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Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if future global warming patterns mirror a monumental shift that took place in the past, new research by an international team of scientists suggests.

Georgia-Pacific, the paper giant that makes Dixie cups and Brawny paper towels, agreed to be sold yesterday for $13.2 billion to Koch Industries, a family-controlled conglomerate that will become the nation's largest privately held company.

As money managers seek homes for today's profusion of investment capital, some are straying far from the canyons of Wall Street. Specifically, into the woods.

NELL NEWMAN is willowy, with prematurely white hair that falls several inches past her slender shoulders. The resemblance to her famed parents isn't immediately discernible, but the more she smiles and talks, the more you see the Joanne Woodward-Paul Newman connection.

House leaders late Wednesday abandoned an attempt to push through a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling, fearing it would jeopardize approval of a sweeping budget bill Thursday.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday unveiled a plan to designate critical habitat for lynx forest cats, complying with a court order pressed by environmentalists.

Northern Ireland people want to see more trees grown in the province, a new survey has revealed. But according to Farm Minister Jeff Rooker, public awareness of forestry-related issues and activities is relatively low, when compared to the rest of the UK.

The Bush administration has rejected Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski's petition to amend its new roadless forests rule to give states greater certainty that logging can be kept out of undeveloped areas to protect clean water and wildlife habitat.