Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones deserves no more than six months in prison, even though a judge has suggested he might impose a longer sentence.

Polar bear listing could threaten gas line, Stevens says. A Fairbanks Daily News-Miner story today reports on an appearance this week in that city by Sen. Ted Stevens during which the senator said protecting polar bears under the Endangered Species Act could threaten oil and gas development and could stand in the way of a gas line project.

If Kentuckians eventually allow horse tracks to operate casinos, those rooms of slot machines and poker tables might not be built at the tracks themselves, racing officials said Wednesday.

Former Gov. Booth Gardner and allies filed an initiative Wednesday that would let doctors prescribe lethal medications for terminally ill patients to help end their lives and suffering.

CARACAS -- Two prominent hostages held by Colombian guerrillas were released Thursday into the care of a humanitarian commission headed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said.