ATLANTA (AP) -- 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

A Mexican drug cartel, including 15 people whose federal indictments were announced today, distributed thousands of pounds of cocaine and collected millions of dollars in the Chicago area in recent years, authorities alleged today.

Greenpeace has sent me an email today. Their efforts to end Japanese whale hunting are working finally!! My share is in Spanish, but here it is: http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/sharebook/. Enjoy the good news!! And help if you can!! -- Have a green day!!

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Three men are accused of using the popular Web site Craigslist to rob a number of people by luring them to alleys on the promise of selling them televisions and other items, Chicago police said

We are Americans who are concerned about the health of the women of the United States, and we applaud your efforts to ensure affordable, quality health care coverage for all.

JAPANESE whalers have set out for waters off the Australian Antarctic Territory - the third season since the Rudd Government came to power hoping to end Southern Ocean whaling.

Russia toughened its plans to curb harmful greenhouse gas emissions on Wednesday in a rare encouraging development before United Nations climate talks next month.

Future firefighters have their work cut out for them. Perhaps nowhere does this hit home harder than in Australia, where in early 2009 a persistent drought, high winds, and record high temperatures set the stage for the worst wildfire in the country's his

FAIRBANKS -- The U.S. Postal Service will no longer forward "Dear Santa" letters to Kris Kringle's elves in North Pole, citing security concerns and putting in doubt the future of a volunteer letter-answering effort that dates back 55 years.