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Fiat to suspend production at Naples plant
Italian carmaker Fiat SpA announced Wednesday that it will extend its month-long holiday shutdown of its Naples plant by some two weeks due to ...
FBI dogs detect scents of Iowa cousins near lake
Authorities searching for two young cousins drained an Iowa lake Tuesday after FBI dogs detected the girls' scents near where their bicycles were ...
Oregon man recovering from rare case of plague
One look at Paul Gaylord's hands shows why the plague is referred to as "Black Death." The welder's once-strong hands have been withered by the ...
Residents warned: 6-foot lizard loose in Colorado
A sheriff has warned residents in a tourist town northwest of Colorado Springs that a strong, aggressive 6-foot lizard that eats small animals — ...
Bobcat that broke into Washington prison to be OK
Security is tight at the Monroe Corrections Complex to keep 2,400 Washington state prisoners locked up, but it couldn't stop a bobcat from breaking in
Cat makes 6-mile trek back to NH home
Animal rescue league officials say they don't know how a black cat walked about 6 miles in three days to find his way back home in New Hampshire.
South Africa reports 281 rhinos killed this year
South Africa says 281 of the country's endangered rhinoceros have been killed by poachers in the first six months of the year. The Environment ...
Feds to reroute SF Bay ships to protect whales
Scientists studying the carcass of a 47-foot fin whale that washed up on a beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore last month found the creature's ...
Asian carp DNA found in year-old Lake Erie samples
Genetic material from Asian carp has been discovered in Lake Erie water samples collected nearly a year ago, officials said Friday. Researchers with ...
Vegas chimp caretaker: Wild animals aren't pets
Poker pro Lee Watkinson put up the money and girlfriend Timmi De Rosa gave her heart to an effort to rescue two adult chimpanzees that had outgrown ...
Dogs, dead people get election docs from nonprofit
The voter registration form arrived in the mail last month with some key information already filled in: Rosie Charlston's name was complete, as was ...
'Modern Family' star unveils $500K Ala. dog park
It's a good time to be a dog if you're in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Alabaster. A star of ABC-TV's "Modern Family" series, Eric Stonestreet, was ...
Dogs from NY, Virginia wed at charity extravaganza
We double-dog dare you to check this out. Two dogs got married Thursday night at an extravaganza to benefit the Humane Society of New York. Bride Baby ...
Burton resurrects dead dog tale 'Frankenweenie'
Tim Burton knows what it's like to be a boy with a dead dog. The filmmaker came to the Comic-Con fan convention Thursday to show footage of ...
Wis. town barred from beefing up farm water rules
The Wisconsin Supreme Court dealt a blow to environmentalists concerned about water pollution from huge livestock farms Wednesday, when it said ...
Scientist names marine parasite after Bob Marley
A tiny blood-sucking parasite that infests fish on Caribbean coral reefs has been named after Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley. Arkansas State ...
Belfast dog Lennox put to sleep after 2-year fight
A pug-nosed black Belfast dog named Lennox, who inspired a two-year legal fight and animal-rights protests on both sides of the Atlantic, was put to ...
Tigers fatally maul man at Copenhagen Zoo
Tigers fatally mauled a man inside an enclosure at the Copenhagen Zoo, officials said Wednesday. It was unclear how or why the 21-year-old Afghan-born ...
States seek federal help fighting mussel scourge
Regional energy planners for four Western states are asking Congress for help building a stronger line of defense against what some officials call an ...
Activists seek answers in Trinidad turtle tragedy
A Trinidad and Tobago conservation group called Tuesday for a prompt investigation into how government work crews crushed leatherback turtle eggs and ...
Scientists to protect rare snake in St. Lucia
A snake that scientists had declared extinct long ago has been found living in a nature reserve on a tiny isle just off the east Caribbean island of ...
US scientist: Ocean acidity major threat to reefs
Oceans' rising acid levels have emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs, acting as the "osteoporosis of the sea" and threatening ...
Indian state's grip on rare lions may be too tight
A peacock shrieks. A monkey scrambles higher into the fire-colored canopy of a kesudo tree. And an Asiatic lion — one of the last few hundred in the ...
Lucky baby golden eagle survives Utah wildfire
A baby golden eagle is recovering at a wildlife rehabilitation facility after officials say it miraculously survived a Utah wildfire last month.