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'Blood libel' remark evinces challenge she faces in reshaping image. Her choice of that provocative phrase underscored the challenge and the contradiction that confront the Republican former Alaska governor as she undertakes a new strategy to retool her image and elevate her stature in preparation for a possible presidential run in 2012.

In his speech at Arizona memorial service, Obama announces Rep. Gabrielle Giffords 'opened her eyes for the first time' just moments after he visited her in the hospital...

President Barack Obama will eulogize the victims of the Arizona shooting rampage and celebrate those who helped stem the damage as he travels to Tucson today to take up the role as mourner-in-chief.

Prominent Republican Sarah Palin on Wednesday accused critics of "blood libel" by blaming her rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

A CBS News poll says that 57% of those surveyed reject a connection between the strident tone of recent political debate and the attack that killed six and seriously wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. However, the results differed sharply depending on respondents' political identifications.A sizable majority of Americans said they did not believe that harsh political rhetoric was the reason a gunman opened fire over the weekend in Tucson, killing six and wounding 14, including Rep.

Doctors treating Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Monday the congresswoman was responding to verbal commands by raising two fingers of her left hand and even managed to give a thumbs-up....

Arizona authorities file formal charges against suspect Jared Loughner in the shooting rampage that targeted U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The congresswoman is in critical condition, although doctors are upbeat about her prognosis. An earlier 'person of interest' had no involvement in the shootings, authorities say.Authorities on Sunday formally accused Jared Lee Loughner of murder and attempted murder of federal employees in connection with the Arizona shooting rampage that left six people dead and 14 injured, including the critically wounded U.S. Rep.