President George W. Bush left his comments on Iraq until nearly halfway through his final State of the Union address on Monday night, after his discussion of domestic issues like the economy, health care and education, even though the war is one of the two most important factors shaping the American agenda, along with the economy.

"General Petraeus has warned that too fast a drawdown could result in the 'disintegration of the Iraqi security forces, Al Qaeda-Iraq regaining lost ground,' and a marked increase in violence," he said, according to the notes for his written speech.

SNP criticises Alexander’s month of ‘self-imposed silence’

Labour's Holyrood leader Wendy Alexander was accused yesterday of going on a month-long "self-imposed silence" since the Electoral Commission began investigating an illegal donation to her leadership campaign.

Surgery centers want slice of Medicaid pie

At half past noon two Wednesdays ago, Jase Maudsley was in the doctor's office again, in pain again and, as usual, being a little trouper. The 18-month-old was getting all kinds of attention from the adults standing around him but not giving him the one thing he wanted — juice.

He hadn't had anything to drink or eat since about 8 p.m. the night before, a fast he clearly was not happy about but one necessary prior to surgery to implant tympanostomy tubes in his eardrums.

The procedure — the most common surgical procedure performed on children age 6 months to 12 years — will relieve the extremely painful build-up of pressure in his middle ear and finally put a stop to his recurring infections and most likely the recurring visits to the doctor.

Remarkably mundane is how the doctor who performed Jase's surgery, one of about 2 million that will be performed nationwide this year, described the operation, which was observed by two Utah lawmakers.

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Mitt Romney is dropping out of the campaign.