| Health worker tests positive for Ebola Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:12 PM PDT  The hospital worker helped provide care for Dallas patient Thomas Eric Duncan.
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| Patient isolated at Mass. clinic after Ebola symptoms Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT  A medical clinic in Braintree, Massachusetts, near Boston was evacuated and a patient has been isolated because of his recent travel to West Africa and medical symptoms, the Boston Globe reported on Sunday. "Ebola protocol is in place," the Globe quoted Braintree fire official Joe Zanca as saying. The clinic was the Harvard Vanguard Medical Center, the newspaper said. (Reporting by Peter Cooney in Washington; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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| U.S. says Turkey OKs use of bases against IS militants Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:49 PM PDT  American defense officials say Turkey will let U.S. and coalition forces use its bases, including a key installation within 100 miles of the Syrian border, for operations against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq,
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| Texas health worker becomes first person to contract Ebola in U.S. Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:56 PM PDT  By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS Texas (Reuters) - A Texas health worker has contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian who died of the disease in Dallas last week, raising concern about how U.S. medical guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the disease were breached. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where the new case was announced on Sunday, has already faced criticism for its management of the infection. The infected worker, a woman who was not named, is the first person to contract the disease in the United States. ...
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| Alaska ban on same-sex marriage ruled unconstitutional Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT  By Steve Quinn JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Sunday ruled that the state of Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Judge Timothy Burgess of the U.S. District Court for Alaska made the ruling after hearing oral arguments on Friday challenging the state's 16-year-old ban. "The Court finds that Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage and refusal to recognize same-sex marriages lawfully entered in other states is unconstitutional as a deprivation of basic due process and equal protection principles under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. ...
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| Fay becomes hurricane after brushing Bermuda with high winds, rain Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT  By Samantha Strangeways HAMILTON Bermuda (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic on Sunday afternoon after sweeping past Bermuda with strong winds and felling trees and knocking out power to thousands in the British territory. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday afternoon that Fay carried top sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 km per hour). It added that the storm was expected to weaken below hurricane status on Sunday night. Fay was about 290 miles (465 km) northeast of Bermuda and moving toward the east-northeast. ...
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| CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient Posted: 12 Oct 2014 09:12 AM PDT  A top federal health official says the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital shows there was a clear breach of safety protocol.
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| St. Louis area police arrest at least 17 during weekend of protests Posted: 12 Oct 2014 01:25 PM PDT  By Fiona Ortiz and Kenny Bahr FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Riot-gear clad police arrested at least 17 people on Sunday after they refused orders to disperse from a spontaneous sit-in outside a convenience store in St. Louis during a weekend of otherwise peaceful protests against police violence. Thousands of people are staging protest marches, vigils and other demonstrations in the St. Louis area this weekend, calling for the arrest of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August. ...
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| Iraq ground role likely for U.S. military advisers: Dempsey Posted: 12 Oct 2014 10:48 AM PDT  Washington (AFP) - US military advisors are likely to take a more direct role in the ground campaign against jihadists in Iraq once Iraqi forces are ready to go on the offensive, the top US officer said in comments aired Sunday.
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| Second US Ebola case raises questions about safety protocols Posted: 12 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT  The worker helped treat Ebola victim Thomas Duncan, doctors said.
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| Putin orders troops away from Ukraine border Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:45 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border to return to their usual bases, according to his spokesman. |
| Donors pledge $2.7 billion for Gaza reconstruction Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:23 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Donors at an international conference Sunday promised $2.7 billion to rebuild the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, but all of the key participants said their efforts would be futile without a permanent peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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| Reports: Putin orders Russian troops withdrawn from Ukrainian border Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:53 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week. The troop pullout came before an expected meeting between Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan next week. The Kremlin said that the Russian president had met his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu. ...
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| Monitor: IS pouring reinforcements into Syria border town Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:05 AM PDT  Beirut (AFP) - The Islamic State group poured in reinforcements Sunday for its nearly month-long siege of Kobane as the Syrian town's Kurdish defenders kept up their high-profile resistance.
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| News crew of U.S. journalist with Ebola quarantined Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:02 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Members of an NBC News crew who worked with a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia have been quarantined, New Jersey health officials said on Saturday. Officials said the order was issued late Friday after the crew members violated an agreement to voluntarily confine themselves. They said none of the team has exhibited symptoms of the often fatal disease since returning from Liberia, one of three West African countries at the epicenter of the outbreak. Meanwhile, the condition of the freelance American cameraman continued to improve. ...
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| N.J. football case puts hazing in focus Posted: 11 Oct 2014 05:20 PM PDT  Seven students are facing sex crime charges at this solidly middle-class town.
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| Michigan toddler dies from enterovirus strain Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT  A Michigan girl is the second child to die this year in the U.S. from the virus.
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