Big Issue: Energy crisis hitting home
MURPHY, N.C. (AP) -- When oil topped $100 a barrel earlier this year, and gasoline prices soared above $4 a gallon, Americans cried out for relief....
States ranked on energy efficiency
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An advocacy group ranks California, Connecticut and Oregon at the top of a list of states improving energy efficiency to respond to high prices, energy security and global warming....
Cambodia eyes nuclear plant for electricity
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Impoverished Cambodia hopes to build a nuclear power plant to meet its future energy needs and help offset its dependence on imported oil, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Friday during the first meeting of his new Cabinet....
France's EdF buying British Energy for $23.2B
PARIS (AP) -- French power provider EdF agreed Wednesday to buy British Energy Group PLC for about $23.2 billion in cash, betting big on the prospects for Britain's nuclear industry at a time of growing global concern about greenhouse gas emissions....
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Hurricane Norbert lashes Mexico's Baja peninsula
PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico (AP) -- Scores of people fled flooded homes Saturday as Hurricane Norbert lashed Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula with torrential rains and screaming winds....
Hurricane warning issued ahead of Norbert
MIAMI (AP) -- A hurricane warning has been issued for the west coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula as a weakened Hurricane Norbert churns in the Pacific....
Storm spawns tornado in Fla., possibly one in Ala.
ENTERPRISE, Ala. (AP) -- Forecasters say a tornado blew out windows and knocked down power lines in the Florida Panhandle, and another suspected twister damaged a civic center in a southeastern Alabama town....
Tornado touches down near Fla. park, no one hurt
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) -- Forecasters say a tornado has blown out windows and knocked down trees and power lines near a state park in the Florida Panhandle....
A "hairy" crab, spiky sea stars, and a bright red shrimp are among the 274 new species found during a research survey of Australia's deep ocean.
Ohio woman gets 10 years for attack on 93-year-old
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for beating her 93-year-old neighbor with a vacuum cleaner during a robbery that netted her $5....
The discovery at a Virginia aquarium marks the second time scientists have used DNA testing to verify what would have been a "virgin birth"?if the pups hadn't died.
The biggest land animals that ever lived grew huge and were an evolutionary success in part because they swallowed large quantities of food whole, new research suggests.
From November to April, part of the Northern Pacific humpback whale population migrates to the Mexico Pacific to mate or give birth. The species's future is brighter but still threatened.
Shrimplike organisms that linked together in single-file rows 525 million years ago represent a bizarre and previously unknown type of animal grouping, scientists say.
The world's first complete double arm transplant was performed successfully in Germany. The recipient, a farmer who lost his own arms in an accident, is doing well.
Scientists have derived stem cells from adult, human testicles for the first time, which could allow therapies to be developed without destroying embryos.
Scientists have found 274 new species of corals, starfish, sponges, shrimps, and crabs 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) beneath the surface of Australia's waters.
