A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television Wednesday, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw, but isn't angry. ...more

November 11, 2009

The trick was on the Lowry Park Zoo visitors at Friday's annual pumpkin toss, a holiday treat for the animals. ...more

October 31, 2009

The trick was on the Lowry Park Zoo visitors at today's annual pumpkin toss, a holiday treat for the animals. Alex, a 12-year-old chimpanzee, decided to throw the pumpkins at the crowd, who watched various animals chomp and play with carved pumpkins, stuffed with goodies. Jane LeFave, a zookeeper, said Alex is basically entering his teen years "and he has to show off." ...more

October 30, 2009

Connecticut is man charged with illegal possession of a primate. ...more

March 10, 2009

How much do you know about the world's most famous plastic princess? Which one, you ask sarcastically? The Barbie doll, of course ...more

March 9, 2009

Hospital officials in Ohio say a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee two weeks ago lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids and may be blind and suffering brain damage. ...more

March 5, 2009

Cartoon outrage is becoming tedious, as is the need to explain once more why being offended is not just cause for battle. ...more

March 2, 2009

Recently in Stamford, Conn., a chimpanzee named Travis was shot and killed after he mauled a friend of his owner. The chimpanzee lived with a widow, eating lobster and ice cream at the table, wearing human clothes and entertaining himself with a computer and television. ...more

March 2, 2009

The head of the NAACP on Saturday urged readers to boycott the New York Post, calling a cartoon that the newspaper published an invitation to assassinate President Barack Obama. ...more

February 21, 2009

Her hands looked like they were wrecked by a machine. Eyes wounded, hair yanked out. Face and scalp injuries so extensive, all the blood obscured whatever parts were left. ...more

February 19, 2009