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Czechs vote in Senate, local elections 10/10/2014 01:10pm • PRAGUE (AP) -- Czechs are voting in a national election that the governing coalition hopes will maintain its control of the Senate, the upper house in Parliament.Casting ballots on Friday and Saturday, voters are selecting one-third of the country's 81-seat Senate and new municipal governments.Parli Europe, others weigh risks of West African flights 10/10/2014 12:04pm • PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) -- After seven months in Ebola-stricken Liberia, Vijay Kumar was getting his temperature scanned Thursday at the airport by medical crews in blue gowns and masks -- one of dozens who relied on Royal Air Maroc's continuing flights to West Africa." Clooney makes surprise Comic Con appearance 10/10/2014 12:00pm • JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Newly married George Clooney surprised fans with an appearance at New York Comic-Con on Thursday.Clooney, who married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on Sept. 27 in Venice, Italy, walked on stage during a panel discussion for the upcoming Disney f 5By.com: A new way to watch streaming video 10/10/2014 10:08am • Data Doctors US military planes arrive at epicenter of Ebola 10/10/2014 05:20am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Six U.S. military planes arrived in the Ebola hot zone Thursday with more Marines, as West Africa's leaders pleaded for the world's help in dealing with a crisis that one called "a tragedy unforeseen in modern times.""Our people are dyi Finance officials face global economy under threat 10/10/2014 03:30am • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though braced by a resurgent United States, the global economy is under threat from other regions -- from Europe and Latin America to China and Japan -- where growth is stalling and prospects remain dim.That's the bleak picture facing global f UN chief: 20 times more Ebola aid needed 10/10/2014 12:16am • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The presidents of three Ebola-stricken West African nations made urgent pleas for money, doctors and hospital beds Thursday and representatives of nations gathered for financial meetings promised more help."Our people are dying," said President Ernest What to Consider When Shopping for Medicare Coverage 10/10/2014 12:00am • Between October 15 and December 7, Medicare's annual open enrollment period, millions of Medicare beneficiaries have a chance to make changes to their coverage for the upcoming year. There are a few things you can do during this period. You can change from one Medicare Advantage or prescription d How to Cope With a Positive Genetic Test Result 10/10/2014 12:00am • There are precious few tests in medicine, save pregnancy perhaps, where a positive test result is good news. Particularly in the realm of genetics, testing positive for a mutation is often devastating, portending gloomy days of sickness ahead. But there is help out there for people with a positive How to Cope With a Positive Genetic Test Result 10/10/2014 12:00am • There are precious few tests in medicine, save pregnancy perhaps, where a positive test result is good news. Particularly in the realm of genetics, testing positive for a mutation is often devastating, portending gloomy days of sickness ahead. But there is help out there for people with a positive Braley tries to curb opponent's appeal to women 10/09/2014 10:48pm • CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- With just weeks left in a tight Senate race that he started with an advantage, Democrat Bruce Braley is pressing to raise concerns among women voters about his Republican opponent, Joni Ernst, and take some of the sheen off the farm-raised, m Training changes as US troops head to West Africa 10/09/2014 07:09pm • WILL WEISSERT Associated Press FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Forgoing combat rifles and body armor, U.S. troops preparing to fight Ebola in Liberia were instead stepping gingerly Thursday into white germ-proof suits and pulling on thick, blue rubber gloves and gas masks.About 500 soldiers were doing thre Clashes break out in C. African Republic capital 10/09/2014 07:09pm • HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) -- Clashes in Central African Republic's capital have resulted in "many casualties," the International Committee for the Red Cross said Thursday, marking the most significant violence in the city since a United Nations force to Cutler, Bears still looking to get offense in gear 10/09/2014 06:40pm • ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) -- Those who think the Chicago Bears' offense has underachieved this season will get no argument from Jay Cutler."I think that's fair," he said.A team that ranked second in scoring last season is moving toward the middle of the pack. The Bears Ebola patient's death renews questions about care 10/09/2014 06:16pm • NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- The death of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States renewed questions about his medical care and whether Thomas Eric Duncan's life could have been extended or saved if the Texas hospital where he first sought help had taken him in soone