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Gabrielle Giffords challenges U.S. Congress to find courage on guns

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BOSTON - Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday, asking the U.S. Congress to act more courageously on the issue of gun control.

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Arizona lawmakers want cities to sell guns from buyback programs

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Background checks deal boosts odds for gun-control bill

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Gabby Giffords takes gun control message to scene of Tucson shooting

TUCSON, Arizona - Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, returning to the site of the shooting rampage where she was gravely wounded, on Wednesday urged senators to "be courageous" and support background checks for all gun buyers.

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U.S. Senators, not House members, cross aisle for Obama speech

WASHINGTON - As President Barack Obama laid out his second-term agenda to Congress on Tuesday, Senate Democrats and Republicans made another attempt to show they were willing to set aside partisan differences by sitting next to their ostensible rivals.

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