Activists attack Japanese Whalers with Rotten Butter.

The populations of nearly two dozen common American birds -- the fence-sitting meadowlark, the frenetic Rufous hummingbird and the whippoorwill with its haunting call -- are half what they were 40 years ago, a new analysis found.

ST. PAUL, MINN. -- A 17-year-old girl who spent weeks looking for her missing dog unwrapped a box left on her doorstep and found the pet's severed head inside, authorities said.Homicide investigators were looking into the case because of the "implied" ter