COPENHAGEN -- This decade is very likely to be the warmest since record-keeping began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency

Colorado was one of seven states whose death rate from drunken driving increased last year, a new federal report shows.

Willow was born with spina bifida, an abnormality of the spinal cord that Hembree says was diagnosed five months into her pregnancy. For now, Hembree's life is one of 24-hour care for 8-month-old Willow, who has a tracheostomy tube to help her breath

Tennessee has relied on The Humane Society of the United States over the last two years for nine rescue missions -- more times than the nonprofit has been called in to assist in any other state in the country.

The smell of wood smoke might be a pleasant reminder of campfires and hot-dog roasts to many Middle Tennessee residents, but Environmental Protection Agency officials say to take care. The emissions from burning wood rank up there with other

All around the simple ranch house and barn on a Saratoga hilltop are multimillion-dollar mansions. From the base of the hill to the next knoll over, Silicon Valley's elite have built grand estates to showcase their wealth. But it was the little stucco

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a settlement of the long-running and highly contentious Cobell class-action lawsuit regarding the U.S. government's trust

BRYSON CITY, NC - Defendants Danielle Victoria Bigwitch, 21, of Cherokee; Dwayne Mitchell Littlejohn, 30, of Cherokee; and Daniel Lee Reed, 35, of Sylva, were sentenced in U.S. District Court Friday for their roles in a murder which occurred on the

James Delorey, the Nova Scotia boy who died Tuesday after surviving two days lost in the woods, left a big impression on those who knew him as well as those who never met him.

SWAN REACH, AUSTRALIA -- Before climate change strangled his lemon trees, Hermann Markovsky would drift off to sleep to the murmur of black swans in a lagoon beside his citrus farm.