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VA chief: Agency has lost trust of vets, public 07/16/2014 07:52pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has lost the trust of veterans and the American people as a result of widespread treatment delays for people seeking health care and falsified records to cover up those delays, the agency's top official said Wednesda VA chief: Agency has lost trust of vets, public 07/16/2014 07:52pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has lost the trust of veterans and the American people as a result of widespread treatment delays for people seeking health care and falsified records to cover up those delays, the agency's top official said Wednesda VA chief: Agency has lost trust of vets, public 07/16/2014 07:52pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has lost the trust of veterans and the American people as a result of widespread treatment delays for people seeking health care and falsified records to cover up those delays, the agency's top official said Wednesda VA chief: Agency has lost trust of vets, public 07/16/2014 07:52pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has lost the trust of veterans and the American people as a result of widespread treatment delays for people seeking health care and falsified records to cover up those delays, the agency's top official said Wednesda Lawyer: Don't prejudge woman in son's poison death 07/16/2014 07:42pm • JIM FITZGERALD Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A lawyer asked the public Wednesday not to rush to judgment in the case of a young mother accused of killing her 5-year-old son by poisoning him with salt, but he offered no details in her defense.Lacey Spears "looks forward to her day in co Israeli strike kills 4 Gaza youths on coastal road 07/16/2014 05:10pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The uncle of four Palestinian boys who were killed in an Israeli naval strike today is calling it a "cold-blooded massacre."The four -- ages 9 to 11 -- were killed during the bombardment of a coastal area in the Gaza Strip. Israel says it's investigating what happened.T States told to find way to clear Medicaid backlog 07/16/2014 04:52pm • JUDY LIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A half-dozen states with backlogs for Medicaid enrollees were facing a federal deadline Monday to create plans for getting those low-income residents enrolled in health coverage.The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent letters dat Got a rash? iPad, other devices might be the cause 07/16/2014 04:12pm • LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- Unexplained rash? Check your iPad. It turns out the popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of the most common allergy-inducing metals.Recent reports in medical journals detail nickel allergies from a variety of personal electronic devices, in INSIDE WASHINGTON: Bogus cash pays for roads 07/16/2014 12:35pm • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- If there's anything that can unite Democrats and Republicans in the partisan swamp of Capitol Hill, it's free money.The latest example of free money in Washington is a retread proposal called "pension smoothing" that raises money but doesn't increase British police arrest 660 suspected pedophiles 07/16/2014 09:10am • LONDON (AP) -- British police say they have arrested 660 suspected pedophiles during a six-month operation.The National Crime Agency said Wednesday the investigation targeted Internet users with child abuse images -- suspects who included doctors, teachers, Scout leaders and former police officers.D Copy Bubble: Combine messages for Android 07/16/2014 08:02am • Data Doctors US Concussion expert: World Cup sets bad example 07/16/2014 03:18am • JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) -- World Cup organizers repeatedly failed to follow their own concussion protocol and then failed to take advantage of the international interest in the tournament to teach soccer fans and young players about the dangers of head injuries, concussion expert Ch Navy nurse refuses to force-feed Gitmo detainees 07/15/2014 10:31pm • DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A U.S. Navy nurse has refused to force-feed prisoners who are on an extended hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, the first protest of its kind at the detention center, a rights lawyer and U.S. official said Tuesday.The unidentified nurse declin Selig: MLB didn't know A-Rod had drug exemption 07/15/2014 08:10pm • RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Bud Selig maintains Major League Baseball had no idea Alex Rodriguez received a medical exemption from the sport's drug administrator to use a testosterone-boosting substance in 2007.Rodriguez received a therapeutic use exemption for the otherwise-ban Steven Weber welcomes new 'Chasing Life' role 07/15/2014 07:12pm • ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Steven Weber was ready for something different when his role on ABC Family's "Chasing Life" came along."I manifested it in a way after years of playing kind of womanizing (jerks) or just kind of authoritative guys in suits," he said Tues