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Polar bear to be listed as an endangered species

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday that the agency will list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a decision that could cast the bears as the enduring symbol of the effects of global warming. » read more

Politicians can do little to lower gas prices, but still they try

None of the remedies that leading politicians are offering to ease the gasoline-price spike is likely to help consumers anytime soon. Not suspension of shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Not a high-level investigation of gasoline-pricing practices. And certainly not a summer freeze on gasoline taxes. While all those steps could have merit, analysts say, they're unlikely to slow the march to $4-a-gallon gasoline. » read more

House approves farm bill by veto-proof margin

The House on Wednesday emphatically approved a massive five-year farm bill by a veto-proof margin, setting up President Bush for a major political embarrassment. » read more

Election 2008

• · Obama ads in Kentucky tout his Christian faith
• · Out of Bounds! Clinton contradicts party rules — and herself!
• · Clinton 'determined' after win in W. Va., but does it matter?

World

• · Rocket attack on Israel hits during Bush visit
• · China eases Internet controls, and quake news pours out
• · In a surprise, Uribe sends 14 militia leaders to U.S. for trial

Nation

• · B of A expecting more losses on home-equity loans
• · Florida fire threatens habitat of endangered seaside sparrow
• · Here's news: Feds say gasoline prices fell in April

Washington

• · Experts see no early end to world's food crisis
• · Khalid Sheik Mohammed gets June 5 court date
• · Defense lawyers accuse Pentagon of delay in 9/11 cases