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Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs debate

Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers.

Animal Welfare Institute

U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Officials predict longer and stronger fire season

In the past few years, Rich Nieto's work has started earlier and lasted longer.

Southwest Coordination Center

National Interagency Fire Center

Noise inescapable in some flagship national parks

A few times a year, Bryson Garbett loads up his family and heads to a national park, often one in southern Utah.

Congresswoman calls for inquiry into Texas county

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has called for a congressional inquiry into the state's most populous county, saying recent events show that its legal system "has been tarnished."

Bird watchers as far as Britain flock to Alaska

British birder Annie Andreae bristles at being called a "twitcher" - friendly slang in England for someone who will drop everything at the drop of a hat to get a glimpse at a must-see bird.

http://www.alaskabirding.com

Bertha becomes first hurricane of Atlantic season

Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.

Rail car leak prompts warning in South Dakota

Officials in a southeastern South Dakota city have asked residents near a leaking rail car to keep their windows closed and stay indoors.

Weather helps crews battling California wildfires

Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and higher humidity overnight to make progress containing a blaze burning through the mountains in Santa Barbara County before hotter, drier conditions return.

Focus on elk as disease persists near Yellowstone

Federal officials are considering a tentative proposal that calls for capturing or killing infected elk in Yellowstone National Park to eliminate a serious livestock disease carried by animals in the area.

Police: Milwaukee fatal shootings gang-related

Two men who were among four people killed when gunmen fired into a crowd of 100 or more people were gang members killed by two rival gangs, police said Sunday.

NYC church prays for gospel singing pastor

The congregation led by gospel singer Timothy Wright gathered for praise and remembrance Sunday, praying for their pastor's recovery from a head-on car crash that killed his wife and grandson.

The Norfolk 17

Names of the Norfolk 17, black students who were educated at First Baptist Church during Virginia's "Massive Resistance" to school desegregation. The 17 went on to integrate the city's schools.

Black students helped end 'Massive Resistance'

The "Norfolk 17" were honored Sunday at the church that educated them 50 years ago when six of the city's all-white public schools closed under Virginia's defiant response to court-ordered desegregation.

The Norfolk 17

NYPD now has own scholar to help review threats

He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books.

Liver donor's family, recipient unite online

They were precocious toddlers, both blond-haired and blue-eyed, separated by a thousand miles between Miami and a small Kentucky town.

Transplant Games

Dr. Starzl

Theft of car anti-pollution device up across US

Marty Boyer's carefully maintained sport utility vehicle growled more like a dragster than a 2001 Honda Passport when he turned the key.

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries

National Insurance Crime Bureau

Prize-winning SC cook dishes up whimsical fare

A South Carolina woman's whimsical approach to food is helping her crack the insular world of cooking contests with such novel dishes as pecan-encrusted oysters over asiago cheese grits. And she's taking home a lot more than blue ribbons and kitchen gadgets.

Special court for vets addresses more than crime

The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts.

Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title

Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship.

Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm,

California wildfires strain state's resources

A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state.

Cooler weather helps crews battle Calif wildfire

Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire before the expected return of hotter, drier conditions.

California wildfire coverage by the Sacramento Bee