.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) - 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...

.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...

.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...