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Training guide likens veterans to Oscar the Grouch 08/27/2014 05:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An internal training guide used by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs compared veterans unhappy about their care to Oscar the Grouch, a newspaper reported.The Philadelphia Inquirer obtained a VA training slide show with tips for employees on how to help veterans with their Obama defends handling of veterans affairs issues 08/27/2014 08:40am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- His standing with veterans damaged by scandal, President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his administration's response to Veterans Affairs lapses that delayed health care for thousands of former service members, but conceded more needed to be do NC senator braces for Obama's visit to her state 08/26/2014 04:18pm • JONATHAN DREW Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Her re-election in doubt, North Carolina's Democratic senator has an uncomfortable decision to make as President Barack Obama appears in her state before a critical audience she's trying to woo: Veterans.Join in the same camera shot as Obama, who Washington's Top News -- Tuesday, August 26, 2014 08/26/2014 03:44am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: US surveillance planes fly over Syria U.S. officials say the U.S. has begun surveillance flights over Syria, after President Barack Obama gave the OK -- in a move that could pave the way for airstrikes against Islamic State militants. Whil VA says no proof delays in care caused vets to die 08/26/2014 02:03am • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs says investigators have found no proof that delays in care caused any deaths at a VA hospital in Phoenix, deflating an explosive allegation that helped expose a troubled health care system in which veterans wai Official: British Ebola patient to be evacuated 08/25/2014 04:58am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- The first British citizen confirmed to be infected with the deadly Ebola disease is being evacuated from Sierra Leone on a jet sent by the Royal Air Force, a Sierra Leone official said Sunday.The World Health Organization is also Ice bucket challenge may change nonprofit world 08/24/2014 10:20am • ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The ice bucket challenge's phenomenal success is making other charitable organizations rethink how they connect with a younger generation of potential donors.Since the ALS Association began tracking the campaign's progress on July 29, it has raised m Bank of America settlement likely to benefit few 08/22/2014 11:08am • JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bank of America's record $16.65 billion settlement for its role in selling shoddy mortgage bonds -- $7 billion of it geared for consumer relief -- offers a glint of hope for desperate homeowners.The settlement requires the second-largest U.S. bank to red Ex-Virginia governor talks about troubled marriage 08/21/2014 05:26pm • MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote a long, forlorn email to his wife three years ago trying to save his marriage, calling her his "soulmate," yet he also said he grew so weary of her yelling that he began taking refuge in his office late a Audit: 'Obamacare' tax not meeting revenue target 08/21/2014 01:28pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- An "Obamacare" tax on medical devices is falling short of its revenue target because thousands of companies aren't paying it, according to a government audit released Tuesday.The audit by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration say Afghanistan orders NYT reporter to leave country 08/20/2014 04:50pm • REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan ordered a New York Times correspondent Wednesday to leave the country in 24 hours and barred him from returning over a story he wrote saying that a group of officials were considering seizing power because of the impasse over wh Analysis: Congress can still do deals when it must 08/19/2014 07:30am • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington may be a sea of dysfunction, but the current Congress is offering a few reminders about how a bill becomes a law: compromise.That's been in short supply as lawmakers have tried to tackle a surge of Central American youths entering the U.S. Correction: SmallBiz-Autistic Owners story 08/15/2014 04:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story Aug. 13 about business owners with autism, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name and abbreviation of the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, or SARRC.The story also had the incorrect Internet address for the center. It is www.autismcenter.orgA correc VA chief: Firings of workers a deliberate process 08/15/2014 12:30am • ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Veterans Affairs Department is in the process of holding bad employees accountable amid a scandal about long wait times for patients and other problems, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday, but he declined to say how many people were be Entrepreneurship the answer for some with autism 08/14/2014 10:28am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- When Matt Cottle asked his boss to let him work in the supermarket's bakery, she told him he'd never do anything more than collect grocery carts.After six years of bagging groceries and pushing carts, Cottle wanted more. He had already learned h