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For hospice nurse, wife's death was one too many 05/11/2014 12:02am • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jay Westbrook's cowboy boot is planted firmly on the gas pedal of his shiny black pickup. Everywhere he turns, a memory flashes.In Van Nuys, it is the lifeless little girl he held at Valley Presbyterian Hospital after she was found in the bottom of New boss picked for Phoenix VA Health Care System 05/10/2014 02:06pm • PHOENIX (AP) -- An interim director will take over the embattled Phoenix VA Health Care System on Monday, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced.Steve Young will oversee delivery of health care to an estimated 85,000 veterans and an operating budget of about $500 million.The move comes as the Sen. John McCain hears vets complaints over VA 05/10/2014 03:43am • TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- Sen. John McCain listened to complaints from several veterans over the Veterans Affairs system, telling them that reported lapses in care in Phoenix are part of a nationwide problem that needs to be fixed."This is not a unique situation as far as Arizona i Phoenix vets relay anger with VA to Sen. McCain 05/10/2014 01:49am • TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- Several veterans voiced their anger and frustration to Sen. John McCain on Friday over what they call a broken Veterans Affairs system as the Republican said that reported lapses in care in Phoenix are part of a nationwide problem that needs to be fixed."F House to subpoena records in VA hospital deaths 05/09/2014 08:28am • PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee voted Thursday to subpoena records relating to a waiting list at the Phoenix veterans hospital, and officials said Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki had ordered a nationwide audit of access to care that the agency provides. What's next for troubled Albuquerque police? 05/08/2014 05:50pm • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Outcry over recent police shootings continues to rattle New Mexico's largest city, spreading from street protests to rowdy demonstrations in government buildings.Angry protesters took control of an Albuquerque City Council meeting this wee Survivors face tough future 6 months after Haiyan 05/08/2014 07:02am • TERESA CEROJANO Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Six months after the strongest typhoon to hit land killed his mother and tore down much of their house in the eastern Philippines, Sofronio Cervantes wants to return home -- if only he can scrape together the money to rebuild his life once APNewsBreak: Hawaiians spur STD app's name change 05/07/2014 11:30am • JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) -- A sexual health information app called "Hula" will be changing its name after complaints that it is culturally insensitive to Native Hawaiians, the app's owner said Tuesday.Ramin Bastani, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Qpid.me Inc., sai Hillary Clinton: Gun culture 'way out of balance' 05/07/2014 03:12am • KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday the nation's gun culture has gotten "way out of balance" and the U.S. needs to rein in the notion that "anybody can have a gun, anywhere, anytime."The former secretary of state and potential 2016 Democratic presidenti Man charged in Ohio veterans hospital shooting 05/06/2014 08:05pm • LISA CORNWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) -- A man accused of a shooting at a veterans hospital said he intended to intimidate former co-workers he believed were having inappropriate relationships with his wife and daughter, according to court documents.One person was shot in the ankle when Nei Senate Republicans call for VA secretary to resign 05/06/2014 06:42pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three Senate Republicans called Tuesday for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign, following allegations of corruption and avoidable deaths at a veterans' hospital in Phoenix.The Senate's Republican leader, meanwhile, said a leadership ch Investigator: VA employees told to falsify records 05/06/2014 06:21pm • DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Employees at a veterans medical clinic in Colorado were instructed to falsify records to make it appear that patients were getting appointments close to the day requested, government investigators said.Workers at the Fort Collins clinic were told to make t Veterans Affairs rejects call for Shinseki to quit 05/05/2014 10:20pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The American Legion called Monday for the resignations of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and two of his top aides amid an investigation into allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the veterans' hospital in Phoenix.Legion National Commander Daniel Dellinger 1 employee hurt in Ohio veterans hospital shooting 05/05/2014 08:10pm • LISA CORNWELL Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A Veterans Affairs hospital housekeeping employee and a retired worker were struggling over a gun in a break room Monday when the firearm went off, leading to the employee's shooting and the retiree's arrest, police said.The victim, 61-year-old Pau Judge orders treatment for Ohio transgender inmate 05/05/2014 07:40pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A transgender prison inmate who complained about losing her breast tissue and growing facial hair after her hormone treatments were stopped must receive the treatments for the rest of her time behind bars, a federal judge ruled Frid