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Ashes from Ebola victim's apartment in limbo 11/01/2014 05:48am • JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press It took a crew 38 hours to clear out the Dallas apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan was staying before he was diagnosed Sept. 30 with Ebola. Hazmat suit-clad workers piled shoes, carpets, mattresses, bed sheets, clothes and kids' backpacks into 140 55-gallon drums. O Canada restricts visas amid Ebola scare 11/01/2014 02:00am • ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) -- Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away.Canada's Conservative government said Friday it is suspending visa applications for residents and n Judge rejects attempt to isolate nurse 11/01/2014 01:10am • ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press FORT KENT, Maine (AP) -- A Maine judge gave nurse Kaci Hickox the OK to go wherever she pleases, handing state officials a defeat Friday in the nation's biggest court case yet over how to balance personal liberty, public safety and fear of Ebola.Judge Charles C. LaV Girl barred over Ebola fears returns to school 11/01/2014 12:30am • MILFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut girl barred from her elementary school amid fears she may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while in Africa is now back in class.Seven-year-old Ikeoluwa Opayemi was permitted back at Meadowside Elementary School in Milford on Friday, three days after her fathe Poll: Economy, health care eclipse social issues 10/31/2014 07:40pm • NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- As a season of campaigning enters its intense final weekend, a new Associated Press-GfK poll illustrates the challenge ahead for candidates and their allies trying to rally voters around traditional wedge issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Thi Estonia citizen extradited to NYC in cyber case 10/31/2014 06:00pm • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A man portrayed as the ringleader in an international cyber scam pleaded not guilty Friday to leading several others to infect more than 4 million computers in over 100 countries with software that disabled anti-virus protections and steered users t Ebola quarantines: Can states do that? 10/31/2014 04:20pm • NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The quarantine of a nurse in Maine who recently returned from the Ebola hot zone in West Africa has touched off a battle between the authority of states to confine people to protect public health and the right of Americans to move about freely.Kaci Hic News Guide: A look at latest Ebola developments 10/31/2014 04:00pm • The Associated Press No African countries are on the United Nations list of contributors to fight Ebola. With few exceptions, African governments and institutions are offering only marginal support as the continent faces its most deadly threat in years. Pledges to deploy 2,000 African health worker US ambassador says she's monitoring for Ebola 10/31/2014 03:00pm • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador who just returned from the three West African countries worst hit by Ebola said Friday she's self-monitoring for the virus like anyone else.Samantha Power, the envoy to the United Nations, has been openly critical of the quarantin Ebola victim's fiancée struggles to rebuild life 10/31/2014 12:10pm • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- The fiancée of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is struggling to recover after losing her future husband along with most of her personal belongings, and she says she is effectively homeless due to the lingering stigma of the virus.Louise Troh has been cl North Korean Ebola policies hit tourism businesses 10/31/2014 10:53am • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- North Korea's quarantine of arriving foreigners to prevent Ebola has not disrupted business with the nation's largest trading partner, Chinese businesspeople say, although a tourist ban has hurt travel agencies that run tours to the reclusive country.Touris Not so sweet: Chocolate prices are set to rise 10/31/2014 08:42am • STEVE ROTHWELL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- That bowl of chocolates for ninjas and ghosts won't cost you more this Halloween. Picking the perfect sweet for your Valentine could.The cost of ingredients in chocolate bars is rising, and the nation's biggest candy makers have already warned of pr WHO issues new guidance on Ebola protective gear 10/31/2014 06:42am • GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. health agency is updating its guidelines for health workers dealing with the deadly Ebola virus, recommending tougher measures such as doubling up on gloves and making sure the mouth, nose and eyes are better protected from contaminated droplets and fluids.But the World Healt AP IMPACT: If Ebola batters US, we are not ready 10/31/2014 03:36am • JEFF DONN Associated Press The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that even small clusters of cases could overwhelm parts of the system, according to an Associated Press review of readiness at hospitals and other components of the e N. Korea cracking down on a distant threat: Ebola 10/31/2014 02:58am • ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea announced Thursday it will quarantine foreigners entering the country for 21 days over fears of the spread of the Ebola virus, even though no cases of the disease have been reported anywhere in Asia, and very few foreigners ar