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As medicine enables pets to live longer, costs add up.

PITTSBURGH, May 31 -- The Detroit Red Wings wrecked the Pittsburgh Penguins' home-ice advantage and gave themselves a shot to hoist the Stanley Cup in Hockeytown.

July: A two-hour string of shootings leaves 11 people wounded, including eight teenagers.

Burma's rulers "have kept their hands in their pockets" while other countries sought to help cyclone victims, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Saturday, branding the military government as "deaf and dumb" for obstructing aid efforts.

Ecological damage costs the global economy $78 billion a year and will grow costlier if it is not stopped, according to a new report. But budgeting just 1 percent of global output for environmental protection would significantly improve air and water quality, climate conditions and human health,...

ABERDEEN, S.D. -- Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), campaigning in South Dakota in advance of its Democratic primary Tuesday, continued to focus on the general election, exchanging rhetorical fire with presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) over the war in Iraq and last year's increase of...

Looking for a state that will serve as a microcosm for the battle for the House, Senate and White House this fall? Look no farther than New Mexico. Yes, New Mexico.

TODAY: Puerto Rico votes. Voters on the island will select 55 pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention in Denver.

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

NEW YORK -- Buildings officials gathered for an emergency safety summit Saturday as dozens of workers dismantled the remains of a towering construction crane that collapsed and killed two people Friday.