Geology

BEIJING - Chinese police have detained an American automotive engineer for more than a year on accusations he misused trade secrets - the latest case of vague secrecy laws being used against an American in China.

LUBBOCK, Texas - Two years after missing out on an experimental coal-fired power plant, the city of Odessa hasn't given up on bringing a similar project to town and hopes to hear within days whether $350 million in federal stimulus funds will help make that happen.

TASIILAQ, Greenland - Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip.