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The American Management Association teaches executives how to run their businesses effectively and ethically in tough times, offering training seminars around the country. But AMA is also cutting its own staff, hoping to weather a deep recession.

Wildlife biologists are scrambling to understand a mysterious epidemic that has killed tens of thousands of bats in upstate New York. Scientists are trying to prevent the sickness from spreading.

Mothers who serve in the Army are required to leave for war as early as four months after their babies are born. Some lawmakers and military officials say the Pentagon should expand maternity benefits as a way of keeping the best recruits.

From their vantage point in rural upstate New York, Bosnian immigrants talk about their perceptions of a backlash against immigrants and their support for the mostly Hispanic reform movement that has arisen recently.

Birders and scientists are climbing mountains this month in the northeastern United States, tallying songbirds in the Mountain Birdwatch. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio climbed a peak in New York's Adirondack Mountains in search of a rare thrush.

A small enclave of mostly African-American Muslim families have become a fixation for right-wing groups who claim it's used as a terrorist training camp. But neighbors say they're friendly people.

Canadians celebrate their country's 150th birthday at a time when America's neighbor to the north is seeking a bigger role in the world on issues like climate change, human rights, and refugees.

Big fluctuations in temperature and a shortage of snow for ski areas has hit the area hard. In New York's Adirondack Mountains, businesses are hurting and workers are losing their jobs.

As the Florence recovery effort continues, volunteers from across the South are helping care for the dogs and cats separated from their owners. The goal: reunite as many pets and people as possible.

Max, a happier version of Charlie Brown, and his slightly subversive sidekick pig, Pinky, have a colorful, comic relationship reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes. Their young creator, Max Eaton, developed the characters over thousands of bar-napkin doodles.