WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government told a federal appeals court Monday it owes nothing to 500,000 American Indians and their heirs who claim they were cheated out of billions of dollars in land royalties. The long-running suit, first filed 13 years...

Target: U.S. House of Representatives. Around the world, more than 25,000 children under the age of 5 die every day from preventable and treatable diseases, and about 536,000 women die from pregnancy and birth-related causes. That's simply unacceptable.

Target: President Obama. ONE and the Global Campaign for Education's The Big Read book is a volume of stories intended to foster literacy and inspire action on behalf of the 75 million children worldwide who are currently not in school.

Women struggle every day against odds that are stacked against them. Approximately 1.3 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year in the United States. And in Texas, two women are killed by their intimate partners each week.

Target: 111th U.S. Congress. The Community Choice Act of 2009 will amend the Social Security Act to provide older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and give the elderly more flexibility and independence.

Each year 1.4 millions Americans, 3,800 per day, will hear the words "You have cancer." About 46 million Americans have no health insurance. Many more do not have coverage that will protect them if they are diagnosed with a chronic disease such as cancer.

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved a devastating plan to permit industrial ocean fish farms in U.S. waters. Advertised as a blueprint for ocean waters nationwide, it's now headed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In Oregon's Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, the Forest Service is considering allowing off-road vehicle use in some of the most fragile landscapes in the Forest. Please tell the Forest Service to protect the health and tranquility

UNITED NATIONS, 6 May (IPS) - The United States is considering whether to endorse a major U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for the recognition of the rights of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples over their lands and resources...

"The take-home message here is you can live with wolves - after all, this is a national park. We're trying to educate the public to not get too close," Smith said, "because if the wolves become too used to humans, they'll have to be killed.