The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado and NOAA. Smoke transported to the Arctic from northern forest…

Blaine, Wash. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pacific Highway port of entry arrested a 31-year-old Surrey, British Columbia, man for attempting to smuggle over one million dollars into the United States concealed in the cab of his…

Estimates of Diagnosed Diabetes Now Available for all U.S. Counties Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released…

Soluble Beta-Amyloid Protein Fragments May Damage Brain Cells, Study Finds Scientists have long questioned whether the abundant amounts of amyloid plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's actually caused the neurological disease or were a by-product of its…

Investor Losses Total More Than $1 Billion An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, NY, charging RALPH CIOFFI, the founder and senior portfolio manager of two Bear Stearns hedge funds, and MATTHEW TANNIN, a portfolio manager of the…

NEWARK The former president and founder of NJ Affordable Homes, Corp., a purported New Jersey real estate investment company which bought, renovated and sold properties, has been arrested and charged with masterminding a scheme which defrauded investors and mortgage lenders…

Boston, MA... A Medford man has been charged in federal court with shining a powerful green laser beam into a State Police helicopter escorting an LNG tanker through Boston Harbor, forcing it to abandon its escort mission, and with making…

An abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from ice sheets that extended to Earth's low latitudes some 635 million years ago caused a dramatic shift in climate, scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) report in this…

The north Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and lasts through November. The U.S. Census Bureau produces timely local data that are critical to emergency planning, preparedness and recovery efforts. This edition of Facts for Features spotlights the number of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. About 5,000 Deluxe Bottle and…

The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. About 1,400 2008 Honda TRX500 ATVs manufactured by American Honda Motor Co. Inc., of…

WASHINGTON, DC The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) released a first-of-its kind report that examines the technical feasibility of harnessing wind power to provide up to 20 percent of the nation's total electricity needs by 2030. Entitled "20 Percent Wind…