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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 Acting Veterans Affairs secretary to visit Md. 06/17/2014 03:50am • BALTIMORE (AP) -- Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson is scheduled to visit the Baltimore VA Medical Center.Gibson is scheduled to meet with medical center leadership, employees and stakeholders on Tuesday. He has scheduled a news conference, as well.The visit follows the release of Senate bill would double veterans' health spending 06/16/2014 08:10pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spending on veterans' health care could double in three years under the Senate's solution to the long waits experienced by thousands seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics, according to congressional budget experts.Analyzing a bill the Senat With economy hazy, Fed is unlikely to shift course 06/16/2014 05:49pm • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Federal Reserve officials gather this week and Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with reporters, investors will be seeking clues to two big questions:When will the Fed finally start raising short-term interest rates?And how -- and when -- wil Senate bill doubles spending on veterans' health 06/16/2014 03:50am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spending on veterans' health care could double in three years under the Senate's solution to the long waits experienced by thousands seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics, according to congressional budget experts.Analyzing a bill the Senat Obama: More US can do to help Native Americans 06/14/2014 05:30am • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday became only the third U.S. sitting president in eight decades to set foot in Indian Country, encountering both the wonder of Native American culture and the struggle of tribal life on a breeze-whipped afternoon Border agents in Texas warned not to talk to media 06/14/2014 05:20am • CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The surge in immigrant children caught crossing the southern border in Texas that has dominated headlines and risks becoming a political crisis for President Barack Obama and Congress includes a new threat facing Border Patrol agents: reporters VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some VA: Wait times in audit had some caveats 06/13/2014 10:27pm • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Data released by Veterans Affairs officials earlier this week appeared to confirm that new patients at the agency's medical centers were routinely waiting 30, 50 or even more than 90 days to see a doctor. It turns out those statistics came with some