Obama talks about VA troubles...Stocks rebound...Deadly bus crash

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will address the troubles at the Department of Veterans Affairs in remarks from the White House this morning. He's meeting first with VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and with Rob Nabors, a longtime adviser to Obama, who has been temporarily dispatched to the VA to oversee a review of agency policies. The VA is under fresh scrutiny following allegations that as many as 40 veterans may have died while awaiting treatment at a Phoenix hospital.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rebounding from yesterday's losses in early trading today. The Dow was up more than 100 points in the opening minutes. Investors are awaiting today's release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting.

BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California interstate highway could remain closed for hours, in the aftermath of a fatal bus crash. Authorities say at least four people were killed and several more were seriously hurt when a passenger bus overturned on Interstate 10 near the Arizona border. It happened after a big rig jackknifed, spilling a load of steel pipes.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police in Taiwan say a drunken university student wielding a knife attacked riders aboard a subway train in the capital Taipei today, killing four people and wounding nearly two dozen others. Photos show the inside of the train car splattered with blood and strewn with passengers' personal belongings. The man is in custody. Police say the 21-year-old told them he wanted to do something "shocking and big."

MADRID (AP) — Score one for the bulls. At a prestigious bullfighting arena in Madrid, bulls achieved a symbolic victory by injuring three matadors, forcing organizers to call off the bullfight. Two were gored and a third was tossed into the air. Officials say it's the first time in 35 years that a bullfight was stopped at the ring because of matador injuries.