Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi River --

For almost a decade, people who make their homes in this rural community in the Mason Valley 65 miles southeast of Reno have blamed that enormous abandoned mine for the high levels of uranium in their water wells.

The best seats are in Asia, but North American observers should be treated to an above average performance of the Leonid meteor shower, weather permitting. The trick for all observers is to head outside in the wee hours of the morning between 1A.M. & dawn

In this season of hope and giving the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, Inc. have joined forces to invite Americans to "send a touch of home" to United States service members and veterans across the country and abroad. Postmark by Dec. 7Th, 2009.

WASHINGTON - A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze -- you won't notice a thing.

Since 2008, the government has required that female immigrants between the ages of 11 through 26 applying for permanent resident or refugee status receive Gardasil, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006.

The nasty, drug-resistant bacteria known as MRSA may have a new carrier: the family pet. The scourge of hospital wards and locker rooms, MRSA often begins with small red bumps that can turn into painful abscesses requiring surgery to drain them.

Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem.

Hastings, even though a small city, has a very active Farmer's Market.To help those less fortunate financially, the have joined with WIC to provide fresh food to adults and children alike who would be unable to affort it otherwise.

A group of hunters aboard a small boat out of the tiny Alaska village of Wainwright were the first to spot what would eventually be called "the blob." It was a dark, floating mass stretching for miles through the Chukchi Sea