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Jeffrey Carson: Why You Should Vote for Me 10/30/2014 02:30pm • This month, we asked the candidates from each competitive race on the ballot on Election Day to write a sub-750 word essay describing why Arlington residents should vote for them on Nov. 4. Here is Libertarian candidate for the 8th Congressional District Jeffrey Carson’s unedite Politics of Ebola tricky for Christie, Cuomo 10/30/2014 11:30am • JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Two ambitious governors -- one Republican, one Democrat -- known for their no-nonsense, take-charge style in a calamity have set off a furor with their aggressive handling of the Ebola crisis, and how it plays out could shape their political futures. Correction: Superstorm-Mental Health story 10/30/2014 11:00am • LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) -- In a story Oct. 29 about Superstorm Sandy victims experiencing mental health issues, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an organization helping with disaster distress response. The organization is the Visiting Nurse Service, not the Visiting Nurse System.A U.S. News Starts Collecting Data for 2016 Best Graduate Schools Rankings 10/30/2014 12:00am • U.S. News opened statistical surveys for graduate schools earlier this month, kicking off data collection for the 2016 edition of the Best Graduate Schools rankings. The new rankings will be released in late winter or early spring of 2015. This year, U.S. News is collecting statistical data on gradu ’100 Homes Campaign’ Reaches Goal 10/29/2014 02:45pm • (Updated at 3:10 p.m.) Arlington County is celebrating a milestone in its efforts to end homelessness. The county’s “100 Homes Campaign” reached its goal of housing 100 homeless Arlingtonians. The achievement will be celebrated tonight at the annual Community Me Choose Between an Online Graduate Certificate, Degree Program 10/29/2014 12:00am • When it comes to making a decision about graduate online education, many may wonder whether to select a certificate or degree program. Online certificates, which typically take a year or less to complete, often focus on developing a particular skill or furthering knowledge in a more specific area, UN General Assembly condemns US Cuba embargo 10/28/2014 03:27pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. General Assembly voted Tuesday for the 23rd year in a row to condemn the U.S. commercial, economic and financial embargo against Cuba.The symbolic vote passed 188-2, with only the U.S. and Israel voting against it. Three nations abstained: Palau, Micronesia and the Ma Poll: Neighbors key to coping with disasters 10/27/2014 11:00am • EMILY C. DOOLEY Associated Press HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) -- Neighbor helping neighbor. Trust in a community. Looking out for each other.An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey suggests that those factors -- collectively termed "social resilience"-- have a big impact on how pre What 'Gone Girl' Does (and Doesn't) Tell Us About Mental Illness 10/27/2014 12:00am • "Gone Girl's" Amy Elliot Dunne is a lot of things. She's beautiful, she's manipulative, she's self-centered -- and she's very decidedly not normal. Dunne also could be a lot of things. She could be a psychopath, she could have narcissistic personality disorder -- or she could just be a girl gone w AP source: Addae didn't show symptoms until Friday 10/25/2014 11:20pm • BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Chargers safety Jahleel Addae didn't show symptoms of a concussion until Friday afternoon, a day after having two scary reactions following hits in a loss at Denver, a person with knowledge of the situation said.The person spoke to The Associated Pres 5 Food Label Items You Need to Start Reading 10/23/2014 12:00am • I have some good and some bad news. First, the bad: If terms on food labels like "all natural," "free range" and "light," confused you in the past, they will continue to be confusing. Sometimes it feels like you have to be an interpreter while food shopping to decode the deceptive words on package A Republican Senate means changing the chairmen 10/22/2014 06:36pm • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- If Republicans win the Senate, the Pentagon should brace for constant grilling from Sen. John McCain, who has found fault with nearly every aspect of President Barack Obama's national security policies.McCain would be on tap to serve as chairman of t Platini, African confederation in spat over Ebola 10/22/2014 02:40pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- UEFA President Michel Platini is demanding that the Confederation of African Football withdraws an "insulting" statement that claimed the Frenchman was interfering in its affairs over Ebola.The spat revolves around a television interview where Platini was asked about Ebola cases rise sharply in western Sierra Leone 10/22/2014 07:21am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press Writer FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- After emerging months ago in eastern Sierra Leone, Ebola is now hitting the western edges of the country where the capital is located with dozens of people falling sick each day, the government said Tuesday. So many people EU foreign ministers reject travel ban 10/20/2014 04:20pm • LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- European officials are rejecting the idea of stopping direct flights from West Africa as a means of stopping the spread of Ebola.Meeting in Luxembourg, the EU foreign ministers promised to play an "active role" in boosting the world's response to the Ebola outbreak. They are setti