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Sri Lanka's government says the death toll from floods and Mudslides over several parts of the country has increased to 13, with four more people reported dead since the weekend. The Disaster Management Center said Tuesday more than 120,000 people…

Babies aren't the only ones getting a new name in the maternity ward at the Hospital of Saint Raphael. The New Haven-based hospital is renaming its birthing center in recognition of a $1 million donation from one of its doctors in memory of his wi…

TUCSON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A surgeon at a Tucson Hospital said he was "very optimistic" about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recovery after surgery Saturday. Giffords was shot in the head at a public event in Tucson. She underwent surgery at the Hospital Sa…

3.49 pm Various Palin sites are frantically removing various incendiary materials - which is both gratifying, but also, it seems to me, an acknowledgment of previous rhetorical excess. TakeBackThe20.com is in meltdown, images like these are bein…

Politico's Phil Ewing runs down highlights from Defense Secretary Bob Gates's barn burner Budget- cut Speech yesterday and judges the winners and losers:

WIN, LOSE or DRAW: The Army: DRAW - Lose…

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If Defense Secretary Robert Gates was looking for another fight, he’s found it. Facing a burgeoning federal Deficit and Cost Overruns, Gates announced on Thursday that he wants to kill the Marine Corps program to build a fleet of armored a…

"The surprise announcement from Gates was a reminder for the Military establishment - which has benefited from a gusher of new money over the past decade - that it will not remain exempt from painful Austerity measures that federal lawmakers say w…

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the audience during the George W. Bush Presidential Center groundbreaking ceremony on November 16, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. (Getty Images/Tom Pennington) (CBS) Dick Cheney appears to be on the mend. …