Putin and Obama will be together...Vets may have new access to care...Probe finds no cover-up at GM

PARIS (AP) — There are no plans for a formal meeting between President Barack Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin -- but they're expected to have some contact at a leaders lunch tomorrow in Normandy, France. That's where leaders of several nations have gathered to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. On the eve of that event, Obama and Western allies have presented Russia with a way of easing tensions in Ukraine -- but they're warning of new sanctions within weeks if Russia doesn't go along.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior senators have reached agreement for a bipartisan bill expanding the ability of veterans to get government-paid medical care outside Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. The bill would allow veterans who experience long waits for VA appointments or who live at least 40 miles from a VA hospital or clinic to use private doctors enrolled as providers for Medicare or other government programs. It was prompted by an uproar over reports that veterans have died while waiting to see a VA doctor.

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor has found that GM's delay in recalling cars with an ignition switch problem resulted mostly from bureaucratic inaction, and not a deliberate cover-up. GM took more than a decade to recall 2.6 million cars with bad switches that are now linked to at least 13 deaths. Former prosecutor Anton Valukas (an-TAHN' vuh-LOO'-kuhs) was hired by GM to conduct an internal investigation. He writes, "Although everyone had responsibility to fix the problem, nobody took responsibility."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stock market regulators are addressing the growing concerns about the impact of high-speed computer-based trading. The chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, today outlined new rules aimed at boosting market stability and fairness, and enhancing transparency.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study strengthens the notion that our moon was created by a collision between Earth and a planet-sized object some 4.5 billion years ago. German scientists studied moon rocks gathered by astronauts nearly a half-century ago in the Apollo missions -- and found that the moon rocks have a different makeup than Earth rocks do. That fits with the idea that the moon would contain material from the object that struck Earth. The results also suggest that the moon may be a 50-50 mix of material from this object and from Earth. The study was published by the journal Science.

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