A storm, set to release another round of severe weather and tornadoes across the central United States early this week, will generate strong, disruptive winds in the absence of thunderstorms ...

The United States consumes 6.9 billion barrels of oil each year. Less than 40 percent now comes from foreign sources, the lowest proportion since 1988, Jewell said.

The population of the Great Plains teeters on this shrinking agricultural base. While much of Colorado grew, Cheyenne county shrank every year between 2000 and 2006, when it lost more than 300 people.

Recovering Birds Include Interior Least Tern, Northern Great Plains Piping Plover, Bald Eagle. WASHINGTON— Eighty-five percent of continental United States birds protected under the Endangered Species ...