A noxious cocktail of soot, smog and toxic chemicals is blotting out the sun, fouling the lungs of millions of people and altering weather patterns in large parts of Asia, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations. ...more

November 14, 2008

Olympic first-timer Zach Railey of Clearwater ended Saturday in an unfamiliar position: ahead of "The Man" in Finn class racing, the seemingly invincible British triple medalist Ben Ainslie, in the overall rankings. ...more

August 10, 2008

As if earthquake worries, polluted air and an algae-filled sea weren't enough, the Beijing Olympic organizers may have a Biblical-level challenge on their hands - a plague of locusts buzzing down from Inner Mongolia, where they already have chewed up about 5,000 square miles. ...more

July 10, 2008

On a remote stretch of land 100 miles from the border that separates democratic South Korea from the communist North, and surrounded by the Yellow Sea and rice paddies, the daughter of a Town 'N Country couple is helping keep a fragile peace. ...more

October 31, 2007