CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.

There isn't a farm within miles of...

BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal...

SEATTLE (AP) — Bamboo has sprouted all over. It's being used everywhere from floorboards to tableware to inline skates and T-shirts, as consumers increasingly seek out products considered...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An African has taken over as director of Greenpeace, bringing experience honed as a teenage opponent of white rule in South Africa and a network of powerful...

BEIJING (AP) — Hu says China, US agree to expand cooperation on climate change, energy and environment.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities have stopped trying to capture a wild turkey that calls Interchange 14B on the New Jersey Turnpike home. The bird has been causing havoc for toll...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A vintage 55-foot yacht named "Bull" and two smaller boats that once belonged to imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff are headed for the auction...

PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday announced plans for a Chinese-owned solar panel maker to build its U.S. headquarters and a manufacturing plant in the Phoenix area, propelling one...

TRONA, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.6 earthquake has shaken a remote area of the Mojave Desert in Southern California.

The 1:21 p.m. Monday tremor...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Sue Stenhouse spends her days figuring out how Rhode Island officials should calmly deal with disaster. But when a rat scurried through her office, her...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The federal government will attempt to set Florida's water pollution standards — the first time it'll try that for any state — under an agreement approved...

SEATTLE (AP) — A study by NOAA and the University of Washington says a yearlong closure of recreational razor clam digging could result in as much as $22 million in lost revenue to...

NEW YORK (AP) — Lowe's Cos. said Monday it is expecting consumers will spend cautiously this holiday season on trees and gifts like power tools but said it sees signs the housing...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — International Coal Group said Monday it has settled a lawsuit filed by two environmental groups challenging a federal water quality permit for an Appalachian...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Un yate de 16,7 metros (55 pies) de eslora llamado "Bull" y dos embarcaciones más pequeñas que alguna vez pertenecieron al encarcelado ex...

COPENHAGEN (AP) — There's not enough time to strike a detailed and binding deal at next month's Copenhagen conference on climate change but nations say it...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Environmentalists on Monday said an international deal to reduce catches of Atlantic bluefin tuna didn't go far enough to protect the species from extinction.

The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of businessmen on Monday launched a new coalition to urge the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation, pointing to...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico's last...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record.

David...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An African took over as director of Greenpeace Monday, bringing experience honed as a teenage opponent of white rule in South Africa and a network of powerful...