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UPDATE: We have posted the the PDF full report here. The PDF has been displaying oddly on some browsers here is a Microsoft Word Document (it will prompt…

Republicans say it's now more important than ever to secure the nation's oil supply by opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil development. Opponents counter there's still no evidence that the wildlife refuge contains more than a few months' supply of oil. (4:01)

The government's monthly jobs report was not published Friday as a result of the federal shutdown. That's left businesses and policymakers in the dark about the strength of the U.S. job market.

There were reports Wednesday of fresh clashes between protesters and riot police in Tehran. Meanwhile, Iran's supreme leader criticized the protesters who are challenging the results of the June 12 presidential election.

There are fewer than 80 Florida grasshopper sparrows left in the wild. As researchers release more into the wild, there's a fight brewing about whether that's the best plan to save them.

Forest elephants in central Africa are being slaughtered in record numbers. The most comprehensive study ever, done over a decade, shows that poaching — mostly for the Asian market for ivory — has put the forest elephant on the brink of extinction. Poaching has overcome laws and treaties to protect the species. The U.S. government and wildlife groups are struggling to slow the killing. A meeting in March of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species will focus on solutions. Audie Cornish talks to Christopher Joyce.

The U.S. Army releases a report on the investigation of alleged abuses at U.S.-run prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. While the Army says it found evidence of isolated incidents of abuse, the report concludes that the problem was not system wide. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

By Chad LampeMurray, KY – Relatives of the two missing young Mayfield duck hunters are keeping up a lakeside vigil as the search continues for the pair.…

A family in Ohio County got an unexpected visitor to its deer feeder.The family caught a black bear on camera eating from the feeder. Wildlife officials…

The White House report is less critical than an earlier congressional report, but the 228-page document does call for the government to make specific changes for the upcoming hurricane season.