President Bush's plan to help strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure could ease the mushrooming subprime mortgage problem, housing experts say. But they caution that the Bay Area stands to benefit ...

The Bush administration has proposed cutting spending for Chesapeake Bay cleanup programs by 10 percent in the next fiscal year, a move that state and environmental officials say could severely ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's ...