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House to subpoena records in VA hospital deaths 05/09/2014 08:28am • PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee voted Thursday to subpoena records relating to a waiting list at the Phoenix veterans hospital, and officials said Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki had ordered a nationwide audit of access to care that the agency provides. What's next for troubled Albuquerque police? 05/08/2014 05:50pm • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Outcry over recent police shootings continues to rattle New Mexico's largest city, spreading from street protests to rowdy demonstrations in government buildings.Angry protesters took control of an Albuquerque City Council meeting this wee Survivors face tough future 6 months after Haiyan 05/08/2014 07:02am • TERESA CEROJANO Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Six months after the strongest typhoon to hit land killed his mother and tore down much of their house in the eastern Philippines, Sofronio Cervantes wants to return home -- if only he can scrape together the money to rebuild his life once APNewsBreak: Hawaiians spur STD app's name change 05/07/2014 11:30am • JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) -- A sexual health information app called "Hula" will be changing its name after complaints that it is culturally insensitive to Native Hawaiians, the app's owner said Tuesday.Ramin Bastani, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Qpid.me Inc., sai Hillary Clinton: Gun culture 'way out of balance' 05/07/2014 03:12am • KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday the nation's gun culture has gotten "way out of balance" and the U.S. needs to rein in the notion that "anybody can have a gun, anywhere, anytime."The former secretary of state and potential 2016 Democratic presidenti Man charged in Ohio veterans hospital shooting 05/06/2014 08:05pm • LISA CORNWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) -- A man accused of a shooting at a veterans hospital said he intended to intimidate former co-workers he believed were having inappropriate relationships with his wife and daughter, according to court documents.One person was shot in the ankle when Nei Senate Republicans call for VA secretary to resign 05/06/2014 06:42pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three Senate Republicans called Tuesday for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign, following allegations of corruption and avoidable deaths at a veterans' hospital in Phoenix.The Senate's Republican leader, meanwhile, said a leadership ch Investigator: VA employees told to falsify records 05/06/2014 06:21pm • DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Employees at a veterans medical clinic in Colorado were instructed to falsify records to make it appear that patients were getting appointments close to the day requested, government investigators said.Workers at the Fort Collins clinic were told to make t Veterans Affairs rejects call for Shinseki to quit 05/05/2014 10:20pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The American Legion called Monday for the resignations of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and two of his top aides amid an investigation into allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the veterans' hospital in Phoenix.Legion National Commander Daniel Dellinger 1 employee hurt in Ohio veterans hospital shooting 05/05/2014 08:10pm • LISA CORNWELL Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A Veterans Affairs hospital housekeeping employee and a retired worker were struggling over a gun in a break room Monday when the firearm went off, leading to the employee's shooting and the retiree's arrest, police said.The victim, 61-year-old Pau Judge orders treatment for Ohio transgender inmate 05/05/2014 07:40pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A transgender prison inmate who complained about losing her breast tissue and growing facial hair after her hormone treatments were stopped must receive the treatments for the rest of her time behind bars, a federal judge ruled Frid Ending the myth that PTSD leads to violent beahvior 04/10/2014 01:41pm • Alex Horton, Iraq War veteran, freelance writer on military veteran affairs Alan Howze: Why You Should Vote for Me 04/03/2014 01:00pm • This week, we asked the candidates for Arlington County Board to write a sub-750 word essay describing why Arlington residents should vote for them in the special election on April 8. Below is Democrat Alan Howze’s unedited response: Please Join Me and Move Arlington Forward! I am optimis Md. man faces century in prison for child abuse 03/05/2014 04:21pm • WASHINGTON - A Montgomery County man faces the possibility of a century in prison after admitting he abused multiple children while living with a local family. Adderli Cruz-Rosario, 21, of Silver Spring, pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse in the first degree and four counts of child sex Morning Poll: Longer Hours For Bars, Restaurants 02/24/2014 10:05am • Closing time in Montgomery County could be moving one hour later. A bill before a State Senate Committee would make selling alcohol at Montgomery County restaurants legal until 3 a.m. on weekends and Sunday nights before Monday federal holidays. County restaurants can now sell alcohol until 2 a.m. o