2014-10-30 U.S. Spotlight

News Wrap: WHO reports Ebola deaths may be slowing  PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Wednesday, the World Health Organization reported that Ebola fatalities remain at just under 5,000, though the total number of cases now top 13,700. Also, an American nurse who returned recently from Sierra Leone vowed to challenge ...

2014-10-30 U.S. Health

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Maine Nurse Kaci Hickox Says She Won't Obey Isolation Rules  Wall Street Journal
Does Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who cared for Ebola patients in West Africa, have a case against Maine's quarantine restrictions? World Health Organization's Lawrence Gostin discusses. Photo: AP. By. Jennifer Levitz and. Jennifer Levitz. The Wall Street ...

2014-10-30 U.S. Science

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Antares Rocket Explosion Destroyed These Kids' Science Projects  ABC News
Students across the nation watched their science projects go up in flames as the rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after takeoff. The Antares rocket was carrying kids' science projects as well as food and supplies for ...

2014-10-30 U.S. Sports

  USA TODAY   

Nightengale: Giants win World Series with a 1-man rotation  USA TODAY
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Go ahead, try to copy the San Francisco Giants' blueprint to win World Series championships. The Giants did it again Wednesday night, capturing their third World Series in the past five years with a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals ...

2014-10-30 U.S. Entertainment

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Ashton Kutcher explains baby daughter Wyatt Isabelle's name  NEWS.com.au
ASHTON Kutcher and Mila Kunis' one month-old daughter, Wyatt Isabelle, could have been named Truck or Door. “So we had to get the creative juices going and we were going to a Lakers game, and I got name Tourettes, and I starting listing off everything ...

2014-10-30 U.S. Technology

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Big Retail: We don't hate Apple, just the credit card companies  Register
The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) went on a PR offensive on Wednesday to explain what happened in the hacking attack that saw its testers' emails exposed, why its member retailers banned Apple Pay and Google Wallet, and what makes its ...

2014-10-30 U.S. Business

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Asia stocks fall, dollar surges on Fed's optimistic tone  Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell and the dollar surged to a three-week high versus the yen after the U.S. Federal Reserve ended its massive quantitative easing programme, as expected, but laced its economic assessment with a tinge of optimism.
Dollar Advances to Three-Week High as Fed Ends Asset Purchases   Businessweek
Wall Street turns to economy as Fed exits QE   USA TODAY
Asia shares mixed after Fed decision   The News International
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The Hawaiian Tropic Effect: Why the Fed's Quantitative Easing Isn't Over  Businessweek
Update: As expected, the Federal Reserve confirmed on Wednesday that it would end its bond-buying program, and that it would keep interest rates low for a “considerable time.” Today the Federal Open Market Committee under Chair Janet Yellen is ...

2014-10-30 U.S. U.S.

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Military jet crashes in California, killing pilot  SFGate
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (AP) — A military jet crashed into a field near a naval base off the Southern California coast on Wednesday, killing the pilot, authorities said. The plane crashed and disintegrated at around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday near Naval Station ...

2014-10-30 U.S. World

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Ebola crisis: Infections 'slowing in Liberia'  BBC News
WHO's Bruce Aylward: "A slight decrease in cases... versus getting this thing closed out is a completely different ball game". Continue reading the main story. Ebola outbreak · Six surprising numbers · WHO under fire · Nigeria's heroine · Vaccine 'too late'.
Rate of new Ebola infections in Liberia is slowing, WHO says   Washington Post
UPDATE 5-Ebola appears to be slowing in Liberia -WHO   Reuters
Ebola Slowing in Liberia, WHO Says, but International Support Is Still Necessary   New York Times
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Reinforcements Enter Besieged Syrian Town via Turkey, Raising Hopes  New York Times
Kurds in Viransehir, Turkey, greeting Iraqi Kurdish pesh merga convoys as fighters passed through on their way to the besieged Syrian town of Kobani. Credit Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue ...