This is AP News Minute.At a congressional hearing on gun control, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said "the time is now. You must act."The hearing also included testimony from the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre, who rejects a proposal to ban some assault weapons.In Arizona, police are searching for a gunman who opened fire at an office building.Three people were injured, one of them critically. Police do not believe the shooting was a random act.A lawyer representing the owner of a Brazil nightclub insists his client is only partly to blame for a deadly fire.235 people died in the blaze that appears to have started when a band lit flares last weekend.And Ray Lewis denies reports linking him to a company that purports to make performance-enhancers.The Baltimore Ravens linebacker says he is agitated but not angry that the story has become part of the Super Bowl-week prelude.Carlotta Bradley, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
