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4 Questions to Ask Yourself About Work-Life Balance 10/16/2014 12:00am • There's been a lot of publicity in the last few years about work-life balance. From Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In" to Anne-Marie Slaughter's article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," high-powered executives are asking how to balance a successful career with family responsibilities. It's a que JFK wedding negatives sell for $34K at auction 10/15/2014 10:29pm • PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- One black-and-white photograph captures a dapper John F. Kennedy slicing into his wedding cake. Another shows the family dog peeking out playfully from the folds of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's billowing white dress.The images were among those imprinted Texas abortion clinics reopen after court reprieve 10/15/2014 09:40pm • PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas abortion clinics that closed under tough new restrictions began reopening Wednesday after winning a reprieve at the U.S. Supreme Court, but the facilities were scheduling women with uncertainty and skeleton staffs.A five-sentence ruling late Bears' Briggs remains sidelined by rib injury 10/15/2014 08:00pm • ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) -- The Chicago Bears did not rule out Lance Briggs this week. They also didn't say whether the seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker will play against the Dolphins.Briggs, who sat out in Atlanta because of a rib injury, did not practice Wednesday, and NFL sends information on Ebola to all teams 10/15/2014 07:46pm • TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The NFL has sent a newsletter outlining the basic facts about the Ebola virus to all team doctors and trainers for distribution to players and staff.The league said Wednesday the newsletter was written by the Duke Infection Control Outreach Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 10/15/2014 06:30pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___Oct. 14The Herald, Rock Hill, South Carolina, on stopping Ebola in West Africa:The United States seems to be suffering from extreme exposure to Ebola - not to the virus itself but to the viral spec Judge gets sanity exam of theater shooting suspect 10/15/2014 05:40pm • CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- A psychiatrist has submitted the results of a second sanity evaluation of the man charged with a mass killing in a Colorado movie theater.Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. on Wednesday ordered the 53-page report about James Holmes' mental health sealed from the public. But he gave 4 questions to ask before renewing health coverage 10/15/2014 04:56pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer The health care overhaul makes renewing insurance so easy you don't have to do a thing. However, there are many reasons to resist this temptation.More than 7 million people signed up for coverage through the overhaul's public insurance exchanges after the first annual o Closer look at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital 10/15/2014 03:48pm • The Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- At the center of the U.S. Ebola crisis stands a hospital with almost 900 beds that performed a heart procedure on former President George W. Bush. Here's a quick look at Texas Presbyterian Hospital:HISTORYThe hospital opened in 1966 on the site of a former orphan Man says he hit dentist to get prison dental care 10/15/2014 02:40pm • ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man says he assaulted his dentist with a tire iron because he couldn't afford dental treatment and knew he'd get it in prison.The Erie Times-News (http://bit.ly/1w8Prej) reports 30-year-old Philip Kienholz offered the explanation Tuesday when he was sentenced to 16 m News Guide: Latest news on Ebola 10/15/2014 02:40pm • The Associated Press Health officials announced early Wednesday that a second health care worker at a Dallas hospital had preliminarily tested positive for Ebola.The news came the day after a top U.S. health official acknowledged that a nurse at the hospital -- the first recorded case of the diseas US doctor recounts kidnap, rescue in Afghanistan 10/15/2014 02:00pm • DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- An American aid doctor who was held captive by the Taliban for four days in Afghanistan in 2012 said he found a surprising kinship with one of his captors but grieves for a Navy SEAL who was killed during his rescue.Dilip Joseph said Tuesday a 19-year-old How plasma transfusions, antibodies fight Ebola 10/15/2014 12:50pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Dallas nurse being treated for Ebola has received a plasma transfusion from a doctor who beat his own infection with the deadly virus after getting a similar treatment. The reason: Antibodies in the blood of a survivor may help a patient fight off the ger Ebola patient cared for by 70 hospital staffers 10/15/2014 12:28pm • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer DALLAS (AP) -- They drew his blood, put tubes down his throat and wiped up his diarrhea. They analyzed his urine and wiped saliva from his lips, even after he had lost consciousness.About 70 staff members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital were involved in the ca Religion news in brief 10/15/2014 12:23pm • The Associated Press Ebola survivor donates plasma to sick Dallas nurseDALLAS (AP) -- A Dallas nurse who has Ebola has been given plasma to fight the virus taken from the blood of a doctor who beat the disease.The Rev. Jim Khoi, pastor of the Fort Worth church attended by Nina Pham's family, said s