Hold the green talk please, until after the election
DENVER - Green groups are talking less about climate change and more about abortion, job creation, corruption, anything to turn out the vote for Democratic candidates. Full Article
Energy stocks buoy Wall St. ahead of Fed statement; Facebook falls
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks edged higher on Wednesday boosted by gains in the energy sector, with traders looking forward to a statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve as it winds down its stimulus program.
Nurse fights Maine quarantine over Ebola fears
WASHINGTON - Kaci Hickox, a nurse who tested negative for Ebola after returning from West Africa, plans to challenge Maine's restrictions and did not plan to follow guidelines to quarantine herself until November 10. Full Article
Iraqi peshmerga headed to Kobani
SURUC Turkey/BEIRUT - Iraqi peshmerga fighters arrived in southeastern Turkey en route for the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes. Full Article
Sanctions bind Russia's energy elite to Putin
MOSCOW - An offer by Gazprom to help rival Rosneft salvage an Arctic oil project shows how tightly sanctions have bound Russia's political and business elite together in the Ukraine crisis - an unintended consequence of the West's punitive measures. Full Article
Sandy's silver lining: Clean water in polluted bay
Hurricane Sandy killed 159 people and destroyed more than 650,000 homes. But two years on, residents of New York's Fire Island embrace how the storm let clean water flush the long polluted South Bay. Video
NASA rocket explodes
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida - An unmanned U.S. supply rocket exploded shortly after lifting off from a commercial launch pad in Virginia. Video | Slideshow | Full Article
Hawaii lava flow hits property, threatens dozens more
A slow-moving river of molten lava from an erupting volcano flows through residential property on Hawaii's Big Island, threatening dozens more homes and businesses. Mana Rabiee reports.











