October 15, 2008, 3:19 pm... If you haven't gotten your fill of presidential debates after watching the McCain-Obama match-up this evening, mark your calendar for Sunday night!

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Actor and activist Russell Means was the top vote getter in the Oglala Sioux Tribe's primary election for tribal president.

The most memorable moments in U.S political history....but how much of a difference...influence...do debates ultimately make come Election Day?

A bipartisan effort is underway that could amount to "two of the most sweeping apologies in American history," website The Politico is reporting.

"I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110 (a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act," investigator Steve Branchflower concluded in the panel's 263-page report. A long time RepubliCON liar. So help me God!

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study. It puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion.

VP Dick Cheney spoke at the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Reno, NV, claiming that the Bush administration has championed wildlife preservation. In fact, the Bush administration has been the most anti-environmental in history.

London may be geographically remote from wild tigers, whale hunts and deforestation, but it's a thriving market place for illegally sourced wildlife products such as tiger bones, rugs and teeth, and even a huge brand new made-to-order polar bear skin rug.

INDIA - A wild elephant attacked houses of around 10 people who had damaged the temple of elephant-headed god Ganesha. Later the police arrested those allegedly involved in the incident. The villagers point that the elephant did not hurt anyone else.

India's legal framework for wildlife protection is incapable of coping with organized international gangs of animal poachers who are quickly reducing the numbers of leopards, tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, antelope and about 250 species of wild birds.