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Afghanistan orders NYT reporter to leave country 08/20/2014 04:50pm • REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan ordered a New York Times correspondent Wednesday to leave the country in 24 hours and barred him from returning over a story he wrote saying that a group of officials were considering seizing power because of the impasse over wh Analysis: Congress can still do deals when it must 08/19/2014 07:30am • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington may be a sea of dysfunction, but the current Congress is offering a few reminders about how a bill becomes a law: compromise.That's been in short supply as lawmakers have tried to tackle a surge of Central American youths entering the U.S. Correction: SmallBiz-Autistic Owners story 08/15/2014 04:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story Aug. 13 about business owners with autism, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name and abbreviation of the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, or SARRC.The story also had the incorrect Internet address for the center. It is www.autismcenter.orgA correc VA chief: Firings of workers a deliberate process 08/15/2014 12:30am • ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Veterans Affairs Department is in the process of holding bad employees accountable amid a scandal about long wait times for patients and other problems, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday, but he declined to say how many people were be Entrepreneurship the answer for some with autism 08/14/2014 10:28am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- When Matt Cottle asked his boss to let him work in the supermarket's bakery, she told him he'd never do anything more than collect grocery carts.After six years of bagging groceries and pushing carts, Cottle wanted more. He had already learned h Entrepreneurship the answer for some with autism 08/14/2014 10:28am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- When Matt Cottle asked his boss to let him work in the supermarket's bakery, she told him he'd never do anything more than collect grocery carts.After six years of bagging groceries and pushing carts, Cottle wanted more. He had already learned h Entrepreneurship the answer for some with autism 08/14/2014 10:28am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- When Matt Cottle asked his boss to let him work in the supermarket's bakery, she told him he'd never do anything more than collect grocery carts.After six years of bagging groceries and pushing carts, Cottle wanted more. He had already learned h VA referrals to private doctors on rise 08/14/2014 09:06am • ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is significantly increasing its referrals of veterans to private doctors following a scandal over lengthy patient waiting times at many VA hospitals and clinics and falsified appointment records, VA Secretary Rob Federal judge accused of hitting wife in argument 08/11/2014 06:28pm • BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal judge known for sentencing a former Alabama governor to prison in a corruption case was released from an Atlanta jail Monday after he was accused of hitting his wife when she accused him of infidelity.U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller, 55, p VA chief makes 1st hospital visit amid scandal 08/11/2014 04:32am • EMAUN KASHFI Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald visited a VA hospital Friday for the first time since taking over the embattled agency last month, meeting with veterans and health care providers and vowing to restore trust in the organization.Reports that doz CDC director: Scale of Ebola crisis unprecedented 08/10/2014 11:30am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The current Ebola crisis in West Africa is on pace to sicken more people than all other previous outbreaks of the disease combined, the health official leading the U.S. response said Thursday.The next few weeks will be critical, said Dr. Tom Frie New VA secretary touts fixes to veterans group 08/09/2014 09:24pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald addressed a veterans group for the first time since taking over the troubled agency last month, calling his plans to fix it "an opportunity we can't miss nor underestimate.""This is an opportunity for me to make a difference in the lives o Past doesn't haunt DesJarlais in rural Tenn. 08/09/2014 09:56am • SHEILA BURKE Associated Press WINCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- Well-known details about U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais -- including that he once urged a mistress to seek an abortion and held a gun in his mouth for hours outside his ex-wife's room -- didn't deter Republican primary voters from giving him a poss Ryan calls for solutions-based GOP comeback 08/08/2014 07:10pm • THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Rep. Paul Ryan told the nation's most active Republicans on Friday that criticism of President Barack Obama alone is insufficient to fuel a GOP comeback in this year's elections or in 2016.Instead, the Wisconsin congressman told the Republican Nationa Boost for vets' health: Obama signs new law 08/08/2014 06:06pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) -- Tens of thousands of military veterans who have been enduring long waits for medical care should be able to turn to private doctors almost immediately under a law signed Thursday by President Barack Obama.Other changes will take longer under th