Environment got help from bag ban
Reusable shopping bags are everywhere, it seems. A few include pictures of the Earth and trendy phrases: "I'm saving the planet - what are you doing?" Some are colorful string bags, some organic cotton fabric, some made of recycled materials. Some are insulated. Many are compact and easily foldable. But it's not their design that matters. It's their purpose.




Higher gas prices are changing the way people view energy exploration. AP correspondent Jerry Bodlander reports.