CORAL HARBOUR, Nunavut — Battling hypothermia, a 17-year-old hunter stranded on a floating chunk of ice shot and killed a polar bear while trapped for more than a day before being rescued Monday in the Canadian Arctic.
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Wisconsin farmer promotes ‘good-food revolution’
Va. to size up impact of increasing elk population
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia game officials will study the consequences of increasing the number of Rocky Mountain elk in the state’s remote southwest corner, a move opposed by cattle farmers fearful of the spread of disease.
Va. may fill its own hills with Rocky Mountain elk
RICHMOND, Va. — More than 150 years after Virginia’s last native elk was killed, game officials may try to populate the state’s southwest corner with its bigger, buff-colored cousin — the Rocky Mountain elk.
Pigs may have tested positive for H1N1
WASHINGTON — Pigs in Minnesota may have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in a preliminary test, the first potential U.S. cases in swine, Agriculture Department officials said Friday.
Exercise shortcuts: How well do they measure up?
When it comes to exercise, most of us are looking for a shortcut, a way to lose weight and firm up without spending endless hours in the gym.
Union says it warned about mental patient outings
SEATTLE — Two days after an insane killer escaped from a field trip organized by his mental hospital, the union that represents mental hospital workers said it had become concerned about the type of patients allowed to participate in such outings.
Paris rooftops abuzz with beekeeping
PARIS — In the romantic city of lights, the bees are downright busy.
Go less, shorten treatments to hold on to the spa
NEW YORK — In this economy, we could probably all use a little pampering: a massage, a facial, a pedicure. Perhaps a nice soak in a hot whirlpool.
Exercise beats angioplasty for some heart patients
BARCELONA, Spain — Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say.
