Population Explosion Threatens To Trap Africa In Cycle Of Poverty (Xan Rice)

· World's poorest nations set to triple in size · Uganda leads growth that can change face of earth Xan Rice -- Guardian KAMPALA, Uganda -- Aug. 25, 2006 -- There are 27.7 million people in Uganda. B ...

Huge Oil Find Could Be Good News For U.S. Reserves (AP)

Well Drilled In Gulf Of Mexico OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Results from a deep-water test well in the Gulf of Mexico suggest a new pool of oil and gas that could boost U.S. reserves by as much as 50 percent ...

Ice Core Evidence Of Human Impact On CO2 In Air (Reuters)

(Reuters) -- Air from the oldest ice core confirms human activity has increased the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere to levels not seen for hundreds of thousands of years, scient ...

U.S. Home-Price Gains Slow As Housing Slump Deepens (Kathleen M. Howley)

"The wheels are coming off the housing market" Kathleen M. Howley (Bloomberg) -- Sept. 5, 2006 -- U.S. home-price growth slowed during the second quarter from a year earlier in the sharpest three-mon ...

Tropical Storm Florence forms (AP)

(AP) -- Tropical Storm Florence formed Tuesday in the open Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2006 hurricane season.

The End of Eden (Michael Powell)

James Lovelock Says This Time We've Pushed the Earth Too Far Michael Powell -- Washington Post ST. GILES-ON-THE-HEATH, England -- Sept. 2, 2006 --Through a deep and tangled wood lies a glade so lovel ...

Israel Said To Fear War Crimes Charges (Matti Friedman)

By MATTI FRIEDMAN -- Associated Press Sept. 4, 2006 -- Three weeks after a cease-fire ended Israel's monthlong war against Hezbollah guerrillas, Israel is increasingly concerned that government offic ...

Nightmare Mortgages (Mara Der Hovanesian)

Mara Der Hovanesian -- Business Week Sept. 1, 2006 -- For cash-strapped homeowners, it was a pitch they couldn't refuse: Refinance your mortgage at a bargain rate and cut your payments in half. New h ...

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Dead (News.com.au)

News.com.au Sept. 3, 2006 -- The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead. He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, Australia, police sources said Sunday. It is understood he was killed by a stingr ...

Fears of 'extreme' TB strain (Robin McKie)

New drug-resistant infection is 'nightmare' say health experts Robin McKie, science editor -- The Observer Sept 2, 2006 -- Health experts are to hold an emergency meeting in Johannesburg this week, f ...

Mitofsky, 'Father Of Exit Polling,' Dies At 72 (Keating Holland)

Keating Holland WASHINGT0N (CNN) -- Warren Mitofsky, considered by many to be the "father of exit polling," died of heart failure in New York Friday. He was 72. Mitofsky changed the way the media cov ...