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More than 2,600 acres in the Superior National Forest have been added to a national list of public land the Bush administration wants to sell to help balance the federal budget. The land -- 65 scattered tracts on the periphery of the national forest -- would be sold at public auction, probably later this year if the plan advances.

Talks focused on saving forests around the world and safeguarding the livelihoods of the millions who depend on trees began Monday at the U.N. headquarters.

A small chunk of northern Minnesota forest once included in a federal roadless area will be logged under a plan approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The DNR's new forestry plan for the Border Lakes region calls for logging 260 acres of state land in the Superior National Forest.

Energy costs will be on the agenda Thursday as more than a 100 pulp and paper industry professionals gather for the Lake States chapter of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. "This is one of our big ones because energy is such a hot topic," said Jeff Lange, TAPPI chapter vice chairman who is chairing the event at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel.

When the doctor prescribes an antibiotic for an infection, we expect it to work. But what if it doesn't? And what if a second kind is ineffective?

Two US senators proposed legislation Thursday that would repeal permanent normal trade relations status for China, citing Beijing's alleged unfair trade practices and a rocketing US trade deficit.

A coalition of conservation groups has appealed the Bighorn National Forest's final forest plan, saying in part it does not adequately protect roadless areas and wildlife habitat. The groups filed the appeal just under the wire of the appeal deadline last week. The final plan was distributed in November, and the public had 90 days to appeal. That deadline was Friday.