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President-elect Barack Obama nominated Gen. James Jones to be his national security adviser. Best known as a former Marine commandant and supreme allied commander in Europe, Jones is part of a group of military and business leaders trying to raise the profile of energy dependence as a national security threat.

President-elect Barack Obama has filled about half of the openings in his Cabinet. A new Gallup Poll shows nearly 4 out of 5 Americans approve of his transition moves so far. But, could there be a price to be paid for this early popularity?

With PFAS, the forever chemicals, showing up in drinking water, researchers in Virginia want to know if they're building up in fish as well.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain this week is touting his plans for fighting global warming in the Pacific Northwest. He hopes to win over environmentally minded voters with his plan to reduce greenhouse gases by 60 percent by the year 2050.

At the Fairmont hotel in Washington, honeybees outnumber humans. Chefs plan to use their rooftop harvest to make desserts that deliver a direct hit of honey, like "honey caviar."

Bestselling Chinese author Yu Hua says, for his 40-something generation, life can be divided into two periods: the political excesses of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s and '70s, and the capitalist excesses of the past 30 years. His book Brothers is a lewd, rambunctious, heartbreaking epic of modern China.

New York state environmental officials are once again issuing air quality warnings in most parts of the state through Tuesday due to smoke from widespread Canadian wildfires.

Bush set a 2025 target date for the U.S. to slow growth of greenhouse gas emissions, but remains leery of any plan that would hurt economic growth.

Pope Benedict XVI told U.N. delegates that strengthening human rights is the key to solving the world's problems Friday.

Any fresh produce that's grown in dirt, then plucked and processed by human hands, runs the risk of becoming contaminated along the way with microbes that can cause food poisoning. Do you need veggie wash solutions, or can you just rub an apple clean on your sleeve?