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Airport Ebola screening begins
95% of travelers from affected countries land at 5 airfields
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1 in 4 say poor should just work harder
Pew poll suggests many Americans don’t understand full extent of wealth gap
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Kmart becomes latest retailer hit by data theft
Pedestrians pass a Kmart store location in New York. Sears Holdings Corp. announced that it detected a data breach at its Kmart stores that started in August 2014, affecting certain…
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WASHINGTON – The State Department is renewing its global terrorism alert for Americans traveling abroad, saying it sees a heightened risk of reprisal attacks from the Islamic State group and…
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Ebola patient’s temperature spiked to 103 degrees
Thomas Eric Duncan’s medical records from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital were provided by Duncan’s family to The Associated Press and show the Liberian man had a 103-degree fever when he…
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Malala, Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize
Despite their many differences, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai and 60-year-old Kailash Satyarthi will be forever linked – co-winners of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, honored for risking their lives for the…
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Ebola screening measures rest on federal law
A Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a passenger at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. The Obama administration’s plans to screen certain…
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First gay couple gets married in Las Vegas
Sherwood Howard, left, embraces Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson as they get married outside of the Marriage License Bureau Thursday in Las Vegas. The two had just obtained a same-sex…
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White House denies cover-up in scandal
Volunteer accused of hiring prostitute during presidential trip
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LAS VEGAS – Frustration turned to elation Thursday as a dizzying legal wrangle ended with gay couples receiving marriage licenses in Las Vegas – the marriage capital of the world…
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Strikes didn’t end threat from Syrian terror cell
A photo provided by anti-Bashar Assad activist group Edlib News Network shows Syrian citizens checking a damaged house that they say was targeted by coalition airstrikes in the village of…
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Increased flooding seen on Atlantic Coast
A view from the air shows the destroyed homes left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J. A new study is predicting more flooding along the East…
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WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday allowed same-sex marriage to begin in Nevada, clarifying that an earlier order temporarily blocking gay unions applies only to Idaho. Kennedy…
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U.S. orders agents to monitor travelers for Ebola
Alejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, says the Homeland Security Department has ordered agents at airports and other ports of entry to observe everyone coming into the…
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Blunders renew questions about Biden’s discipline
Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the minimum wage during a roundtable discussion with business leaders in Los Angeles.Nick Ut/Associated Press Biden has had to apologize to a trio of…
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STOCKHOLM – An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices – and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and…
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Europe scrambles to reduce threat from Ebola
Spanish and foreign media are camped outside the hospital where Spanish authorities have quarantined the husband of a nursing assistant who has tested positive for the Ebola virus.Paul White/Associated Press…
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NEW YORK – U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says it would be “very healthy” for the United States if members of Congress spend about two weeks getting briefings, holding hearings, and…
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New concern worldwide as Spanish nurse gets Ebola
Ashoka Mukpo is loaded into an ambulance on Monday after arriving in Omaha, Neb. Mukpo, an American video journalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia, was taken to Nebraska…
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Islamic State wages assault on Syrian border town
Hours after the militants raised two of their Islamic State group’s black flags on the outskirts of Kobani, the militants punctured the Kurdish front lines and advanced into the town…
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Spanish nurse in Madrid diagnosed with Ebola
Spain’s Health Minister Ana Mato walks past members of the media as she leaves a news conference about the first reported incident of Ebola transmission outside Africa. Mato confirmed Monday…
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3 win medicine Nobel for discovering brain’s GPS
A composite picture, from left, of John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, who were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in discovering how the brain’s…
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High court denies gay marriage appeals
Pro-life advocates hold a prayer vigil on the plaza of the high court in Washington. The group, Bound 4 Life, has come to the court for 10 years to make…
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Media goes overtime on Ebola coverage, but not necessarily overboard
Ebola? Well, yes, but another bug has had far more wide-ranging consequences. Since an outbreak began in late summer, the enterovirus has sent thousands of people, primarily children, to hospitals…