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Lawmakers seek lower price for bill on vets' care 07/14/2014 05:28pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans' health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and falsification of records to cover up the delays at Veterans Affairs hospital Pediatric doctor in child porn case gets prison 07/11/2014 03:50pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A former top pediatric cancer doctor was sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison Friday following his guilty plea to a charge of accessing child pornography.Before sentencing, Christopher Pelloski told federal Judge James VA names interim medical inspector 07/11/2014 03:38pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed a top health administrator to serve as interim director of its Office of Medical Inspector.The inspector's office came under scrutiny last month, after an independent investigator issued a scathing repo Disabled people denied voting rights, group says 07/11/2014 07:58am • MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- At a time when election officials are struggling to convince more Americans to vote, advocates for the disabled say thousands of people with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy and other intellectual or developmental disabilities have bee 5 things about the Tour de France 6th stage 07/10/2014 06:18pm • JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press REIMS, France (AP) -- What could be more fitting than a German winning a Tour de France stage in Reims, a symbol of postwar reconciliation?Well, that's just what speedster Andre Greipel did on Thursday, winning Stage 6 in yet another crash-marred affair as Italy's Vince Iraq's Kurds will boycott Cabinet meetings 07/10/2014 04:45pm • QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's already testy relationship with Iraq's Kurdish minority further frayed Thursday, as the Kurds declared their politicians will boycott Cabinet meetings and authorities in Baghdad suspended all cargo flights to the la VA apologizes to whistleblowers facing retaliation 07/10/2014 03:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top official at the Veterans Affairs Department says he is sorry that VA employees have suffered retaliation after making complaints about poor patient care, long wait times and other problems.James Tuchschmidt, the No. 2 official at the Veterans Health Administration, the VA's Soda tax's last stand? Bay Area preps for showdown 07/09/2014 09:20am • CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- If two of the most progressive U.S. cities don't pass a tax on sugary drinks, will the idea finally fizzle out?Sugary drinks have been under fire for years, with many blaming them for rising rates of obesity and chronic diseases. Yet efforts to Watchdog: Retaliation complaints jump at VA 07/09/2014 03:12am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal investigative agency is examining 67 claims of retaliation by supervisors at the Department of Veterans Affairs against employees who filed whistleblower complaints -- including 25 complaints filed since June 1, after a growing health care s Vet who died after collapse had served in Vietnam 07/07/2014 06:50pm • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque veterans hospital cafeteria -- 500 yards from an emergency room -- before he died was a 71-year-old husband who had served in the Vietnam War, his family said Monday.The family of Jim Napoleon Garc Veterans turn to American Legion for medical help 07/07/2014 01:34am • JUAN CARLOS LLORCA Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- A counselor at the local Veterans Affairs office looked at Rebecca King, a victim of domestic violence and abuse who was seeking help for depression, and told her she would not be able to see a psychologist. She looked too nice and put toget New VA secretary nominee not a health care expert 07/05/2014 05:52pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A onetime Army Ranger and former CEO of a Fortune 500 consumer products company, Robert McDonald may face his toughest challenge yet in fixing the huge, scandal-plagued Veterans Affairs Department.Veterans groups worry that the longtime corporate exec VA says patient access to medical care improving 07/04/2014 02:30pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has reached out to nearly 140,000 veterans in the past two months to get them off waiting lists and into clinics for medical appointments.Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson revealed the number Thursday as the V Veteran dies waiting for ambulance in VA hospital 07/04/2014 12:30pm • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veteran Affairs hospital cafeteria -- 500 yards from the emergency room -- died after waiting around 20 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday.It took between 15 and 20 minutes for AP National News Calendar 07/03/2014 03:31pm • The Associated Press Eds: Major scheduled events for the week of July 6-12. 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: