2nd worker flew on plane before Ebola diagnosis
The health-care worker had a fever before boarding the plane from Ohio to Texas and shouldn’t have flown, the CDC said. The worker had cared for Thomas Duncan, an Ebola patient who died.
Obama: ‘I felt perfectly safe’
hugging nurses at Emory
To highlight the low risk of infection, Obama said he was comfortable being in contact with those treating Ebola patients.
(The Washington Post)
Dow takes steep plunge as markets fret over global stability, retail slump
At one point, the Dow was down 460 points amid worries over weakening economies in Europe and Asia.
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Backed by U.S. strikes, Kurds claim gains against Islamic State in Kobane
The jihadists have reportedly been pushed back more than four miles from the western edge of the town.
With new law, Putin tightens
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“Our politicians have developed a mania of control,” the editor of a prominent independent paper said.
Adolf Hitler was a crystal meth addict, a new British documentary claims
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The polar vortex will probably return this winter — and could be even colder
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Titles, egos and the high drama of seating charts at Washington dinners
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HBO to launch a stand-alone online streaming service in 2015
The service won’t require consumers to also have a cable or satellite subscription.
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Backed by U.S. strikes, Kurds claim gains against Islamic State in Kobane
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Little-mentioned patient at Emory expects to be discharged ‘very soon, free from the Ebola virus’
The aid worker, who became infected in West Africa, has been at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital since Sept. 9. After becoming critically ill, “I am well on the way to a full recovery.“
The military should make everyone in the service follow California’s ‘yes means yes’ laws
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Gov. McAuliffe announces cuts and
565 layoffs to offset budget shortfall
State employees who will lose their jobs mostly work in Virginia’s Department of Corrections.
Glenn Beck to sit in Dan Snyder’s box on Sunday
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Former CIA spy, ‘Argo’ hero battling Parkinson’s
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Kennedy Center’s new director hints at changes on horizon
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The game industry’s top trade group just spoke out against Gamergate
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A guide to paying off your student loans
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If Republicans win control of the Senate, federal workers might lose
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Shaping the City | D.C. bridges to be site of mixed-use projects
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