| Obama: We can’t seal ourselves off from Ebola Posted: 29 Oct 2014 02:02 PM PDT  The president says it is essential that the U.S. and other countries work to stop the outbreak at its source.
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| Report: Red Cross was totally unprepared for Sandy relief Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:57 AM PDT  Two years after Superstorm Sandy, a former Red Cross official says "as many as 40 percent" of the relief organization's emergency vehicles were used as backdrops for press conferences during the group's response to the storm, a new report by ProPublica and NPR finds.
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| Hundreds feared buried under Sri Lanka mudslide Posted: 29 Oct 2014 01:01 PM PDT  KOSLANDA, Sri Lanka (AP) — A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers' houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, raising fears that hundreds may have been killed.
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| Saying she will not be bullied, nurse fights Maine Ebola quarantine Posted: 29 Oct 2014 03:37 PM PDT  By Susan Heavey and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying she will not be bullied by politicians, a Maine nurse is giving the state an ultimatum: Lift her Ebola quarantine by Thursday or she will disregard the restrictions and go to court. The saga of nurse Kaci Hickox illustrates how U.S. states are struggling to protect against the virus without resorting to overzealous and useless precautions or violating civil rights. Hickox, 33, tested negative for Ebola after returning from treating patients in West Africa. ...
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| Probe of Virginia rocket blast begins; space station supplied Posted: 29 Oct 2014 02:16 PM PDT  By Ian Simpson and Irene Klotz WALLOPS Va./CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - Authorities on Wednesday started investigating what caused an unmanned U.S. supply rocket to explode in a fireball moments after liftoff from a Virginia launch pad, destroying supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station. The 14-story Antares rocket, built and launched by Orbital Sciences Corp, blasted off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island at 6:22 p.m. on Tuesday but burst into flames moments later. ...
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| Man released after being cleared in North Carolina courthouse shooting Posted: 29 Oct 2014 04:07 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A man held on suspicion of shooting two people in front of a courthouse in North Carolina has been released by authorities, who said on Wednesday he was not the gunman. Police kept up their search for the shooter who critically wounded two men in front of the Nash County courthouse on Tuesday morning, police said, adding their initial suspect, Ontarious Montre Lewis, 23, was cleared after questioning. "He was definitely not the person that did any shooting," Nashville, North Carolina, Police Chief Thomas Bashore said of Lewis. ...
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| Elton John's bold words about Pope Francis Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:59 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John called Pope Francis "my hero" for his compassion and push to accept gays in the Catholic church at his annual AIDS benefit.
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| FBI under fire for 'completely unacceptable' act Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:07 AM PDT  The FBI has come under fire from media organizations following disclosures that it created a fake news website to track down a suspect in a bomb threat case. Documents revealed the FBI created a fake Associated Press news article that appeared to be in the Seattle Times, to trick the suspect to install malware that would reveal his location. The incident dates back to 2007, but the documents surfaced this week after a security research for the American Civil Liberties Union tweeted a link to the case file on Monday. "The FBI impersonating the press is just as irresponsible as the CIA running fake immunization programs.
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| Purdue University accused killer found dead Posted: 29 Oct 2014 03:29 PM PDT  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man who fatally stabbed and shot a fellow Purdue University student earlier this year has been found dead from an apparent suicide in his prison cell, state correction officials said Wednesday.
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| Nation 'unprepared' for Ebola oubreak Posted: 29 Oct 2014 03:26 PM PDT  An independent review gives dire warnings about the U.S. health care system's readiness.
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| After U.S. rocket explodes, Russians deliver food to Int'l Space Station Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:23 AM PDT  An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff in Virginia.
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| Ebola nurse fights quarantine in Maine Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:24 AM PDT  Kaci Hickox tested negative for the virus and refuses to stay put for 21 days.
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| American couple held in Qatar for death of adopted daughter Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:25 PM PDT  An American couple feels trapped and abandoned by the U.S. Government as they await a possible death sentence following the death of their daughter in the oil rich country of Qatar. Grace and Matthew Huang were accused of starving their adopted daughter Gloria to death almost two years ago. Since the tragic night of Gloria's passing, the Huangs have been jailed, separated from their other two children. Their lives are in the hands of a foreign government whose judicial process is mysterious and terrifying to them.They decided to share their story exclusively with Yahoo's Global News Anchor Katie Couric.
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| Storied Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee remembered Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:48 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Bradlee, the longtime executive editor of The Washington Post during some of its proudest moments, was remembered as a "journalistic warrior" Wednesday during his funeral at Washington National Cathedral.
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| 'I don't feel safe anymore' Posted: 28 Oct 2014 11:25 PM PDT  Residents still feel mental anguish two years after Sandy ravaged the East Coast.
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| Increasing diabetes cases lead to new global health fears Posted: 29 Oct 2014 03:43 AM PDT  Having diabetes triples a person's risk of contracting TB, which killed about 1.5 million people last year, said the report compiled by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and the World Diabetes Foundation. A growing link has been observed between diabetes -- a disease of diet, lifestyle and genes -- and TB, a respiratory disease spread by bacteria, it said. "This is largely because diabetes rates are skyrocketing around the world, and having diabetes increases the risk that a person will become sick with TB." According to the report, it was estimated that there were more people in the world living with a combination of TB and diabetes than there were people living with TB and HIV -- a well-known duo that has claimed millions of lives.
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| Chrysler recalling 381K trucks over fire hazard Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:03 PM PDT  DETROIT (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Chrysler Group said on Wednesday it is recalling 381,876 Ram trucks mostly in the United States to correct a potential fire hazard. Chrysler said in a statement that problems with 2010-2014 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups and 4500 and 5500 chassis cabs equipped with Cummins diesel engines could cause fuel-heater housings to overheat and fuel to leak. It said 314,704 of the trucks are in the United States, 59,432 in Canada and the rest outside North America. Chrysler said it was not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the condition. ...
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| More than 100 believed dead in Sri Lanka landslide Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:33 AM PDT  By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - A landslide in hilly south-central Sri Lanka is believed to have killed more than 100 people on Wednesday as it buried scores of houses, a government minister said, and the toll is likely to rise. The landslide hit a village in the tea-growing area of Sri Lanka after days of heavy monsoon rain, with more than 300 people listed as missing. ...
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| Who was Ebola's patient zero? Posted: 29 Oct 2014 05:40 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — In the Guinean village where the current West African Ebola outbreak began, 14 graves mark the spot where the lethal virus began to spiral out of control.
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| Vanished Broncos fan found safe Posted:  Paul Kitterman had not been seen since he disappeared during Thursday night's game in Denver.
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| Islamic State advances through Syria Posted: 28 Oct 2014 05:37 PM PDT  Islamic State group jihadists have attacked an oil and gas field in Syria, killing at least 30 pro-regime forces and security guards, a monitoring group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack was launched on Tuesday night and fighting continued through the night. "IS managed to control parts of the field," the Britain-based group said after the assault at Shaer, in Homs province. An unknown number of jihadists were also killed, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
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| Royals roll past Giants to force Game 7 in World Series Posted:  Ned Yost wanted a seven-game World Series. Now he's got it.
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