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Before doctors check your vitals, check out theirs 07/21/2014 03:37am • JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans consider insurance and a good bedside manner in choosing a doctor, but will that doctor provide high-quality care? A new poll shows that people don't know how to determine that.Being licensed and likable doesn't necessarily mean a doc A look at Gaza conditions amid Israeli offensive 07/21/2014 03:36am • YOUSUR ALHLOU Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- Sunday was the bloodiest day in the conflict between Israel and Hamas as the nearly-two week offensive surged on across the Gaza Strip. In one Gaza City neighborhood, at least 65 Palestinians -- many of them children -- and 13 Israeli soldiers were ki Iraq vet cited for owning 14 therapeutic pet ducks 07/21/2014 03:35am • WEST LAFAYETTE, Ohio (AP) -- An Army veteran who hurt his back during the Iraq War is worried a citation will result in him losing his 14 pet ducks, which he says are therapeutic.Darin Welker said officials in the village of West Lafayette told him to get rid of the ducks in May and cited him for a California hearing addresses oil refinery rules 07/20/2014 10:16am • JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Residents of modest neighborhoods near three of the largest oil refineries in California called on the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to crack down on plant emissions, saying the pollution is choking their children and endangering their Israel pushes in Gaza, expanding ground operation 07/19/2014 01:46am • IBRAHIM BARZAK Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday in a ground offensive that officials said could last up to two weeks as the prime minister ordered the military to prepare for a "significantly" wider campaign.The assault raised risks of a AP National News Calendar 07/18/2014 04:59pm • The Associated Press Eds: Major scheduled events for the week of July 20-26. Note that many events are subject to change at the last minute.The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EST), unless otherwise noted:SUNDAY: No events of note.MONDAY: No events of note.TUESDAY Company gets new name after protests by Hawaiians 07/17/2014 11:20am • JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) -- A company aiming to provide easier access to sexually transmitted disease test results and other medical records announced a new name on Wednesday after facing protests by Native Hawaiians for using the word hula.The Los Angeles-based company 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 Concerns in Prince William County over transfer of immigrants 07/15/2014 05:04pm • WASHINGTON -- Prince William County officials are concerned and have unanswered questions after the chairman of the board relayed to them immigrant children may be housed somewhere in the county. Corey Stewart, the board chairman, told county executives at a council meeting Tuesday someone at VA cites progress on backlog; Congress disagrees 07/15/2014 05:02pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made "tremendous progress" in reducing a disability claims backlog that reached above 600,000 early last year. Members of Congress and the department's assistant inspector general don't believe it.Allison In rush to cut benefits backlog, VA made errors 07/15/2014 03:27am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a rush to cut a huge backlog of claims for disability benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs is making payments to tens of thousands of veterans without adequate medical evidence that they deserve the benefits, the department's inspector gene 911 tapes depict response to collapse of vet 07/14/2014 11:50pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Newly released emergency dispatch tapes reveal further details about efforts to revive a Vietnam veteran who collapsed with a heart attack in a Veterans Affairs hospital in Albuquerque.Two calls were made while 71-year-old Jim Napoleon Garcia lay on the floor as an ambulanc