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Ban: UN 'taking lead' on global fight on Ebola 09/16/2014 10:30pm • TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The head of the United Nations said Tuesday that the world body is "taking the lead now" on international efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed some 2,400 people and could spread further.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Probe: HealthCare.gov website must boost security 09/16/2014 08:34pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- HealthCare.gov, the health insurance website serving more than 5 million Americans, has significant security flaws that put users' personal information at risk, nonpartisan congressional investigators have concluded.The Government Accountab Death certificate: Rapper Tim Dog died last year 09/16/2014 06:30pm • KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Rapper Tim Dog, who was accused of swindling women out of thousands of dollars, was dead when a warrant was issued for his arrest last year, according to a death certificate filed in Georgia.The rapper, whose real name was Timothy Blair, was best known Al-Qaida's heirs thrive in Mideast, Africa chaos 09/16/2014 06:16pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden is dead and al-Qaida dispersed, yet the horrors keep coming.Western hostages beheaded on camera. School girls abducted by gunmen in the night. Families fleeing their homes in fear they might be killed because of their religion. The news Scotland took long road to independence vote 09/16/2014 05:34pm • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) -- On Calton Hill, overlooking Edinburgh, stands Scotland's National Monument. A colonnade of classical stone pillars modeled on the Parthenon in Athens, it's grand, inspiring -- and unfinished, ever since the money to build it ran out two centu Social Security resumes mailing benefit statements 09/16/2014 01:30pm • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Social Security Administration has resumed mailing statements to workers letting them know the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, the agency announced Tuesday.Social Security began phasing out mailed statements to most worker Street gangs tone down use of colors, tattoos 09/16/2014 01:28pm • DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Nearly gone are the gang days of the 1980s and '90s, when the Bloods wore head-to-toe red, the Crips wore blue and Latin Kings wore black and gold.Gangs from coast to coast have toned down their use of colors and are even removing or altering tat A Scottish 'Yes' also means exit from EU, NATO 09/16/2014 06:40am • JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- If Scottish voters this week say Yes to independence, not only will they tear up the map of Great Britain, they'll shake the twin pillars of Western Europe's postwar prosperity and security -- the European Union and the U.S.-led NATO defense allia Once-troubled reverse mortgages poised for rebound 09/16/2014 04:12am • HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Advertised as a path to an affordable retirement, federally insured reverse mortgages are showing signs of a rebound, drawing the scrutiny of regulators seeking to reduce historically high default rates that have cost the government billions.Industry anal 8 Ways to Protect Your Identity While Online Shopping 09/16/2014 12:00am • The recent hacking of celebrity nude photos demonstrated that we are often more vulnerable to privacy breaches than we think. And as we move into the most frenzied shopping season of the year, scam artists will be on the prowl for vulnerable shoppers. To avoid becoming a victim, consider taking ste Back to school _ even in Texas immigration prison 09/15/2014 07:34pm • WILL WEISSERT Associated Press KARNES CITY, Texas (AP) -- In one classroom monitored by security cameras, third- and fourth-graders read in Spanish from a short story about mice.On an artificial turf soccer field in the courtyard, seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders play a raucous kickball game -- i NYC's Roosevelt House: History and education 09/15/2014 06:01pm • BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not as well-known as other historic sites associated with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, but a six-story Manhattan town house where the Roosevelts lived for decades is reclaiming its place in history as a living testament to the Hurdles for Obama health law in 2nd sign-up season 09/15/2014 04:54pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Potential complications await consumers as President Barack Obama's health care law approaches its second open enrollment season, just two months away.Don't expect a repeat of last year's website meltdown, but the new sign-up period could e Egypt says will boost security at tourist sites 09/15/2014 08:26am • MERRIT KENNEDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt plans to increase the number of security cameras at hotels and popular tourist destinations as part of a series of new security measures aimed at buoying the flagging tourism sector following three years of political turmoil, the country's tourism Egypt says will boost security at tourist sites 09/15/2014 08:10am • MERRIT KENNEDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt plans to increase the number of security cameras at hotels and popular tourist destinations as part of a series of new security measures aimed at buoying the flagging tourism sector following three years of political turmoil, the country's tourism