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Ill Peng stops; Williams-Wozniacki US Open final 09/06/2014 01:44pm • HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Overcome by heat and humidity in the second set of her U.S. Open semifinal, China's Shuai Peng paused between points to clutch at her left thigh and put her weight on her racket as if it were a cane.Still, she tried to continue Friday against Carolin WHO: Use Ebola survivors' blood to treat patients 09/06/2014 12:00pm • MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Desperate to restore hope amid the Ebola crisis, the World Health Organization said Friday it would accelerate the use of experimental treatments and vaccines to contain the expanding epidemic in West Africa.After convening a two-day meeting of more than 2 Correction: Keryx-Drug Approval story 09/06/2014 10:10am • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a Sept. 5 story about a new drug from Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, The Associated Press misstated the timing of the company's stock movement. The stock had been falling before the FDA drug approval announcement was made.A corrected version of the story is below:Keryx kidney drug get Boy in Spain with brain tumor to fly for treatment 09/06/2014 07:52am • Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- Doctors in a Spanish hospital caring for a British boy with a serious brain tumor are finalizing details to enable him to fly for treatment in the Czech Republic.Southern Malaga's Childern's and Maternity Hospital said its medical directors will meet Saturday to revi US doctor infected with Ebola in stable condition 09/06/2014 02:58am • MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia is sick but in stable condition and communicating with his caregivers at the Nebraska Medical Center, officials said Friday.Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, is being treated at a 10-bed special i Bosnian mine accident: 29 rescued, 5 miners buried 09/06/2014 02:08am • SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Exhausted, dusty but happy to be alive, 29 miners were pulled out one by one Friday from a trouble-plagued coal mine that collapsed a day earlier in central Bosnia. They left behind five men, presumed dead under rubble deep undergroun Rangers lose Bogar's debut on emotional day 09/06/2014 01:48am • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Tim Bogar slid over one seat into the spot on the home dugout railing held so long by Ron Washington before the Texas manager's unexpected resignation.The interim boss for the Rangers had plenty of mixed emotions."I don't think fans here in th Mariners top Rangers 7-5 after Washington resigns 09/06/2014 01:26am • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon thinks Kendrys Morales brings a certain presence to the lineup, even if he hasn't hit many home runs this season.Morales launched two of Seattle's four homers in a 7-5 win over Texas on Friday night, handing th Travis Lulay re-injures right shoulder 09/06/2014 12:56am • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- B.C. quarterback Travis Lulay re-injured his right shoulder late in the Lions' 7-5 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday night in the Canadian Football League.The former Montana State star was making his first start since injuring his throwing shoulder in a goal-line co Texas' Wendy Davis reveals abortion in memoir 09/05/2014 11:39pm • PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis reveals in a new campaign memoir that she terminated two pregnancies for medical reasons in the 1990s, including one where the fetus had developed a severe brain abnormality.Davis writes in "For A look at Nebraska unit treating Ebola patient 09/05/2014 10:18pm • MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A third American aid worker, Dr. Rick Sacra, to be treated in the U.S. for the deadly Ebola virus arrived Friday at the Nebraska Medical Center's isolation unit -- the largest in the country.Here are some questions and answers about the Omaha unit NCAA head-injury deal's backers press for court OK 09/05/2014 09:44pm • JIM SUHR Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Attorneys pushing for a judge to give preliminary approval to a proposed $75 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA said Friday that claims it unfairly forces athletes affected by head injuries to forfeit hundreds of millions of doll Ill British boy gets clearance for Czech treatment 09/05/2014 05:40pm • MADRID (AP) -- A British judge has given the go-ahead for a boy whose parents had been jailed after they took him out of a British hospital without informing doctors to receive treatment in the Czech Republic.Britain's Press Association news agency reports the judge agreed that 5-year-old Ashya King Pace of health care spending likely to speed up 09/05/2014 02:48pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's respite from troublesome health care inflation is ending, the government said Wednesday in a report that renews a crucial budget challenge for lawmakers, taxpayers, businesses and patients.Economic recovery, an aging society, a Data Doctors: Celeb photo hack a lesson to us all 09/05/2014 11:04am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX -- Q: What do we need to do to make sure our pictures don't leave our phone and head to the cloud? A: The recent widespread hacks of celebrity iCloud accounts has many wondering if they should be concerned about storing their private files in the cloud, bu