Officials scramble to save endangered Javan rhinos

The discovery of three dead Javan rhinos has intensified efforts to save one of the world's most endangered mammals from extinction, with an electric fence being built Monday around a new sanctuary and breeding ground.

With only about 50 of the species left in the wild _ all but a handful living in one national park in western Indonesia _ conservationists are even talking about taking the rare step of relocating some of the 5-ton animals to spread out the population and give the Javan rhino a better chance to survive.

Drought and proximity to an active volcano in the densely forested Ujung Kulon park have raised fears that a natural disaster could destroy …

NFL Report

Wild-card

Saturday

Kansas City at Indianapolis, 4:30 p.m. (NBC)

Dallas at Seattle, 8 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday

New York Jets at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)

New York Giants at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 13

AFC game, TBA - Baltimore or San Diego vs. wild-card (CBS)

NFC game, TBA - Chicago or New …

Huckabee's optimism belies thicket of challenges in Iowa, beyond

Mike Huckabee, who has surged from the back of the Republican U.S. presidential pack to challenge longtime leader Mitt Romney in Iowa, is campaigning with a spring in his step and an ear-to-ear grin.

His optimistic air, however, belies challenges in Iowa and beyond.

"There's a definite momentum, and what we've got to do is keep it going and capture it," the former Arkansas governor said Monday in the state that holds the first Republican nomination contest. The winner in Iowa gets a chance to ride that success into a series of votes soon afterward in other states. "It's a momentum that's not just based on flavor-of-the-day but because people …

Jet’s rapid decompression forces emergency landing

YUMA, Ariz. — A Southwest Airlines flight to Phoenix from California was diverted Friday to a military base in Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane, federal officials said.

Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Los Angeles, said the cause of the decompression wasn't immediately known, but some passengers on Flight 812 said there was a hole in the cabin.

"You can see daylight through it," a passenger identified as Brenda Reese told Sacramento TV station KCRA by cell …

Karamazovs come flying in

Sam Williams cheerfully proclaimed himself the "stupid one"among the robed comedian-jugglers known collectively as the FlyingKaramazov Brothers.

Some idiot. When he was invited to join the hairy troupe in1981, he lobbied the four others to quit tossing a snarling chainsawduring their act. The then-standard scene called for each Flying K"to pull the saw's trigger, rev the motor and throw it to someoneelse," Williams said. "At the same time, we were juggling otherthings, stealing balls and running around each other. It was anincredibly, stupidly dangerous trick."

While some in the audience were thrilled, others were bored,apparently thinking the machine was not …

Bush Sending Adviser to Middle East

LONDON - President Bush is sending his national security adviser to the Middle East next week to keep up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to reach agreement on launching formal peace talks, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

The announcement came as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was encouraged by what she had heard from the two sides during four days of intense talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials and civic and business leaders in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the West Bank.

But Rice also acknowledged tensions between the two sides as they try to formulate a joint statement that will be presented at a U.S.-hosted conference in late November …

Top court to hear Valverde appeal on doping ban

Sport's highest court says it will hear Alejandro Valverde's appeal to overturn a doping ban that stops the star cyclist from riding in the Tour de France.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday it will try to schedule the case as soon as possible. The Tour begins July 4.

Valverde is challenging a two-year ban imposed last …