Flood-resistant rice could help in fight against weeds, pollution By Robin Hindery Associated Press DAVIS - Inside a greenhouse on the UC Davis campus, a group of rice plants is defying conventional farming wisdom and thriving in a formerly life-threatening environment - underwater. Flood-resistant rice could help in fight against weeds, pollution By Robin Hindery Associated Press DAVIS - Inside a greenhouse on the UC Davis campus, a group of rice plants is defying conventional farming...

Dion, 51, was elected head of the party over seven other candidates, including Michael Ignatieff, a renowned Harvard professor who returned to Canada last year and had quickly become a front-runner in the race to head the opposition against Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Dion, 51, was elected head of the party over seven other candidates, including Michael Ignatieff, a renowned Harvard professor who returned to Canada last year and had quickly become a front-runner in the race...

For the past century, dams and pollution made the Charles River more burial ground than breeding ground for herring, shad, and salmon -- fish whose life cycles once revolved around the waterway. But conditions have recently improved along the Charles, and scientists now think it's time to bring one of those fish back. As the last of the fish, by their normal cycle, left the river last month to spend the next three years maturing in the Atlantic, those experts say there is reason to hope...

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine's fish and game department is taking to the airwaves to tell visitors about hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities in the state. He said messages aimed at visitors as well as Mainers will change with the seasons as different outdoor activities become more prominent. A sign telling motorists entering the state about the new station has been set up along the roadway. Latti said the idea was developed by Maine game officials. This material may not be published,...

New breaks from emission testing in the works for gasoline-burning cars in the metro area have been extended to diesel vehicles as well, at least to a degree. New rules approved by the legislature and recently affirmed by a Colorado air quality board mean owners of light-duty diesels - certain pickups and passenger cars model year 2004 or newer - are exempted from emission testing requirements for the vehicle's first four years. New rules approved by the legislature and recently affirmed...

SEAN DUFRENE / Union-Tribune A team of inspectors from Oceanside and San Diego County, including hazardous materials specialists and the city's clean-water coordinator, speak with a manager of Gorilla Equipment Rentals about a business operating on its property. SEAN DUFRENE / Union-Tribune A team of inspectors from Oceanside and San Diego County, including hazardous materials specialists and the city's clean-water coordinator, speak with a manager of Gorilla Equipment Rentals about a...

But those are just awesome, awesome, hard-fighting fish,'' said Watts, who filmed a television show with his twin brother, Bryan, at the barramundi pond. Hennecy, an Osceola County firefighter who is a charter captain for fresh and salt water trips as well as gators and waterfowl, charges $800 for four hours for a group of four anglers. Tireless and rambunctious from hook-set to release, the Australian cousins of the common snook are being caught by the dozens in a pay-to-fish pond located...

A key factor to create attractive tourism environment. Apart from landscapes and infrastructure sites of the tourism sector such as restaurants, hotels, recreation centres becoming bigger and more modern, there remains another important factor to create an attractive tourism environment the beauty of the Vietnamese people. Apart from landscapes and infrastructure sites of the tourism sector such as restaurants, hotels, recreation centres becoming bigger and more modern, there remains...

This plateau forms a substantial portion of the last remaining viable harsh winter habitat for one third of the 14,000-plus animals in the largest mule deer herd in Idaho. On April 18 of 2006, Ada County Development Services Director Gerry Armstrong issued a news release in which he claimed that, "Skyline Development has adequately addressed the appropriate local, state and federal regulations and ordinances as they pertain to their proposed development. On April 18 of 2006, Ada County...