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Major provisions of veterans health care law 08/07/2014 04:10pm • The Associated Press A law signed Thursday by President Barack Obama aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier Major provisions of veterans health care bill 08/07/2014 03:50pm • The Associated Press A bill approved by Congress aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier to fire hospital ad Major provisions of veterans health care bill 08/07/2014 03:50pm • The Associated Press A bill approved by Congress aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier to fire hospital ad Major provisions of veterans health care bill 08/07/2014 03:50pm • The Associated Press A bill approved by Congress aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier to fire hospital ad Major provisions of veterans health care bill 08/07/2014 03:50pm • The Associated Press A bill approved by Congress aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier to fire hospital ad Major provisions of veterans health care bill 08/07/2014 03:50pm • The Associated Press A bill approved by Congress aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier to fire hospital ad Thailand pushes to ban commercial surrogacy 08/07/2014 11:30am • THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand pushed to ban commercial surrogacy Thursday as a case involving nine surrogate babies allegedly with the same Japanese father emerged just days after a furor over the alleged abandonment of a surrogate-born baby with Down syndrome.The disco Study: Wide hospital quality gap on maternity care 08/07/2014 01:02am • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Where a woman delivers her baby can make a major difference to her own health -- a quality gap that remains largely hidden from mothers-to-be.A new study comparing hospitals nationwide finds that women who delivered at low-performing facili VA executive: Wait times can be fixed in 2 years 08/06/2014 07:54pm • DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Long wait times for veterans to get health care can be cleared up in two years, along with investigations of employees accused of falsifying data to hide the problem, Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson said Wednesday.Gibson, who toured the Denv SAfrica: Grim end for antelopes from Czech zoo 08/06/2014 12:00pm • CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Eight antelopes from a zoo in the Czech Republic were flown in crates to South Africa, where officials concluded they were illegally imported and that they might bring a disease into the country. They languished in a cargo hold for two days b Israel, Hamas to negotiate new Gaza deal in Cairo 08/06/2014 01:40am • KARIN LAUB Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The outlines of a solution for battered, blockaded Gaza are emerging after Tuesday's tentative Israel-Hamas cease-fire: Norway is organizing a donor conference and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas aims to oversee rebuilding Jim Brady dies: Reagan aide, gun control advocate 08/05/2014 01:10pm • DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major trait that endeared Jim Brady to the Washington press corps was his sense of humor, especially when he made fun of his own boss.When Ronald Reagan was campaigning for president in 1980, Reagan drew scorn from environmentalists for saying Portugal bank collapse and rescue raises questions 08/05/2014 05:30am • BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- A new Portuguese bank appeared Monday, born from the ruins of a collapsed business empire, and declared on its website that it was now "stronger and safer."Investors rattled by the eurozone's latest financial drama will, however, need more reass Both sides prepare for new Gaza war crimes probe 08/05/2014 03:22am • KARIN LAUB Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- In a replay of the last major Gaza conflict, human rights defenders are again accusing Israel and Hamas of violating the rules of war, pointing to what they say appear to be indiscriminate or deliberate attacks on civilians.In 2009, such war Star witness in ex-Va. governor trial: No affair 08/04/2014 04:50pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The key prosecution witness in former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's trial testified Monday that he never saw any signs the governor's marriage was crumbling, and that he never had any intimate physical contact with the first lady.A prosecutor asked