Outdoor Recreation News

KEYSTONE, Colo. - The view up and down the Snake River Valley from the base of Keystone's gondola has always been a Colorado classic.

The Coast Guard is urging boaters and swimmers to stay away from the waters off the California coast this weekend when swells of up to 19 feet are expected.

Zenyatta had a quiet Friday morning at Santa Anita, one day before she puts her 13-race unbeaten streak on the line against the boys in the US$5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

Five days after winning the New York City Marathon, Meb Keflezighi was back where it began for him.

Man of Iron has won the US$500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon in a photo finish over nine-year-old gelding Cloudy's Knight.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty travels to northwestern Minnesota for the Seventh Annual Governor's Deer Hunting Opener.

The state is considering expanding options for crossbow hunting. Michigan's Natural Resources Commission was scheduled to meet Friday to begin discussing expanded opportunities to hunt with the crossbow.

MALIBU, Calif. - Water officials have banned septic tanks in portions of Malibu, ending years of wrangling between surfers, environmentalists and residents in the celebrity-filled community.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the husband and co-worker of a Fort Bragg soldier slain last year.

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The Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic is missing its leading lady, with defending champion Zenyatta pitting her 13-0 record against the boys on the second day of the season-ending world championships.Her defection leaves Music Note as the early 9-5 favorite in the eight-horse field for the 1 1-8-mile Ladies' Classic on Friday at Santa Anita.The $2 ...

China's rapidly modernizing air force is planning a display of its new military might for its 60th anniversary, showcasing a wide-ranging technical upgrade that has boosted its capabilities, though it still lags far behind its main rival, the United States.

A man who caught a 14-foot python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.

State Sen. Thad Altman of Melbourne will introduce a bill to ban adoption agencies from asking would-be parents if they own guns.

U.S. fitness experts say climbing up stairs -- and going down them too -- have multiple health benefits such as improved balance and strength.

Bode Miller plans to ski the slalom race in Levi, Finland, on Nov. 15. AP Bode Miller is preparing to return next week after a seven-month hiatus from skiing, and nobody is quite sure what to expect.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting nominations for the 13th annual ethical hunter award.

A Raymondville man has been fined $500 for poisoning wildlife in Texas County in an effort to kill coyotes.

A Kentucky man has died scuba diving in caverns off Florida's Gulf Coast. Underwater search crews were looking late Tuesday for the body of 39-year-old James D. Woodall II.

Surveying undulating grasslands that disappear into the western Kansas horizon, retired farmer Joe Govert pointed out parcel after parcel no longer enrolled in a federal program that pays property owners not to farm environmentally sensitive land.