Their enemies come in many forms: habitat destruction and alteration, pesticide runoff, pharmaceuticals in streams and a particularly deadly fungus making its way around the globe. Experts, some of them gathered in Fort Worth this week for a crisis intervention, estimate that close to one-third of all amphibians -- frogs, toads, salamanders and newts -- are threatened with extinction. The endangered animals must be listed in order of priority to get outside help, they said, so the group...

Agfa-Gevaert NV (AGFB BB): Europe's largest maker of computer technology for the health-care industry will probably say second-quarter profit rose as the impact of high costs of silver and aluminum eases from a year earlier. Agfa, Alcatel-Lucent, Bulgari, Danone: European Equity Preview By Nadja Brandt. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU FP): The world's biggest supplier of telecommunications equipment may report a second-quarter net loss of 275 million euros on costs to combine the companies, compared...

Parents and teachers learned of pesticide-tainted soil at West Brook in May, four months after an environmental consultant alerted school district officials about the contamination. Board of Education President Mario Sicari said he understands the concerns people have about how the district is run and encouraged the council to give its finances a more in-depth look. A special committee investigating soil contamination at West Brook Middle School intends to broaden its examination of the...

Utley said the effect on Cartoogechaye Creek from the development could be dramatic, with 32 RVs planned within 50 feet of the waterway and 55 that are either partially or completely in the floodplain, based on the antiquated information from the 1978 flood plain maps. Utley said the effect on Cartoogechaye Creek from the development could be dramatic, with 32 RVs planned within 50 feet of the waterway and 55 that are either partially or completely in the floodplain, based on the...

The 26-year-old hotel heiress and reality TV star walked out of jail a month ago after a three-week stay in which she was briefly released to home confinement and then sent back screaming to a lockup. Leniency urged on immigration in the Bay San Fransisco Examiner San Mateo County (, ) - While the San Mateo County sheriff says his officers will not check the citizenship status of noncriminals, immigrant advocates say more needs to be done before local immigrants feel. Leniency urged on...