Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sought to raise rates on military health insurance paid by working-age retirees. This week, he spoke to troops at Forward Operating Base Walton in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Kazuo Hirai, president and chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America, introduces the company's next-generation portable gaming machine, PlayStation Vita, during Monday's news conference at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles. The touch-interface and motion-sensitive handheld PlayStation Vita that will go on sale before the winter holidays.
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With canned goods in short supply during World Wars I and II, people ate more fresh fruit and vegetables — many from their own back yards.
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