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LONDON – British conservationists on Wednesday launched a campaign to save the country’s native red squirrels against their disease-carrying, food-stealing and bigger gray cousins from North America. Gray squirrels were introduced to Britain in the late 19th century and now outnumber red squirrels 66 to 1. The smaller reds are …

CHICAGO – A deejay who was sued earlier this year by Kanye West to keep him from distributing some of West’s unreleased songs has filed a countersuit against the rapper. Eric “E-Smoove” Miller disputes West’s contention that the two didn’t have a contract. In Miller’s lawsuit, he argues that West …

GODE, Ethiopia – Two endangered cheetah cubs held captive and abused at a remote village restaurant were to be rescued by an Ethiopian veterinarian and U.S. soldiers, an environmental official said. Befekadu Refera, an official of the national Environmental Protection Agency, said the veterinarian would take the cheetahs away from …