Researchers flying over Alaska’s northwest coast spot carcasses of up to 200 dead animalsANCHORAGE, Alaska — Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast. Girl, 16, bags 10-foot, 350-pound alligator with a crossbow during SC huntCOLUMBIA, S.C. — A 16-year-old girl has bagged a 10-foot alligator in a South Carolina swamp. Lab technician arrested in slaying of Yale grad student whose body was found stuffed in wallNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale University lab technician was arrested Thursday and charged with the suffocation death of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a research building wall on what would have been her wedding day. Police say arrest ’soon’ in slaying of Yale grad student whose body was found stuffed in wallNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police said Thursday they expect to make an arrest shortly in the killing of a Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed behind the wall of a campus research building. Yale lab tech awaits fate as it’s revealed graduate student was suffocatedNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building was suffocated, according to autopsy released Wednesday, hours after a “person of interest” was questioned and released. Conn. medical examiner says Yale grad student found in wall was asphyxiatedNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building was asphyxiated, the state’s chief medical examiner said Wednesday, hours after a “person of interest” was questioned and released. Conn. medical examiner says Yale grad student found in wall died of traumatic asphyxiationNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The chief state’s medical examiner said Wednesday that a Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a basement wall died of traumatic asphyxiation. Official: Drought-driven cattle raid in northern Kenya reaches death toll of 32NAIROBI, Kenya — Most of the 32 victims of this week’s gunbattles in northern Kenya were buried in a mass grave Wednesday as the country’s scorching drought exacerbates tensions over land and water. Obama administration strengthens NW salmon protection plan but views original plan as soundPORTLAND, Ore. — Calling it an “insurance policy” for Pacific Northwest salmon, the Obama administration on Tuesday offered up a tougher conservation plan for the fish that includes climate-change monitoring and the “last-resort” possibility of removing dams. Obama administration submits salmon plan to boost fish protection in Pacific NorthwestPORTLAND, Ore. — The Obama administration says it will be more aggressive in protecting declining Pacific Northwest salmon runs and will study breaching some dams as a last resort in a long-awaited management plan. Conservation groups says 70 captured dolphins in Japanese town set free over weekendTOKYO — A Japanese fishing town that holds a well-known annual hunt to kill and sell dolphins for meat has released 70 of the animals from its first catch of the season following an international outcry, a conservationist group said Tuesday. Biggest US study finds male bass with female features in many rivers; women’s meds to blameWASHINGTON — Government scientists figure that one out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become. The black bears of Shenandoah suggest these steps to make your stay enjoyableFRONT ROYAL, Va. — The black bears of Shenandoah National Park are a magnificent sight, from a distance. Some tips to stay safe: To bike, hike or drive, Skyline Drive is brought to you by another ’shovel-ready’ generationFRONT ROYAL, Va. — Skyline Drive specializes in solitude mixed with pulse-racing exhilaration. You can get that three ways as autumn colors come alive across the Blue Ridge Mountains. 5 scientists honored for life-saving leukemia treatment, research in creating stem cellsNEW YORK — Five scientists have won prestigious research awards for developing a life-saving leukemia treatment and for advances in “reprogramming” DNA, which led to a new kind of stem cell. Alaska says hunts to reduce wolf, bear populations are increasing moose, caribou numbersANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state wildlife officials say. Alaska says predator control is working as intended, increasing moose and caribou numbersANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state wildlife officials say. Head of Cuban-American National Foundation: One man’s journey is that of a people and an eraMIAMI — Francisco Jose Hernandez points to the boarded windows in his secretary’s third floor office. Days before, a drive-by shooter peppered the glass with bullets. Along the Calif. coast, a symbol of Russia’s past may fall victim to state’s fiscal crisisFORT ROSS, Calif. — Nearly two centuries ago, Russian colonists selected a patch of sloping grassland along California’s rugged North Coast for a new settlement. It was from this spot about 80 miles north of San Francisco that they hoped to harvest Redwoods, grow crops and hunt seals for the lucrative fur trade. Head of Cuban-American National Foundation forges new path among exiles as Cuba itself changesMIAMI — Francisco Jose Hernandez points to the boarded windows in his secretary’s third floor office. Days before, a drive-by shooter peppered the glass with bullets. Colombian police: Bombs strapped to donkeys kill 2 coca-eradication workersBOGOTA — Police say two bombs being carried by donkeys exploded in northeastern Colombia, killing two coca-eradication workers and wounding six soldiers. Ariz. driver racks up $6,700 in speeding tickets while wearing monkey masks to elude detectionPHOENIX — A driver has racked up dozens of speeding tickets in photo-radar zones on Phoenix-area freeways while sporting monkey and giraffe masks, and is fighting every one by claiming the costumes make it impossible for authorities to prove he was behind the wheel. Ore. deputy, trooper briefly stun bull elk to free it from barbed wire fenceHARRISBURG, Ore. — Normally, if you’re close enough to use a stun gun on a bull elk, you might be too close. But it worked out well for a Linn County sheriff’s deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper faced with a dilemma. They responded Thursday to a call near Harrisburg about a big elk whose antlers had become entangled in a barbed wire fence, pinning its head in place. Worst drought in decades hinders Texas marsh habitats’ recovery from Hurricane IkePORT ARTHUR, Texas — First too much water, now not enough. CAT scans show extinct eagle in New Zealand may have eaten humans, researchers sayBANGKOK — Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast’s eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday. Black bear attacks man in his Colorado home; latest in string of bear run-ins in AspenASPEN, Colo. — A man was attacked by a large black bear in his Aspen home in the latest in a string of violent encounters with the animals this summer in the mountain community. South Carolina GOP asks Gov. Mark Sanford to resign following questions on affair, travelCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Leaders of South Carolina’s Republican Party voted Thursday to ask Gov. Mark Sanford to resign, joining an increasing number of GOP officials upset with the governor’s June vanishing act to see his mistress and questions about his travel while in office. Researchers say Arctic warming has widespread effects on Arctic plants, animalsWASHINGTON — Arctic warming is affecting plants, birds, animals and insects as ice melts and the growing season changes, scientists report in a new review of the many impacts climate change is having on the far north. New home sought for Yellowstone bison languishing in quarantine since 2005BOZEMAN, Mont. — Wildlife officials on Thursday will decide the fate of a small herd of wild bison that have languished in a government-run quarantine in a Montana compound since they were spared from slaughter four years ago. Cheetah at Cincinnati Zoo swats away competition, pounces on speed record: 36 mphCINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo says one of its cheetahs has become the fastest land mammal on record — twice. |
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