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Health & Safety

U.S. Liberian Communities Face A New Set Of Worries

10:06am October 02, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Liberians in the Dallas area have been joining together as their home country struggles with Ebola. A man in Dallas is the first Ebola case confirmed in the U.S. He had recently traveled to Liberia.

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Hospital Official: Ebola Patient's Travel Not Relayed To Doctors

9:21am October 02, 2014

by Scott Neuman

A nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital learned that the man had flown to the U.S. from Liberia, but that information was not communicated to doctors making the diagnosis, the official says.

The Bronx may be up and the Battery down, but Central Park is where an amazing wealth of different sorts of microbes play.

Soil Doctors Hit Pay Dirt In Manhattan's Central Park

9:14am October 02, 2014

by Christopher Joyce

The urban oasis boasts about 170,000 different types of microbes, recent dirt samples show. That diversity is comparable to a tropical rain forest. About 2,000 species are found only in the park.

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Traffic moves past Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where a patient showed up with symptoms that were later confirmed to be Ebola.

On The Alert For Ebola, Texas Hospital Still Missed First Case

8:57am October 02, 2014

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Diagnosing and treating Ebola isn't so hard, health workers say; hospitals across the U.S. should be ready. But initial symptoms, such as fever and headache, can look the same as other illnesses.

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National

Amid Scandal, Secret Service Director Resigns

8:16am October 02, 2014

by Tamara Keith

What's next for the Secret Service now that its leader has resigned following embarrassing security lapses? On Wednesday, Julia Pierson, the director who had been on the job less than 2 years, quit.

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Economy

Tech Firms Chip Away At Credit Cards' Share Of Transactions

8:16am October 02, 2014

by Steve Henn

Companies including PayPal and Apple are competing to convince merchants and consumers to use their swipe-and-go mobile payment systems. Credit card breaches may speed up the use of digital wallets.

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Sports

MLB Playoffs Winnow Down To Leagues' Division Series

8:16am October 02, 2014

by Tom Goldman

The San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 in the NL wild-card game. But it didn't come close to Tuesday's drama when Kansas City won the AL wild-card game in an extra-innings classic.

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Even If He Wins, Einstein Can't Hold Office In Oakland, Calif.

8:16am October 02, 2014

Residents of Oakland have a new mayoral candidate to choose from: Einstein. But in Oakland, canines are not permitted to hold public office.

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U.S. Secret Service countersniper team members stand on the roof of the White House on Monday.

The White House Could Be Made A Fortress, But Should It Be?

7:46am October 02, 2014

by Ron Elving

It turns out the Secret Service isn't too good at protecting the White House. Maybe one reason is that we don't want it to be.

Politics & Government

In Michigan, A Low-Key Campaign For A High-Stakes Senate Seat

10:47pm October 01, 2014

by Don Gonyea

GOP candidate Terri Lynn Land is taking it slow when it comes to public events. Her opponent, Democrat Rep. Gary Peters, leads in polls, but the race is close.

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