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Ebola causing some people to change travel plans 10/19/2014 11:32am • DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) -- Travel agents say customers are asking whether it's safe to fly, and what steps they should take to guard against Ebola.The virus has killed more than 4,500 in West Africa since the current outbreak began several months ago. Several people who contracte WHO faulted for Ebola failures as Obama taps czar 10/19/2014 09:46am • MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization bungled efforts to halt the spread of Ebola in West Africa, an internal report revealed Friday, as President Barack Obama named a trusted political adviser to take control of America's frenzied response to the epidemic.The ste Bear bites boy's arm off in Chinese zoo 10/19/2014 07:20am • BEIJING (AP) -- A bear in central China has bitten off the arm of a 9-year-old boy who tried to feed it through its cage, state media and a doctor said Sunday.Media reports said the attack happened Saturday afternoon at Pingdingshan Hebin Park in Henan province, which has a zoo inside. The boy manag Hoosiers' Spriggs released from hospital 10/18/2014 11:12pm • BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana left tackle Jason Spriggs was released from a local hospital Saturday night about two hours after he was carted off the field with a feared neck injury.Team spokesman Jeff Keag said doctors gave him a "clean bill of health." He did not have any additional informatio Despite crisis, donations to fight Ebola slow 10/18/2014 02:08pm • WASHINGTON -- The Ebola death toll continues to rise in West African nations. Out of about 9,000 cases, more than 4,500 people have died, according to the World Health Organization. That number will grow exponentially, and there could be 10,000 cases every week by December unless the outbreak Former miler Steve Scott has prostate cancer 10/18/2014 12:38pm • SAN MARCOS, Calif. (AP) -- Former miler and Olympian Steve Scott has prostate cancer -- 20 years after beating testicular cancer.The 58-year-old track and cross-country coach at Cal State San Marcos was diagnosed in June.Scott is undergoing proton therapy, a form of radiation treatment that kills ca Castro: Cuba would cooperate with US against Ebola 10/18/2014 12:18pm • HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro says Cuba is ready to cooperate with the United States in the battle against Ebola.The 88-year-old ex-leader writes in state news media on Saturday that cooperation would be in the interest of "the peace of the world."Cuba has already sent 165 doctors and nurses to help f UN: We botched response to the Ebola outbreak 10/18/2014 12:18pm • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- In a draft document, the World Health Organization has acknowledged that it botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming factors including incompetent staff and a lack of information.In the document obtained by The Ass GOP turns to Ebola fears in campaign drive 10/18/2014 12:04pm • CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are tapping into Americans' fears about Ebola in their latest attacks on the competence of the Obama administration, adding a darker and more emotional edge to their main argument of the 2014 elections.Friday's appointment of an "Ebol Hospitals grapple with possibility of Ebola 10/18/2014 06:16am • TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Step inside All Children's Hospital and you're greeted with three things: hand sanitizer, tissues and masks decorated with little cartoon Band-Aids with legs, feet and smiles. "Dirt Squirt Alert!" a sign says. "Stop the spread of germs that m Quiet 'whiz kid' became public face of Ebola fight 10/18/2014 03:26am • ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Last May, as Ebola crept across West Africa, America's top infectious disease expert told a group of Harvard students in a commencement speech to always second-guess their assumptions because "overconfidence can kill."Five months later in a hearing r Philippine militants free 2 kidnapped Germans 10/18/2014 01:07am • OLIVER TEVES Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Two Germans freed after being held for six months in the southern Philippines by a militant group that threatened to behead one of them if ransom was not paid were flown to Manila on Saturday under the care of their embassy, a Philippine mili Head of Cuba's Ebola effort expects more aid soon 10/17/2014 09:24pm • MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press HAVANA (AP) -- A leftist Latin American summit next week should generate more aid to fight Ebola, including additional Cuban doctors and support staff from other nations, the head of Cuba's effort to slow the disease said Friday.Jorge Perez, the head of Cuba's t Argentina leader ordered to rest for 48 hours 10/17/2014 08:00pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Doctors told Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Friday to rest for 48 hours in order to recover from a sore throat.Argentina's presidency said in a statement that the 61-year-old leader is suffering from pharyngitis and had to suspend a public event scheduled f Mexican activists under fire after blogger kidnap 10/17/2014 07:50pm • MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican peace activists and bloggers who try to warn fellow citizens about drug violence said Friday they feel under attack following the kidnapping and possible killing of one of their colleagues.The kidnapping of Dr. Maria del Rosario Fuentes Rub