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Have You Been Screened for Depression Today? 10/09/2014 12:00am • In the past year, you might have visited your general health practitioner for a physical, your cardiologist for an EKG or your dentist for a cavity check. But did it ever occur to you to get screened for depression? If not, now is your chance. Thursday is National Depression Screening Day -- an ann Raiders place Nick Roach on season-ending IR 10/08/2014 10:50pm • JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- The Oakland Raiders placed starting middle linebacker Nick Roach on season-ending injured reserve Wednesday after he was unable to recover from a concussion in the preseason.Roach originally got hurt Aug. 22 in the third exhibition game against Gre More Ebola screening to begin at five US airports 10/08/2014 10:48pm • ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government will begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa arriving at five U.S. airports as part of a stepped-up response to the Ebola epidemic.President Barack Obama said the new efforts would provide yet another tier of p Ebola crisis leaves Dallas a city on edge 10/08/2014 08:20pm • NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Dallas is a city on edge as public-health officials wait to see if any of the people who may have been exposed to Ebola develop symptoms of the deadly disease.Several residents of the neighborhood where a Liberian man emerged as the first U.S.-diagnose Study: Theater-shooting response hurt by chaos 10/08/2014 07:10pm • SADIE GURMAN Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Poor communication and a chaotic scene after the Colorado theater shootings made it difficult for medical personnel to reach the most badly injured victims and get them to hospitals, according to a study of the response to the shooting released Wednesday. Charged mom: I didn't force meds down son's throat 10/08/2014 03:00pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A pharmaceuticals millionaire charged with killing her developmentally disabled son in a deluxe hotel room told jurors Wednesday that she didn't force drugs down his throat, as prosecutors maintain.Taking the stand in her murder trial to give an accou Federer wins thriller at Shanghai Masters 10/08/2014 01:43pm • JUSTIN BERGMAN Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) -- Roger Federer saved five match points and rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the third-set tiebreaker before finally beating Leonardo Mayer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in a thrilling second-round match at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.Rafael Nadal, meanwhile, lo Hackers target USB devices: How to protect yourself 10/08/2014 12:59pm • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX -- Q: What can you tell me about the new USB drive exploit that I'm hearing about? A: The ubiquitous USB drive has always been a potential threat to any computer that it plugs into, as malware can live on it just as easily as it can on a hard drive. What Stabbing suspect to be treated in detention center 10/08/2014 12:58pm • JOE MANDAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A judge has reversed his own ruling and ordered a teenage boy awaiting trial in a Pennsylvania high school stabbing rampage to remain in a juvenile detention center and receive mental health treatment there.Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Felician DNA linked to how much coffee you drink 10/08/2014 12:34pm • MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- How much coffee do you drink every day? One cup in the morning? Or do you gulp it all day?Scientists have long known that your DNA influences how much java you consume. Now a huge study has identified some genes that may play a role.Their apparent ef Suburban Hospital Offers Crash Course In Concussions 10/08/2014 11:10am • The rise in awareness of sports-related concussions has parents and athletes visiting hospitals at a record rate for concussion-related symptoms. On Oct. 29, Suburban Hospital will gather a group of leading neurologists and neurological surgeons from the Johns Hopkins Medicine group and N First womb-transplant baby won't be alone for long 10/08/2014 10:30am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) -- The world's first baby born from a transplanted womb is soon to have company.Two more women who became pregnant after having womb transplants are due to deliver in the next few weeks -- and that could be the start of a new wave of babies born UK anti-Europeans set for electoral breakthrough 10/08/2014 09:37am • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (AP) -- An invasion is descending on the tidy bungalows, fish-and-chip shops and amusement arcades along England's eastern flank, and support is surging for a party of upstart anti-Europeans.The U.K. Independence Party is finding a warm welcome i Cameraman suffering from Ebola arrives in Nebraska 10/08/2014 09:32am • JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An American video journalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia stepped off a jet Monday under his own power on his way to a Nebraska hospital where he will be treated for the disease in a specialized containment unit.At the bottom of the jet US health providers expand their Ebola precautions 10/08/2014 08:00am • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Public hospitals in New York City are so concerned about Ebola, they've secretly been sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how well the triage staffs identify and isolate possible cases.A small Ohio hospital has hung up sign