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This undated photo provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows Thomas Guolee. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said fierce political resistance last year killed proposals such as base closures and increasing health care enrollment fees, which are included in the White House's $526.6 billion defense budget request. Mr. Hagel, however, noted times have changed, saying, "We are now in a different fiscal environment." (Associated Press)

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A new study finds that today's adults are metabolically 15 years older than their parents at the same age. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** In this Dec. 18, 2012, file photo, Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois speaks about his recovery from a major stroke a year ago at his home in Highland Park, Ill., In a post on his blog Tuesday, April 2, 2013, (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Bill Zars, File)

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**FILE** Dr. Kermit Gosnell is seen March 8, 2010, during an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News at his attorney's office in Philadelphia. (Associated Press/Philadelphia Daily News)

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed birth control policy at a forum Monday at the Harvard School of Public Health. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Afghan National Army soldiers rush to the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province on April 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Jack Hoffman takes the field with the Husker football team in the fourth quarter Nebraska's spring NCAA college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Hoffman, for whom Team Jack is named, suffers from pediatric brain cancer. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald/Ryan Soderlin)

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Obama to propose $100 million brain-mapping project. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)