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Unemployment rates in some of biggest economies 11/07/2014 06:38pm • The Associated Press The latest jobs data in the United States showed that the world's biggest economy is strengthening steadily while others around the world are struggling.The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent in October, the lowest level since July 2008 and down from 7.2 percent a year Ex-soldier allegedly planned attack in Calgary 11/07/2014 05:30pm • CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Court records accuse a former Canadian soldier of planning to attack Calgary's Veterans Affairs office over a dispute about the coverage of costs for his health issues.The 45-year-old former military intelligence officer pleaded guilty to weapons charges in a Calgary court t Report: Troops described chemical weapons exposure 11/07/2014 05:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 600 U.S. service members told military medical staff that they believe they were exposed to chemical warfare agents in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, The New York Times reported Thursday. Pentagon officials said the department will now expand its outreach to v Obama, first lady salute 'American patriots' 11/07/2014 05:18am • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Offering a pre-Veterans Day salute to U.S. troops, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the "American patriots" who voluntarily go into harm's way to keep the country safe and protect its cherished freedoms have the respect and admiration o Former US Rep Lane Evans, veterans advocate, dies 11/07/2014 03:36am • JASON KEYSER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Illinois Rep. Lane Evans, a Vietnam War-era Marine who fought for veterans' rights during his 24 years in the U.S. House, has died after a long fight with Parkinson's disease.The Democrat died Wednesday at a nursing home in East Moline, Illinois, VA chief: Wait times down, choice cards in mail 11/06/2014 08:08pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wait times for veterans care at VA hospitals and clinics have been reduced by 18 percent since May, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday.Average wait times for new primary care patients decreased from 51 days in May to 42 days as o Kentucky lieutenant governor bound for White House 11/06/2014 05:50pm • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has chosen Kentucky's lieutenant governor as his liaison to state and local governments, bringing an official experienced in successfully implementing his health care law to the White House as the second open enrollment period DA: Researcher guilty or 'unluckiest' man on earth 11/06/2014 03:07pm • JOE MANDAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A University of Pittsburgh medical researcher is either guilty of intentionally poisoning his wife or is "the unluckiest man in the world," a prosecutor said Thursday.Assistant District Attorney Lisa Pellegrini made that comment in her closing argument Death prompts changes at Hampton VA hospital 11/06/2014 09:30am • HAMPTON, Va. (AP) -- A patient's death has prompted policy changes at the Hampton VA Medical Center.The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General recommended the changes to the hospital's education and training policies. The inspector general conducted an inspection of the hospit Obama: More work needed to improve veterans care 11/05/2014 07:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is telling the Veterans Affairs Department it needs to keep working to improve services, health care and accountability for veterans.Obama met on Wednesday with VA Secretary Robert McDonald and his deputy, Sloan Gibson. The White House says Obama urged them When Service Members Need Mental Health Help 11/05/2014 12:00am • Baghdad in 2007: Ryan Rigdon, then 24, held his life in his hands, but it was all in a day's work. As a Navy senior explosive ordnance disposalman, his job was using robotic technology to disarm roadside bombs. He had volunteered, received extensive training and was deployed to Iraq right after the Walter Reed to host lung cancer screening day 11/04/2014 05:54pm • WASHINGTON -- Smoking is the leading cause of death among military veterans and lung cancer is the leading cancer-related death, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In honor of the nation's veterans, the John P. Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Ce Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 11/04/2014 05:40pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___Oct. 24The Daily News, Bowling Green, Kentucky, on U.S. benefiting for Nazis being an outrage:Those who have committed war crimes or who are suspected of committing them must answer for them.War cr New Zealand hopes UN win bears diplomatic fruit 11/04/2014 02:12am • NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand last month was one of five nations to win elections for coveted seats on the U.N. Security Council. It will serve a two-year term as a non-veto-wielding member beginning in January. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says i Syria's Alawites pay heavy price as they bury sons 11/01/2014 05:48am • DIAA HADID Associated Press DWEIR SHEIKH SAAD, Syria (AP) -- The posters of slain Syrian soldiers, put up by families to commemorate their sons killed in the fight against rebels, are plastered on walls throughout the coastal province of Tartous. The impromptu murals of death illustrate the price su