
2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire
Firefighters have at least temporarily battled to a "draw" with a fast-moving fire that has already killed two people and destroyed 379 homes, giving ...

Fla. deputy removes Doritos bag from deer's head
A deer in the Florida Keys is breathing more easily after a deputy removed a Doritos bag from its head. The Monroe County sheriff's deputy discovered ...

Group kicks off planting of ancient tree clones
A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world's ...

Sticky-fingered thieves target sap in Maine
Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine's maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting ...

Saplings from Anne Frank's tree take root in US
Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being ...

Masks galore: Japanese ward off pollen, pollution
On the sidewalks and the subways it's clear: Japan is becoming a sea of surgical masks. It's about pollen, about germs and even a little about China, ...

How to prepare for snowstorm's power outages
The snowstorm that hit the Northeast knocked down trees and power lines and left hundreds of thousands of homes in the cold and dark. About 650,000 ...

Aging America: Elder abuse, use of shelters up
She raises her hands to her snow-white hair in a gesture of frustrated bewilderment, then slowly lowers them to cover eyes filling with tears.

Fla. 'python challenge' draws about 800 hunters
An armed mob set out into the Florida Everglades on Saturday to flush out a scaly invader. It sounds like the second act of a sci-fi horror flick but, ...