloudy autumn morning a flock of chocolate-brown sandpipers slipped across the horizon toward a stretch of mangrove trees and mud flats outside ...
Colo., Wash. await federal response to pot measure
Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes this week by ...
Colo., Wash. await federal marijuana response
Two states that approved recreational use of marijuana are waiting to hear how the federal government intends respond to the measures. The governor ...
Work from Monet's 'Water Lilies' fetches over $43M
A work from Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" series has been sold for more than $43 million at a New York City auction. The money will benefit the ...
Clinton says US to increase anti-poaching efforts
Alarmed that rebel militias could be profiting from a sharp increase in the poaching of elephants and rhinos, the U.S. plans to step up efforts to ...
Rhino case: Thai gets 40-year sentence in SAfrica
A South Africa court has sentenced a Thai national to 40 years in prison for selling rhino horns. The magistrate handed down the sentence down Friday ...
Pot votes in CO, WA raise specter of weed tourism
Hit the slopes — and then a bong? Marijuana legalization votes this week in Colorado and Washington state don't just set up an epic state-federal ...
Fraud? No, spider delays Mass. town's vote count
It wasn't hanging chads or voter fraud that delayed the vote count in one Massachusetts town — it was a spider. Rehoboth (ruh-HOH'-buth) Town Clerk ...
Malaysia firm says high-tech farms can help poor
For one Malaysian widow, moving to this experimental farming village represented hope for a brighter future for her seven children. Her new neighbor, ...
Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington ...
ELECTION WATCH: A Lincoln interlude; AP analysis
Around the country on Election Day 2012 with AP reporters bringing the latest developments to you: ___ A LINCOLN INTERLUDE On election night, when it ...
Maine, Maryland vote to legalize gay marriage
Voters a continent apart made history Tuesday on two divisive social issues, with Maine and Maryland becoming the first states to approve same-sex ...
Gaza police catch crocodile after 2 years on lam
It took an Internet search, shark nets and two weeks of floating in a sewage pond, but Gaza policemen said Tuesday that they have finally captured a ...