| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Rise of the two-in-one hotel | | When Marriott opened its new 68-story hotel overlooking Central Park in New York City back in January, it became the tallest hotel in North America. |
| Lunden: When I heard 'cancer' | | A tiny spot on a precautionary ultrasound that former "Good Morning America" co-host Joan Lunden received after getting an all-clear on her annual mammogram was the first sign of trouble. A biopsy was taken. |
| 'Chronic systemic failures' found | | The VA needs to be overhauled due to unresponsive leadership and a culture that affects the delivery of care, White House official Rob Nabors reports to the President. |
| 8-year wait in facility for evaluation | | Two veterans in a Veterans Affairs psychiatric facility languished for years without proper treatment, according to a scathing letter and report sent Monday to the White House by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, or OSC. |
| 'A view or a life?' | | Those words from a suicide victim's father convinced Kevin Briggs, a retired police officer who used to patrol the bridge, that something needed to be done. |
| How I learned to live | | I am a mother, a wife, a college graduate, an executive, a marathon runner and a member of the church choir. |
| Senator: 10 years, up to 1,000 deaths | | More than 1,000 veterans may have died in the last decade because of malpractice or lack of care from Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, a new report issued by the office of Sen. Tom Coburn finds. |
| Actor Shia LaBeouf charged | | Actor Shia LaBeouf has made an art of apologizing for a chain of ill deeds. He added a link to that chain late Thursday when he lit up a cigarette in a Broadway theater. |
| Shia LaBeouf | | | Actor Shia LeBeouf has literally made an art of apologizing for a chain of ill deeds. He added a link to that chain late Thursday, when police said he lit up a cigarette in a Broadway theater. |
| Congress had chances over years | | The day before Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned in May, nearly 25 senators signed a letter calling for him to step down amid a widening scandal over delayed medical care for vets. |
| Families praise decision | | Loved ones of suicide jumpers tell CNN why they are glad funding for a Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier was approved. |
| 'A view or a life?' | | | Those few words from the father of a suicide victim convinced Kevin Briggs, a retired police officer who used to patrol the Golden Gate Bridge, that something needed to be done. |
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