CASPER, Wyo. – A police officer didn’t think much of a call to shoo off a bothersome "kitty cat" at a home in Casper, Wyo. Then the officer arrived at the home of Beverly Hood. It was no ordinary domestic feline — but a male mountain lion weighing 80 to 90 pounds.
Officer Mike Ableman says [...]

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Kirk Watt is preparing his field of sugar beets for harvest just east of here. He didn’t plant the genetically modified Roundup Ready beets this year, but wishes he had.
"We had non-Roundup here and the guy over there has Roundup and I tell you, his look better," said Watt, ruefully. "It’s not [...]

The world is about to run out of the internet addresses that allow computers to identify each other and communicate, the man who invented the system has told The Times.
Vint Cerf, the "father of the internet" and one of the world’s leading computer scientists, said that businesses and consumers needed to act now to [...]

The C.M. Russell Museum is helping to celebrate Native American Heritage Week with a new exhibit called "Native America In Art." Dozens of paintings from the museums’ permanent collection showcase artworks from the 19th through the 21st century.
The works were created by both Indian and non-Indian artists.
Besides the new exhibit, the museum will be hosting [...]

Get ready for a power shift in Africa’s superpower. The continent’s biggest economy and its democratic guiding light, South Africa faces a significant transition with the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki after nine years in office. It needs to seize this opportunity.
Waiting in the wings to take over after elections expected next year is Jacob [...]

JOHNS CREEK – From an 1800s church to historic Johns Creek homes, Autrey Mill Nature Preserve has been trying to bring the past to the present for residents to enjoy for the last 20 years through renovating buildings and expanding nature trails.
Now, the nature preserve off Old Alabama Road has added one more piece of [...]

DANVILLE — Cooking in buffalo stomachs, hunting with bows and arrows and sleeping in 16-by-13-foot tepees were just a few of the things some second-graders learned Tuesday at Edison Elementary School.
Jon Jordan presented to Edison kids “Life on the Plains,” a talk that showcases the lifestyle and culture of the Lakota Sioux, who were [...]

A new wildfire is burning about 17 miles north of West Yellowstone.
The Teepee Fire is burning approximately 20 acres, and 32 firefighters along with a pair of helicopters are working on the blaze, according to officials with the Gallatin National Forest.
Fire bosses said they hope that Monday night’s cool temperatures will help lay the fire down.
They add [...]

OTTUMWA — An old landmark, which stood in the Ottumwa Park for over 30 years, was destroyed almost a year ago and is now being rebuilt.
The teepee that was located in the center of the park was torn down by vandals last year, but one young man has taken it upon himself to rebuild the [...]