On 600 acres of savannah-like land an hour south of Eugene, Ore., Wildlife Safari is doing innovative things in an attempt at conservation through education. The newest addition to the wide range of activities offered at the drive-through park is an elephant car wash, where elephants do just that: Wash …

WILMINGTON, Del. – Lawyers for the Sun-Times Media Group Inc. say the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing could result in either a restructuring or a sale. A Delaware judge on Wednesday approved first-day motions in the case, allowing the Chicago-based owner of the Chicago Sun-Times to pay employees and vendors …

DETROIT – General Motors Corp has asked for $2.6 billion of low interest government loans to support the development of three new hybrid vehicles, according to a business plan update released on Wednesday. GM’s loan request, which would help develop two spinoffs from its all-electric Chevrolet Volt, raises to $10.3 …

DETROIT – For those who expected General Motors’ once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, there has been a sad twist. Saturn, once billed as a different kind of car company, appears as dead as Pontiac and Oldsmobile. At the brand’s 350 remaining dealers around the country, …

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Phil Mickelson, Lucas Glover and Ricky Barnes were on the move Monday at the U.S. Open. Only Mickelson was going the right way. With a 5-foot eagle putt at the par-5 13th, Mickelson — who came to Bethpage Black desperate to deliver the silver trophy to his …

The massive machine at the center of the world’s biggest scientific experiment has malfunctioned again – derailed by a bit of bread dropped by a bird. The Hadron Collider, buried 100m under the ground near Geneva, Switzerland, is supposed to recreate conditions seen after the Big Bang. Scientists hope the …

A liberal lawyer I know sent me the following e-mail commentary, kidding me that “it must have been written by you!” The e-mail says: “Let me get this straight. We’re going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it, passed by …

Two Washington state teenagers were killed when a northbound Amtrak train plowed into them, according to KPTV.com. The train struck the teens at about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday while they were standing on the northbound tracks waiting for a southbound freight train to pass on the other side. The conductor of …

MENTOR, Ohio – An Ohio couple has filed a federal lawsuit saying school officials failed to stop bullying that they say led to their son’s suicide. The suit was filed last week, almost two years to the day when 17-year-old Eric Mohat shot himself in the head. Parents William and …

KABUL – Millions of new textbooks promised and paid for by the U.S. and other foreign donors have not been delivered to schools in Afghanistan, The Associated Press has found. Other books were so poorly made they are already falling apart. The faltering effort is testimony to how much can …