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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday endorsed, for the first time, the idea of pausing the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq this summer. “A brief period of consolidation and evaluation probably does make sense,” Gates told reporters after meeting with Gen. David Petraeus, …

DECATUR, Ga. – Police have arrested a man after the boy he was watching apparently shot himself by accident. Joshua White was baby-sitting his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son Monday and called 911 after the boy was wounded, DeKalb County police spokesman J.T. Ware said. The boy was shot above the eye …

A simple blood test could now diagnose and help treat patients suffering from bipolar disorder, according to new research from Indiana University’s School of Medicine. The study is published in the Feb. 26 online edition of the Molecular Psychiatry journal. Research has shown that certain biomarkers are found in differing …