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Chimps, gorillas, other apes struggling to survive

By PAMELA SAMPSONAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) - The multibillion-dollar trade in illegal wildlife - clandestine trafficking that has driven iconic creatures like the tiger to near-extinction - is also threatening the survival of great apes, a new U.N. report says. Endangered chimpanzees,

Both sides of gun debate make public appeals

By MICHELE SALCEDOAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two of the loudest voices in the gun debate say it's up to voters now to make their position known to Congress. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and National Rifle Associate Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre claim their opposing views

Reid: Background checks will be in Senate gun bill

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats who vowed a crackdown on guns after the horrific Newtown, Conn., school shooting are touting prospects for Senate passage of expanded federal background checks, even as they acknowledge there isn't enough support to restore a ban on

Senate gun bill would expand background checks

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Gun control legislation the Senate debates next month will include an expansion of federal background checks for firearms buyers, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday in a victory for advocates of gun restrictions. The announcement underscores that