Tropical Storm Florence forms (AP)

(AP) -- Tropical Storm Florence formed Tuesday in the open Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2006 hurricane season.

The End of Eden (Michael Powell)

James Lovelock Says This Time We've Pushed the Earth Too Far Michael Powell -- Washington Post ST. GILES-ON-THE-HEATH, England -- Sept. 2, 2006 --Through a deep and tangled wood lies a glade so lovel ...

Israel Said To Fear War Crimes Charges (Matti Friedman)

By MATTI FRIEDMAN -- Associated Press Sept. 4, 2006 -- Three weeks after a cease-fire ended Israel's monthlong war against Hezbollah guerrillas, Israel is increasingly concerned that government offic ...

Nightmare Mortgages (Mara Der Hovanesian)

Mara Der Hovanesian -- Business Week Sept. 1, 2006 -- For cash-strapped homeowners, it was a pitch they couldn't refuse: Refinance your mortgage at a bargain rate and cut your payments in half. New h ...

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Dead (News.com.au)

News.com.au Sept. 3, 2006 -- The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead. He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, Australia, police sources said Sunday. It is understood he was killed by a stingr ...

Fears of 'extreme' TB strain (Robin McKie)

New drug-resistant infection is 'nightmare' say health experts Robin McKie, science editor -- The Observer Sept 2, 2006 -- Health experts are to hold an emergency meeting in Johannesburg this week, f ...

Mitofsky, 'Father Of Exit Polling,' Dies At 72 (Keating Holland)

Keating Holland WASHINGT0N (CNN) -- Warren Mitofsky, considered by many to be the "father of exit polling," died of heart failure in New York Friday. He was 72. Mitofsky changed the way the media cov ...

New Orleans Banks, Brokers Thrive on Insurance Checks | Will Edwards & Bradley Keoun

Will Edwards and Bradley Keoun Sept. 1, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and brokerage firms in New Orleans say they're faring better than before Hurricane Katrina caused a record $80 billion of damages alo ...

Mexico Leftist To Create Parallel Government | Mark Stevenson

Aug. 30, 2006 -- MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recogni ...

110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott

CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...

Treasury Official Henry Due 20 Percent Of Gleacher Fund Profits | Robert Schmidt

Robert Schmidt -- Bloomberg Aug. 24, 2006 -- The U.S. Treasury official leading a government inquiry into the hedge-fund industry is owed up to $2.5 million in payments keyed in part to hedge-fund in ...