Environment and nature

May 18, 2013

Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant.

E-Brief
May 18, 2013

Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is thinning and is no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.

E-Brief
May 18, 2013

Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

May 18, 2013

Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park

E-Brief
May 18, 2013

Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback