BOISE, Idaho – Federal officials are releasing a plan to recover struggling bull trout populations in five Western states with the goal of lifting Endangered Species Act protections. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the draft plan for six recovery units spread over Idaho, western Montana, Washington, Oregon and …

LOS ANGELES – Heidi Montag has certainly been vocal about her support for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, but it turns out that “The Hills” hottie was like, totally honored that famed artist/curator Steven Corfe went to the trouble of mocking her and her chest region. Corfe’s fellow companion in …

It was a tie. Both candidates stuck to their positions, neither rattled the other, and there was plenty of SOS, same old stuff. Of course, the tie helps Obama because McCain has been hurt by the brutal economy and he needed to lift himself up big time Tuesday night. But …

One day before President-elect Barack Obama won the 2008 election, his beloved grandmother Madelyn Dunham, who he called “Toot” — short for “Tutu” the Hawaiian word for grandparent — died at her home in Honolulu. She was 86 years old. Madelyn helped to raise Obama during his teenage years in …

Someone at Lexus has been using a thesaurus lately, or, more likely, logging on to Thesaurus.com. The new RX350 and RX450h hybrid have navigation systems featuring something called “haptic” technology. No you don’t need a shot before you order the option, but you do get a light jolt from the …

Mark Consuelos to Marry Howard Stern | Bright Lights, Big Payoff for Author | Hayes’ Hazy Funeral; Cannes in NYC Mark Consuelos to Marry Howard Stern Yes — Mark Consuelos, the actor and husband of Kelly Ripa, is getting ready to marry Howard Stern. That is, to Beth Ostrosky. The …

And so we wait. For a text message. A text message. Think about that. Not about what that message will be. Or who it will be about. But who it will be for. People who can get text. Who send text. Who like text. Who actually prefer text to talk. …

NEW YORK – The controversial historical novel based on the life of Prophet Muhammad’s child bride will finally find its way into American bookstores next month. Sherry Jones’ “The Jewel of Medina” will be released in October in North America by Beaufort Books, which also signed on for the sequel, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Left Hook There is further evidence that the nomination of Sarah Palin for vice president has sent elements of the American left around the bend. Juan Cole, a professor at the University of Michigan, writes on the liberal Web site Salon.com that …

So you know the Yale student, Aliza Shvarts, who claimed she artificially inseminated herself and then induced miscarriages as part of her senior art project? Now Yale is calling it a “creative fiction” — otherwise known as a ghoulish hoax. Associate Dean Helaine S. Klasky said Aliza’s goal was to …