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Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment 06/07/2014 11:00pm • asterisk () -- BELMONT STAKESCalifornia Chrome's Triple Crown quest collapsesNEW YORK (AP) -- California Chrome has failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years.Tonalist won the Belmont Stakes, and California Chrome finished far back in a tie for fourth Saturday. The result means the First lady promotes effort to end vet homelessness 06/07/2014 04:20pm • NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday set out to show that not all the news coming out of Washington about veterans' services is bad, turning a spotlight on a national effort to eliminate homelessness among those who have served in the military.The fi Watchdog: VA may have retaliated against workers 06/07/2014 08:22am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal investigative agency is looking into claims that Veterans Affairs supervisors retaliated against 37 employees who filed whistleblower complaints, including some who complained about improper scheduling practices at the heart of a growing hea Acting chief says VA won't tolerate intimidation 06/06/2014 08:20pm • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson is warning VA administrators that he won't tolerate intimidation or retaliation against anyone who calls attention to problems within the veterans' health system.Gibson spoke Friday at a news conferenc VA acting chief: retaliation will not be tolerated 06/06/2014 07:25pm • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Investigators said they are examining allegations that supervisors in the veterans' health system retaliated against 37 employees who complained about practices such as months-long delays in scheduling of appointments, and the acting head of the sp NJ court rules for nurse in vaccine-refusal firing 06/06/2014 02:40am • DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A nurse was unfairly denied unemployment benefits after she was fired for refusing a flu shot without claiming a religious or medical exemption, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Thursday.The three-judge panel wrote that the hospital's policy of allo VA chief: 18 vets left off waiting list have died 06/06/2014 02:32am • TERRY TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- An additional 18 veterans in the Phoenix area whose names were kept off an official electronic Veterans Affairs appointment list have died, the agency's acting secretary said Thursday -- the latest revelation in a growing scandal over long patient waits List of proposed new VA medical facilities 06/05/2014 10:00pm • The Associated Press Proposed new Veterans Affairs medical facilities, part of a bill moving through the Senate. CBOC stands for community based outpatient clinic, or a walk-in clinic. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten Glance of candidates in Va. congressional race 06/05/2014 11:38am • The Associated Press U.S. House, Virginia's 8th Congressional DistrictSeven candidates are running in Tuesday's Democratic primary to succeed longtime Rep. Jim Moran, who is retiring. Because the district is heavily Democratic, the winner of the primary will probably be the next member of Congress Hopes fade for quick Senate vote to help veterans 06/05/2014 03:22am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hopes faded late Wednesday that key senators could quickly craft a compromise bill that would help veterans facing long appointment waits at veterans hospitals and make it easier to fire administrators who covered up the delays.Senators had hoped to v Thousands of veterans left without doctor in NM 06/05/2014 01:20am • SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Albuquerque say as many as 3,000 patients were assigned to a doctor who didn't actually see them, a New Mexico congresswoman said Wednesday.The officials told U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Gri Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 06/04/2014 01:50pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___June 3Wall Street Journal on Obama's European solidarity:President Obama has been notably indifferent to Europe for five long years, but maybe Russia's aggression has given him a new focus. On Tues Republicans offer alternative VA health care bill 06/04/2014 07:00am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bill proposed by four Senate Republicans would give veterans more flexibility to see a private doctor if they are forced to wait too long for an appointment at a Veterans Affairs hospital or clinic.Arizona Sen. John McCain and three other GOP senato Midwest VA hospitals also had secret waiting lists 06/04/2014 05:50am • JOHN MILBURN Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The problems with delayed care and unauthorized wait lists that caused a furor at a Veterans Affairs health care campus in Arizona existed at several facilities in the Midwest, but in much smaller numbers, VA officials said in letters to two U.S. se Reid vows quick Senate vote on VA health bill 06/03/2014 09:56am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A refashioned bill to address problems plaguing the Veterans Affairs Department should be approved by the Senate as soon as possible, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would give the VA au