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About 70 hospital staffers cared for Ebola patient

MiamiHerald.com - ‎26 minutes ago‎
They drew his blood, put tubes down his throat and wiped up his diarrhea. They analyzed his urine and wiped saliva from his lips, even after he had lost consciousness.
Dog of Dallas Nurse with Ebola to Be Kept in Safe Place
Nina Pham Confirmed As First Known Person To Contract Ebola In US
Jendhamuni Sos
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Nina Pham identified as Dallas nurse with Ebola DALLAS — The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first person to die of the virus in the U.S. has been identified as 26-year-old Nina Pham. Health officials have not released the nurse’s name, but Yahoo News identified Pham through public records and a state nursing database. Then on Monday, Pham’s family confirmed her identity to local Dallas ABC News affiliate WFAA. Pham, a cri...
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North Korean leader Kim makes first appearance since September 3

Reuters - ‎24 minutes ago‎
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a residential district and a science academy, state media reported early on Tuesday, ending a lengthy absence from public view that had fueled speculation over his health and grip on power in the ...
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Protests Seen as a Passing Economic Storm for Hong Kong

Businessweek - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Demonstrators gather beneath a walkway outside Admiralty Centre near the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.
In Mong Kok, Protesters Split With Student Leadership
Hong Kong police clear some barricades from protest site for 2nd day
Police detain activists in HK protests
Trouble in Hong Kong
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The young people leading Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests are mostly clear about who they are: Hong Kong people first, Chinese second. Sprawled in little clusters outside government offices, the students seem part of a unique subculture. They have made a name for themselves with their good manners, cleanliness, respect for public order and umbilical links to their smartphones http://econ.st/1szLa3I
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4000 Deaths And Counting: The Ebola Epidemic In 4 Charts

Forbes - ‎17 minutes ago‎
The figures are frightening. As you can see from the above chart, the death toll for Ebola virus disease in West Africa has now passed 4000.
News Guide: Hospital workers are closely monitored for Ebola after infection of ...
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Migration beginning out of West African countries hit by Ebola epidemic http://b4in.org/rA9r As the world panics over the Ebola outbreak, West Africans are reportedly fleeing their countries in a bid to outrun the virus – some even headed overland for South Africa. According to the Sunday Independent, this could place South Africa at considerable risk. Johannesburg-based members of the immigrant communities from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, told the newspaper...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall St leads stocks selloff; dollar slides on Fed views

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
... * Crude oil prices fall further, Brent at near 4-year low. * Dollar retreats on global growth concern, Fed views. * Wall Street stocks tumble for third straight session (Updates to U.S.
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'Shockingly inappropriate' sentence suggested for Oscar Pistorius after culpable ...

New York Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Oscar Pistorius should mop floors two days a month for the next three years to pay for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a state official testifying for the defense recommended Monday.
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British MPs vote to recognise Palestine

Financial Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
MPs backed the idea of Palestine being recognised as a state alongside Israel on Monday night, in what one MP described as a “symbolically important” step towards peace in the Middle East.
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Iran's president says nuclear deal with West 'certain'

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday a nuclear deal with the West was bound to happen and he believed it could be achieved by a November 24 deadline.
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Islamic State extends reach in key Iraqi region

USA TODAY - ‎19 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - Islamic State militants are expanding their reach in a strategic province in western Iraq, inching closer to Baghdad and raising concerns about the ability of the U.S.
17 killed in Baghdad bomb attacks
Iraq army at crossroads as Anbar slips
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#iraq . An Iraqi senior government official claimed that up to 10,000 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters are on the outskirts of Baghdad ready to attack the capital, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Sister of British hostage John Cantlie appeals to Isil to resume contact

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎27 minutes ago‎
The sister of John Cantlie, the British journalist held hostage in Syria for almost two years, has called on his jihadist kidnappers to contact the family.
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Minnesota Churches Settle Clergy Abuse Lawsuit

ABC News - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Victims of clergy sex abuse stood next to Catholic church leaders in Minnesota on Monday to announce a settlement to a novel lawsuit that includes new measures to keep children safe.
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Gay couples in Alaska begin applying for marriage licenses

SFGate - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Photo: Mark Thiessen / Associated Press Cateflyn Schnell (left) and Terry Holloway kiss before filling out a marriage license application at the Department of Vital Statistics in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Global Glut Keeps Pressure on Oil Prices

Wall Street Journal - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Crude prices have tumbled more than 20% since mid-June. The global benchmark, Brent oil, dropped to a near-four-year low of $88.89 a barrel on Monday, and the U.S.
Brent Near 4-Year Low as Iraq Follows Saudi Price Cuts
Oil Prices Fall, as OPEC Members Fight for Market Share
Jim Fawcette
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Obama Destroys Gas Prices! Since President Obama was widely excoriated by right-wing TV and radio shock-jocks when gas prices went up presumably he'll get credit for their rapid decline (although he had little-to-nothing to do with either). Then again, the way right-wingers think, they'll find some perverse substitute for logic to justify blaming Obama in both directions.  Time.com: "The price of the world’s most important commodi...
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Fidelity Investments names Abigail Johnson as CEO

SFGate - ‎1 hour ago‎
Photo: Stuart Darsch, AP This 2013 photo provided by Fidelity Investment shows newly named CEO Abigail Johnson. Johnson, 52, is replacing her father in the top job, 84-year-old Edward Johnson announced Monday, Oct. 13, 2014.
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Stocks Tumble In Worst Three Day Slide Since 2011

Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎
The major U.S. stock market indexes took a dive Monday, marking a three day downward trend for stocks driven by unease over Federal Reserve monetary tightening and a tumultuous global economy.
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The Economic Nuances of the Latest Nobel Laureate

Wall Street Journal - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Yes, Jean Tirole is interested in firms that dominate markets. He's also skeptical about interfering regulators. French economist Jean Tirole ENLARGE.
France's Second Nobel in Week Suggests Country Isn't 'Finished'
Jean Tirole: 5 things to know about the Nobel Prize winner's work
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“I still haven’t recouped yet.” Jean Tirole on being awarded the Prize. Jean Tirole was incredibly surprised when he got the news that he has been awarded The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014. He then told his wife - and his mother.”She’s 90 years old. I first asked her to sit before I told her the news.” https://soundcloud.com/nobelprize/i-still-havent-recouped-yet-jean-tirole-on-being-awarded-the-nobel-prize
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Google Tests Out Feature To Protect You From Sketchy Online Diagnoses

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
You may soon be a Google search away from immediate access to professional medical advice. The search engine giant is testing a new feature that urges people Googling illnesses or symptoms to jump on a video call with a medical professional.
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Snapchat leak: Why you shouldn't look at these images (+video)

Christian Science Monitor - ‎26 minutes ago‎
Nearly 100,000 images and videos from Snapchat were released on the Internet. But anyone seeing the Snapchat images might be subject to child pornography charges.
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Iliad Abandons Effort to Gain Control of T-Mobile US

New York Times - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Photo. The Paris headquarters of Free, a subsidiary of the French telecommunications company Illiad.Credit Christian Hartmann/Reuters.
Iliad ends courtship of T-Mobile US
Iliad Joins Ranks of Acquirers That Bit the Dust in 2014
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Iliad abandons its quest to buy T-Mobile - French telecommunications firm Iliad has decided to end its quest to buy T-Mobile. Iliad has often been compared to T-Mobile in France, and its bid to buy 56.6% of the U.S. carrier for $15 billion was a complete surprise. At the time, T-Mobile was expecting a bid from Sprint. Iliad's bid, coming at the end of July, forced Sprint to abandon its pursuit of T-Mobile, and led to the removal of long time ...
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The Apple Watch's Achilles Heel is the iPhone

Forbes - ‎6 hours ago‎
Now that the dust has settled on the long-anticipated unveiling of the Apple Watch, a major obstacle to its success is coming into view: the iPhone.
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49ers-Rams: 15 things to know about Week 6's MNF game

CBSSports.com - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Monday Night Football is an American institution. And because the St. Louis Rams have been one of the NFL's lowliest teams for about a decade, said institution doesn't reach The Gateway to the West very often these days.
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Can Florida State escape shadow of Jameis Winston investigations?

CBSSports.com - ‎26 minutes ago‎
The question has to be asked at this point: Will Jameis Winston finish the season on the field for Florida State? Friday marked the worst news day for FSU football since it became public that Winston was accused of sexual assault 11 months ago.
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Alien Quagga Mussel Wreaking Havoc in United Kingdom

Viral Global News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Scientists have warned that a type of invasive freshwater mussel poses considerable danger to the environment and economy of the United Kingdom.
Invasive Species Taking Over British Waters Could Soon Cause Ecosystem ...
Alien Mussels Threaten UK Biodiversity
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Britain Could Be On The Brink Of An ‘Invasional Meltdown’ http://b4in.org/b9pg Five of the most high-risk freshwater invaders from the Ponto-Caspian region around Turkey and Ukraine are now in Britain – including the quagga mussel, confirmed just two weeks ago on 1 October in the Wraysbury River near Heathrow airport. Researchers say that, with at least ten more of these high-risk species established just across the channel in Dutch ports, Britain could be on the ...
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Air Force's unmanned craft lands Tuesday

WTSP 10 News - ‎54 minutes ago‎
The Air Force's mysterious unmanned space plane, the X-37B, is about to come back to Earth after more than two years in orbit on a mission the military won't tell us much about.
Covert military plane to return from mysterious space mission on Tuesday
Unmanned Space Plane To Land At Vandenberg Air Force Base
Elizabeth Therese Niwel
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The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane will return to Earth this week —possibly as early as Tuesday — after 22 months in orbit on a secret mission. The robotic X-37B space plane, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle, will land at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where Air Force officials are gearing up for its return. As of today (Oct. 12), the X-37B mini-shuttle has been in orbit since December 2012 and racked up a ...
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Sick passengers removed from flight in Boston in Ebola scare

Reuters - ‎37 minutes ago‎
BOSTON (Reuters) - Emergency crews in protective gear removed five passengers with flu-like symptoms from a commercial airliner that arrived at Boston's Logan Airport on Monday, but U.S.
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Obama meets with Ebola team after second case confirmed

CBS News - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - One day after a Texas nurse contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian man who died of the disease, President Obama assembled his senior national security aides and top health officials for an assessment on the government's response to ...
Obama urges more action to fight Ebola crisis
Obama meets with top officials on Ebola case
Susan Stone
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quote: If not for serial budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health, we would probably have an Ebola vaccine and we would certainly have better treatment, NIH director Dr. Francis Collins tells the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein. This comes on the heels of reporting that the Centers for Disease Control’s prevention budget has been cut by half since 2006, and new revelations about how botched protocols at the Dallas hospital that turned away Th...
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Molecule found in broccoli linked to improved autism symptoms

Fox News - ‎2 hours ago‎
A chemical found in broccoli, cauliflower and other cruciferous vegetables may reduce symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, suggests a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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