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VA: 65 percent of senior executives got bonuses 06/22/2014 05:12am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 65 percent of senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department got performance bonuses last year despite widespread treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals and clinics, the agency said Friday.More than 300 VA executives were Murder charge still pending against woman at 102 06/21/2014 07:16am • DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Nearly five years after a woman was charged with killing her 100-year-old roommate in a Massachusetts nursing home, a second-degree murder charge is still pending against her at the age of 102.Laura Lundquist, diagnosed with dementia, was deemed i VA: 65 percent of senior executives got bonuses 06/21/2014 12:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 65 percent of senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department got performance bonuses last year despite widespread treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals and clinics.More than 300 VA executives were paid a total of $2.7 million in bonuses last year, acc AP National News Calendar 06/20/2014 06:39pm • The Associated Press Eds: Major scheduled events for the week of June 23-29. 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:MONDAY, June 23WASHINGTON -- National Association of Realto Report: Half of vets with PTSD got treatment 06/20/2014 03:28pm • KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Only about half of the veterans diagnosed with PTSD last year after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan received the recommended therapy despite efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to beef up its mental health staffing, the Institute of Medicin Audit: More vets wait 30 days; some waits shorter 06/20/2014 04:10am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tens of thousands more veterans than previously reported are forced to wait at least a month for medical appointments at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, according to an updated audit of 731 VA medical facilities released Thursday.The updated r Chief minister of troubled Myanmar state retires 06/20/2014 02:20am • AYE AYE WIN Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The chief minister of Myanmar's Rakhine state that has been embroiled in sectarian violence has retired and the country's religious affairs minister has been fired.An announcement signed by President Thein Sein gave no explanation for Hla Maung Ti Finding the 1 in 10 who insure themselves 06/19/2014 12:09pm • The Associated Press The group most directly affected by the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's insurance markets -- those who buy insurance on their own directly from an insurer or through one of the exchanges -- is a difficult group to survey.Those who purchase their own insurance make u VA chief: More vets wait 30 days for appointment 06/19/2014 03:12am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 10 percent of veterans seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics have to wait at least 30 days for an appointment -- more than twice the percentage of veterans the government said last week were forced to endure long waits, the acting vet Investors to seek clues from Fed on rate increase 06/18/2014 02:15pm • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A stay-the-course message is expected from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday after it ends a two-day policy meeting.The Fed will likely approve a fifth cut in its monthly bond purchases because the job market has steadily strengthened. But no c Inflation data give Fed another topic for debate 06/17/2014 10:46pm • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve received some further cause for discussion at its policy meeting this week with a report Tuesday of a surprising jump in consumer inflation.Yet most economists aren't altering their view that the Fed's first interest rate i VA acting secretary visits Baltimore 06/17/2014 07:30pm • JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) -- Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson met with administrators in Baltimore to outline strategies to improve lengthy wait times for veterans seeking medical assistance in Maryland, where a recent audit showed the average wait time is 81 day UN appalled at suffering in Myanmar's Muslim camps 06/17/2014 04:51pm • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A top U.N. humanitarian official said Tuesday she witnessed "appalling conditions" and the worst human suffering she has ever seen in camps for stateless Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's violence-torn Rakhine State.Assistant Secretary-General for Troubled Phoenix VA doled out $10M in bonuses 06/17/2014 04:30pm • PHOENIX (AP) -- Workers at the Phoenix VA Health Care System -- where investigators say veterans' health was jeopardized when employees covered up long wait times for patients -- received about $10 million in bonuses, newly released records show.Documents from the VA indicate than 2,100 employees go Waits for doctors can vary widely outside the VA 06/17/2014 02:30pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans aren't the only ones who can find it tough to get a quick appointment with a new doctor.There are wide variations in wait times, depending on where you live and what kind of care you're seeking.Need routine primary care? The average wait