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• Body found in search for Va. student
• Obama to seek more funds to fight Ebola
• Cautious optimism over Nigeria's kidnapped girls
• Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama
• Sick woman at Dallas train station not on Ebola watchlist: official
• Missouri officer says he feared for life before shooting unarmed teen: report
• In Georgia Senate bid, Nunn talks economy to women
• Bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of split
• WHO won't discuss Ebola mistakes document
• Hawaii hit by winds, rain as hurricane veers west
• High court balks at last-minute voting changes
• Bermuda clears trees, power lines hit by Gonzalo
• Mission Unaccomplished: Containing Ebola in Africa
• Supreme Court allows Texas use of new voter ID law
• Ebola is 'disaster of our generation' says aid agency
• Report: Ferguson officer says he feared for life
• Hurricane Gonzalo scores bull's eye hit on Bermuda

Body found in search for Va. student Posted: 18 Oct 2014 04:29 PM PDT Police say they've found human remains that could be those of Hannah Graham.

Obama to seek more funds to fight Ebola Posted: 18 Oct 2014 01:05 PM PDT The president could make the request as early as next week, Bloomberg reports.

Cautious optimism over Nigeria's kidnapped girls Posted: 18 Oct 2014 03:18 PM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — There's no dancing in the streets, but people in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about news of a cease-fire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago.

Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama Posted: 18 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States but more than 100 people being monitored in case they contract the disease, President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday not to give in to "hysteria" about the spread of the virus. As though to illustrate his point, a Dallas bus and train station was closed on Saturday afternoon over concern about a woman who fell ill. The woman was first reported to be on the checklist for possible Ebola exposure, but then turned out not to be on any such list. ...

Sick woman at Dallas train station not on Ebola watchlist: official Posted: 18 Oct 2014 01:35 PM PDT (Reuters) - A Dallas bus and train station was closed on Saturday after a report that a woman fell ill at the facility, but the transit authority denied an earlier report that the woman had been on a watchlist for possible exposure to Ebola. The woman exited a northbound train at the White Rock Station and vomited, leading the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system to close the station as a precaution. "The person being treated by Dallas Fire Rescue at White Rock Station is NOT on any Ebola watchlist," Morgan Lyons, a DART spokeswoman, wrote in an email. ...

Missouri officer says he feared for life before shooting unarmed teen: report Posted: 18 Oct 2014 11:27 AM PDT By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - A white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Missouri in August told investigators he was in fear for his life after the young man grabbed at his gun, which was discharged twice in his patrol car, the New York Times reported. Government officials briefed on a federal civil rights probe into the Aug. 9 killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson told the New York Times that Wilson had said he was pinned in his car and punched and scratched by Brown in the moments before the shooting. ...

In Georgia Senate bid, Nunn talks economy to women Posted: 18 Oct 2014 01:19 PM PDT EVANS, Ga. (AP) — You don't hear Michelle Nunn mention gender politics or try to rally female voters in Georgia around issues of abortion, birth control and gay marriage as she runs for the Senate.

Bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of split Posted: 18 Oct 2014 03:50 PM PDT Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays Saturday, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis.

WHO won't discuss Ebola mistakes document Posted: 18 Oct 2014 11:32 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said Saturday that it wouldn't explain details contained in an internal document obtained by The Associated Press in which the U.N. health agency said it fumbled early attempts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Hawaii hit by winds, rain as hurricane veers west Posted: 18 Oct 2014 03:53 PM PDT KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane Ana was on course Saturday to miss Hawaii by more than a hundred miles but was generating high waves, strong winds and heavy rains that prompted flash-flood warnings throughout the islands.

High court balks at last-minute voting changes Posted: 18 Oct 2014 01:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use its strict voter ID law in the November election even after a federal judge said the law was the equivalent of a poll tax and threatened to deprive many blacks and Latinos of the right to vote this year.

Bermuda clears trees, power lines hit by Gonzalo Posted: 18 Oct 2014 02:33 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Crews cleared away downed trees and power lines Saturday after Hurricane Gonzalo battered this tiny, wealthy British territory for several hours but caused no deaths or serious injuries.

Mission Unaccomplished: Containing Ebola in Africa Posted: 18 Oct 2014 11:33 AM PDT Looking back, the mistakes are easy to see: Waiting too long, spending too little, relying on the wrong people, thinking small when they needed to think big. Many people, governments and agencies share the blame for failing to contain Ebola when it emerged in West Africa.

Supreme Court allows Texas use of new voter ID law Posted: 18 Oct 2014 06:18 AM PDT The state's controversial voter identification law can be used for the November election, the justices rule.

Ebola is 'disaster of our generation' says aid agency Posted: 18 Oct 2014 04:45 PM PDT London (AFP) - Aid agency Oxfam on Saturday said Ebola could become the "definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation", as US President Barack Obama urged against "hysteria" in the face of the growing crisis.

Report: Ferguson officer says he feared for life Posted: 18 Oct 2014 10:41 AM PDT Darren Wilson has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle as he and Michael Brown struggled over his gun, The New York Times reported.

Hurricane Gonzalo scores bull's eye hit on Bermuda Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:03 PM PDT By Sam Strangeways HAMILTON Bermuda (Reuters) - Hurricane Gonzalo slammed into Bermuda on Friday, knocking out most of the electricity as it lashed the tiny Atlantic island chain with pounding surf, torrential rain and howling wind, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The strongest storm to sweep the subtropical British territory in a decade made full landfall at about 8:30 p.m. as the 35-mile-wide (56 km) eye of the storm crossed the south-central coast of Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported. ...

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