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As the U.N. climate-change conference in Copenhagen approaches, we are in a race between political tipping points and natural ones. Can we cut carbon emissions fast enough to keep the melting of the Greenland ice sheet from...
We live surrounded by many trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals that aren't from this area. It may seem like they belong here, but they don't. They aren't the plants that Mother Nature originally intended for our region.
Southern Rocketop's new owner, Tor Birger Krageboen of Norway, got an immediate return on his undisclosed investment Friday night when the Illinois-bred gelding was an authoritative winner of Maywood Park's $90,000 Galt Trot...
When international climate negotiators convene next month in Copenhagen, Brazilian politician Marina Silva will serve as the conference's unofficial philosopher-activist. A native Amazonian who grew up in a community of...
Here's a story of two presidents, Barack Obama of the United States and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives. But on the biggest question the planet faces -- if we'll take action in time to slow down global warming -- they couldn't...
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up...
Big drop in currency value makes formerly expensive destination attractive. Since the global financial crisis, Malaysians are observed to be staying close to home, choosing mainly popular domestic and regional destinations with...
Vancouver Canucks' Christian Ehrhoff, left, of Germany, celebrates his goal with Alexander Edler, back left, of Sweden, and Mikael Samuelsson, right, of Sweden, during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the...
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London (UCL), London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom, The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom, and Center for Functionally Integrative...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a press conference during the European Union and Russia summit in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Medvedev's statement marked a rare criticism of the United Russia...
