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Husband, wife turned to God when she got Ebola 08/13/2014 07:20pm • MITCH WEISS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- When a doctor told missionary David Writebol that his wife, Nancy, had contracted the Ebola virus while they were serving in Liberia, he says they turned to God for help.He's being quarantined at the charity, SIM USA's, campus outside Charlotte. H Ex-doctor pleads guilty in overdose deaths 08/13/2014 07:12pm • TIM TALLEY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A former Oklahoma doctor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges on Wednesday in connection with the drug overdose deaths of several patients.William Valuck, a former pain management doctor, pleaded guilty to eight counts of second-degree murd Steve Ballmer becomes owner of LA Clippers 08/13/2014 06:18pm • BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Steve Ballmer finally has an NBA outlet for his rah-rah displays of emotion as the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.The former Microsoft CEO's record $2 billion purchase of the team was confirmed by a Los Angeles judge on Tuesday, clearing the wa FDA approves new sleeping drug from Merck 08/13/2014 05:48pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Merck & Co. Inc. has won federal approval for a new type of sleeping pill designed to help people with insomnia stay asleep.The tablet, Belsomra, works by temporarily blocking chemicals known as orexins that control the sleep cycle and can keep peo FDA approves new sleeping drug from Merck 08/13/2014 05:48pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Merck & Co. Inc. has won federal approval for a new type of sleeping pill designed to help people with insomnia stay asleep.The tablet, Belsomra, works by temporarily blocking chemicals known as orexins that control the sleep cycle and can keep peo FDA approves new sleeping drug from Merck 08/13/2014 05:48pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Merck & Co. Inc. has won federal approval for a new type of sleeping pill designed to help people with insomnia stay asleep.The tablet, Belsomra, works by temporarily blocking chemicals known as orexins that control the sleep cycle and can keep peo Ordinary Ukrainians become unlikely warriors 08/13/2014 05:36pm • PETER LEONARD Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Denis Lavrienko is a 36-year-old TV director who devotes his free time to his wife and young daughter. Vladislav Matelsky is a 28-year-old part-time truck driver who lives with his girlfriend. Vyacheslav Konstantinovsky is the multimillionaire own Pacers believe Paul George will make full recovery 08/13/2014 02:16pm • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Pacers expect Paul George to make a full recovery from the compound fracture in his right leg. They're just not expecting that to happen this season.On Tuesday, 11 days after George's gruesome injury in a U.S. national team scrimmage, Larry Bir As African medics die of Ebola, debate rages over experimental drugs 08/13/2014 01:30pm • FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Ebola has claimed the life of another health worker in Africa -- a leading doctor in the fight against the disease in Sierra Leone.The death comes amid word that another top doctor had been considered for an experimental treatment. Ultimately, doctors decided against u Column: What is 2-step verification, and how do I use it? Column: What is 2-step verification, and how do I use it? 08/13/2014 12:28pm • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX -- Question: What exactly is 2-factor authorization and how do I use it? In my previous post, I outlined the steps everyone should take to protect themselves from password thieves, and that included using 2-factor authentication. It should be fairly ev 4 keys to appealing a rejected insurance claim 08/13/2014 11:58am • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Keep calm and take notes.Stay true to this principle and you can improve your odds of successfully fighting a health insurer's claim rejection.Experts who help with the appeals process say patients have a 50 percent chance or better of prevailing. They say a winning arg New Chevy Chase brain center says it can boost memory 08/13/2014 11:35am • Memory loss doesn’t have to be an unavoidable consequence of aging, according to the folks at the new NeurExpand Brain Center in Friendship Heights. Financed by former top executives from a nutritional supplement company and led by  Dr. Majid Fotuhi, the office was the scene of a Baby found dead in trash can in Connecticut 08/13/2014 11:02am • EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Police in Connecticut say they're investigating the death of a baby found in a trash can.East Hartford officers found the baby's body in a trash bin outside a home Tuesday night. Police say they went to the house after a doctor called them to report that an 18-year-old w Polish swimmer has to be rescued unconscious 08/13/2014 10:17am • BERLIN (AP) -- Natalie Charlos of Poland was rescued unconscious from the water during the women's 10-kilometer race at the start of the European swimming championship on Wednesday.Alerted by officials and spectators, a lifeguard pulled Charlos ashore, where she was revived.Charlos was recovering we UN: OK to use untested Ebola drugs in outbreak 08/13/2014 09:02am • CIARAN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- The World Health Organization declared it's ethical to use untested drugs and vaccines in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, although the tiny supply of one experimental treatment has been depleted and it could be many months until more is availab
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