The illness is just beginning to show up in humans, said Linn Haramis, an entomologist with the Illinois Department of Public Health, because the species of mosquito that's most likely to carry the virus - culex pipiens or "house mosquito" - isn't at its peak until late summer. West Nile virus may be hiding in wings. The illness is just beginning to show up in humans, said Linn Haramis, an entomologist with the Illinois Department of Public Health, because the species of mosquito that's...

Despite the media's fawn-fest and her classic child-actor entourage -- parent, stylist and publicist -- Abbie seemed refreshingly untouched by Hollywood as she recently noshed on French bread in a cafe. The Breslins have worked hard to shelter their children from the industry's sharp edges, she said, and it shows. Abbie came off, not as a rehearsed, buffed and packaged performer, but "as a little girl having a good time," Faris said. She'd grown up on movie sets, thanks to her older...

MALASIGA, Papua New Guinea - First, their fathers noticed the palm trees that seemed to be inching toward the water's edge and the fire pit that vanished beneath the tides. There is not a power line or factory or air conditioner within a day's walk of this village of 400 people in the southwest Pacific, but these subsistence fishermen are no strangers to the power of industrialization and climate change. Far over the horizon from the most advanced nations, scientists are measuring the...

The stakes are highest Up North, especially across the bridge, where an unprecedented amount of spectacular wild land is coming on the market as the forest products industry reorganizes and as utility companies let go of property. Whether it's a day at the beach, an hour's hike through the woods or a week at deer camp, easy access to great locations is a hallmark of living here. Unless the state gets in the game in a big way, developers will surely lap up most of the prime lake frontage...

He thanked the crew, who he noted had met their performance goals despite operating with 40 percent of normal staff level, and had a picture taken with them. A day later, the landlord of 20 percent of the nation's land mass was walking through the steaming sulfurous cauldrons of Yellowstone National Park's famous geyser basins greeting tourists and talking to rangers about the challenges of preserving the nation's crown jewels. Drilling managers led Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on a...

His real name is Eric Pianka, and students enrolled in his Ecology, Evolution and Society course will hear a sad synopsis of Earth's vanishing species and habitats coupled with an apocalyptic warning about humans racing obliviously toward the edge of a high cliff. His real name is Eric Pianka, and students enrolled in his Ecology, Evolution and Society course will hear a sad synopsis of Earth's vanishing species and habitats coupled with an apocalyptic warning about humans racing...

Technology stocks have slumped since global markets peaked in May as investors grew concerned that rising interest rates would curtail economic growth. He also tries to identify catalysts, such as executive changes or rising demand for an industry's products. Fentin focuses on shares whose prices he considers low compared with a company's sales, book value or earnings potential. Fentin increased his investment in Cayman Islands-based computer disk-drive-maker Seagate during the second...

Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, that would require the state Department of Natural Resources to put as much timber as possible up for sale rather than balancing timber harvesting with other state forest uses? DeVos: Supports the bill after touring tracts of forest land and talking with foresters. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, that would require the state Department of Natural Resources to put as much timber as possible up for sale rather than balancing timber harvesting with other state forest...

The former vice president's movie -- replete with the prospect of a flooded New York City, an inundated Florida, more and nastier hurricanes, worsening droughts, retreating glaciers and disappearing ice sheets -- mostly got the science right, said all 19 climate scientists who had seen the movie or read the book and answered questions from The Associated Press. The former vice president's movie -- replete with the prospect of a flooded New York City, an inundated Florida, more and nastier...