Feds: Mexican gray wolves not subspecies

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Environmentalists are blasting a federal government decision not to list the Mexican gray wolf as a separate subspecies under the Endangered Species Act.

More Mexican wolves in Southwest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials said Friday there are more Mexican gray wolves in the wild in the Southwest than there have been in each of the past five years, giving a glimmer of hope to a program that has been struggling to return the endangered animals to their historic range.

Roadside bombs claim 8 more US lives

KABUL — Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.

Roadside bombs claim 8 more US lives

Kicanas cited as contender for Wis. post

There's talk that Tucson Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas may be moving to Milwaukee.

Kicanas cited as contender for Wis. post

State jaguar team provokes reader reactions

The following letters are in response to the Oct. 18 article "Jaguar team ceases work amid disputes, big cat's death."

Enviros: Warming threatens 350 species

PHOENIX — The desert tortoise thrives in intense heat and can go a year without water, but it's among the species threatened by climate change, an wildlife group says.

Investigators searching for answers to Northwest jetliner's bizarre flight

WASHINGTON — Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep? Federal investigators struggled to determine what the crew members of a Northwest Airlines jetliner were doing at 37,000 feet as they sped 150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase them…

Investigators searching for answers to Northwest jetliner's bizarre flight

The Score: Drag kings take stage Friday at the Rialto Theatre

Drag kings take stage Friday at the Rialto Theatre

The Score: Drag kings take stage Friday at the Rialto Theatre

AU will open for WHY? at Club Congress Saturday

The prosaic subjects on the latest album from WHY? run like streams, slowly revealing a portrait of the ever-evolving avant-emo hip-hop artist Yoni Wolf.

Jiminy, those Phils

PHILADELPHIA — There they were again: Trailing by one run in the ninth inning, facing an excellent closer, the Phillies seemed ready to lose. And if this team did not possess a strange, almost illogical self-assurance, it might have.

Jiminy, those Phils

Lights-out Lee puts Phils up

PHILADELPHIA — Cliff Lee sprinted off the mound after throwing his final pitch, nearly breaking a sweat for the first time. Heck, he almost outhustled the Phillies' newest speed demon, Ryan Howard.

Lights-out Lee puts Phils up

Inside pitch

• Phillies right-hander Joe Blanton will pitch tonight in Game 4 of the NLCS, his first start of the playoffs after being shuttled to the bullpen for the opening round. Blanton homered in last year's World Series, the first pitcher to homer since Oakland's Ken Holtzman in 1974. The Dodgers w…