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Bellingham, Wash., a progressive college town of 81,000, could soon be home to a new coal terminal. Developers want to ship the lucrative commodity to China, but some locals are worried about the potential environmental impacts.

In Northwest Town, A Local Fight Against Global Coal

Plans are afoot to build new coal terminals on the West Coast to ship the lucrative commodity to China. But the mayor and activists in Bellingham, Wash., want to keep the city's green image and move beyond its industrial past.

Hurdles Facing EU Leaders At Brussels Debt Summit

Across Europe on Wednesday, all eyes are on the EU summit in Brussels, where European leaders are expected to reveal plans to deal with the Eurozone debt crisis. But each country has different fears and expectations: In France the worry is the state of the banks and the country's credit rating; in Italy it's further pressure from the EU on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to get his financial house in order; in Germany and other northern European countries, it's the cost of the bailouts, and who is going to pay for them.

NCAA Meeting Puts Players' Rights In Spotlight

NCAA officials meets Wednesday to continue on a path toward what they call meaningful reform in college sports. High-profile scandals over the past several years prompted the pledge for change. Ramogi Huma will be watching the NCAA closely, as he has for the past 15 years. The former college football player has been a passionate advocate for college athletes' rights. For the most part, he has worked behind the scenes. Now, his work has taken on new relevance.

Navajo Tribe Split on Grand Canyon Flight Noise

Four months after the official public comment period ended, Grand Canyon officials are still waiting for the Navajo Nation to comment about flight…

President Promotes Mortgage Program in Las Vegas, NV

President Obama kicked off his western tour on Monday with a stop in Las Vegas to talk about housing.The city is the foreclosure epicenter of the country.…

<p>Occupy Wall Street drummers in Zuccotti Park on Sunday (Oct. 23, 2011).</p>

Community Board Backs 'Occupy' Protesters; Asks Them To Quiet Down

Manhattan's Community Board 1 endorses the protesters' right to be in Zuccotti Park. But it also wants drum circles limited to two hours a day. The drummers may not agree.

Cool Photo: Lighting Fireworks For Diwali

Three Indian children light fireworks under the cover of night.

<p>A photo from 2009 shows "All Natural" Necco Wafers. But after customers rejected the changes, the Massachusetts company returned to its original recipe.</p>

Customer Outrage Forces Necco To Put Artificial Ingredients Back Into Wafers

The candy company that makes Necco wafers thought its customer base would approve of a switch to natural flavors and colors. But it was wrong. Now the company is going back to its original recipe.

<p>On an Aug. 10 tour organized by Moammar Gadhafi's governement, an unidentified man lies in a hospital bed in Tripoli. He was allegedly injured during NATO airstrikes a day earlier. </p>

Libyans: NATO Bombing Raids Also Killed Civilians

Many Libyans have praised NATO for helping opposition forces topple Moammar Gadhafi. But in one Tripoli neighborhood, residents say a NATO bomb killed five civilians.

<p>Terry Dyroff of Silver Spring, Md., had a PSA result that led to a biopsy, which found no cancer. But the biopsy gave Dyroff a life-threatening infection. A U.S. task force recently proposed junking routine PSA tests, arguing they offer little benefit. But a commentary in <em>the New England Journal of Medicine</em> says the decision should be up to patients.</p>

Doctors' Orders: Keep Men Involved in PSA Decision

Confused about the fuss over PSA screening for prostate cancer? A commentary in the New England Journal of medicine says there's a middle ground between business-as-usual and throwing PSA tests out altogether.

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