Yucca Foe's Aide to Decide on Its License
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In a deal to let 175 of President Bush's nominees take office, an adviser to new Democratic leader Harry Reid, the Senate's staunchest opponent of a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, will be named to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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By THE GAZETTE  A cactus in Colorado will be considered for removal from federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday.
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Encysive gets set for a showdown with the FDA.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The sponsorship inquiry faced an uncertain fate Monday as defenders of its embattled commissioner warned it would be a costly mess if he resigned.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 1--It's been 12 years in the recipe stage, and now it's about to be served for approval to the Placer County Board of Supervisors.
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The US president is to name a replacement for outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, reports say.
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Agency commissioners hope to issue a final ruling on the deal by the end of the month.
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A Tucson prescription-drug wholesaler suspected of being linked to botulism cases in Florida has surrendered its licenses to the Arizona pharmacy board.
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Her official title is governor of Arizona. But Janet Napolitano turned into an international saleswoman last week during her five-day blitz of Britain.
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Casino employees will be able to hold caucuses at work  after a federal judge ruled the Democratic Party can set up "at-large" precincts for the Nevada contest on the Las Vegas strip Saturday. The state teachers union challenged the plan, saying it would give employees on the strip an unfair advantage. The culinary workers union -- which supports Sen. Barack Obama -- fired back, saying the teachers wanted to give the edge to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 26--California electricity customers have paid $1 billion to the federal government to permanently store high-level radioactive waste, but the fate of a proposed storage facility at Yucca Mountain remains uncertain.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep.
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The Bush Administration faces a political decision over whether to renew the contract of the security firm protecting U.S. officials in Iraq
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A senior Justice Department official who recently resigned her post bought a nearly $1 million vacation home with a lobbyist for ConocoPhillips months before approving consent decrees that would give the oil company more time to pay millions of dollars in fines and meet pollution-cleanup rules at...
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Local sheriff&#39;s deputies and US Drug Enforcement Administration agents disagreed when they converged on Diane Monson&#39;s house in Oroville, Calif.
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Strippers in this city will soon have to put on something they can't take off &#151; a business license.
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By Joyce Lobeck, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 19--Possible neighbors of the proposed hog farm in eastern Yuma  County aren't quite ready to accept an animal feeding operation in their  backyard even though the company intends to break ground this week.