.DULUTH, Minn. (AP) _ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials have come up with a plan to reduce the number of protected Canada lynx that get caught in traps. A federal judge has approved a...

.WASHINGTON (AP) _ The third ship in the history of the US Navy to be named the USS Minnesota will be a new nuclear attack submarine. On Tuesday, the US Navy announced that the next two Virginia-class...

.WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win, according to a new study released...

.WASHINGTON (AP) - A mortgage rescue plan to save hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure drew overwhelming Senate support, inching toward passage despite Republican objections. The Senate...

.RUSUTSU, Japan (AP) - The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping...

.SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - Republican John McCain said Tuesday the federal government should practice the energy efficiency he preaches, pledging as president to switch official vehicles to green technologies...

.SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ In less than a day, an electrical storm unleashed nearly 8,000 lightning strikes that set more than 800 wildfires across Northern California - a rare example of "dry lightning" that...

.GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza's Hamas rulers on Tuesday said they have reached a long-awaited cease-fire with Israel meant to end months of Palestinian assaults on Israeli border towns and bruising...

;BAGHDAD (AP) _ A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial street in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 51 people and wounding scores more in the deadliest blast in the capital in more...