Backyard volunteers helping track firefly numbers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats....

Tea party or establishment, GOP looks for gains
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate....

Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) -- Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship....

Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) -- Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship....