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Ebola fears infect Louisiana medical conference 10/31/2014 02:50am • MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Ebola fears have infected a medical conference on the subject. Louisiana state health officials told thousands of doctors planning to attend a tropical diseases meeting this weekend in New Orleans to stay away if they have been to certain Afric Efforts to compromise with Maine nurse stall 10/31/2014 01:24am • ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press FORT KENT, Maine (AP) -- Insisting she is perfectly healthy, nurse Kaci Hickox again defied the state's Ebola quarantine Thursday by taking a bike ride with her boyfriend, and Maine health authorities struggled to reach a compromise that would limit her contact with Dallas nurse who survived Ebola to get dog back 10/31/2014 12:40am • DALLAS (AP) -- A Dallas nurse who recovered from Ebola will soon be reunited with her dog, which has been sequestered since his owner became ill.The King Charles Cavalier spaniel named Bentley is in quarantine at an abandoned Navy base in Dallas.His owner, Nina Pham, was diagnosed with Ebola earlier 3 Signs You Have a 'Zombie' 401(k) 10/31/2014 12:00am • Did you know that, according to the National Retail Federation, the zombie is one of the five most popular Halloween costumes this year? Any avid watcher of "The Walking Dead" wouldn't be surprised, given the popularity of zombies in pop culture today. What you might not be aware of, however, is th Ebola: Danger in Sierra Leone, progress in Liberia 10/30/2014 10:02pm • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Liberia is making some progress in containing the Ebola outbreak while the crisis in Sierra Leone is going to get worse, the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said.International assistance is still desperately needed a Murray clinches ATP finals berth in Paris 10/30/2014 07:22pm • SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) -- Andy Murray clinched a spot in the ATP Finals on Thursday after beating Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets at the Paris Masters and then sent a message to his critics by scribbling "bad year" on a courtside television camera.Following a tumultuous year t EU holds largest-ever cyber-security exercise 10/30/2014 06:50pm • DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The European Union on Thursday carried out its biggest exercise to prevent cyber-attacks on Europe's public utilities and communications networks.The director of the European Network and Information Security Agency, Udo Helmbrecht, told The As Study: Young people more likely to survive Ebola 10/30/2014 05:00pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Who survives Ebola and why? Health workers treating patients in Sierra Leone, including some who died doing that work, have published the most detailed report yet on medical aspects of the epidemic. The research suggests young people are less likely to peri Quarantines rarely used, effectiveness questioned 10/30/2014 03:26pm • ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Spanish flu pandemic a century ago prompted the last large-scale quarantines in this country. Now the Ebola outbreak is raising new questions about whether ordering quarantines is an effective way to fight deadly disease in the U.S.Health experts Some neighbors 'fearful,' but nurse hopes for solution on quarantine 10/30/2014 01:49pm • FORT KENT, Maine (AP) -- A resident of the Maine town of Fort Kent says some people there are "fearful" because of the presence of Kaci Hickox.But Priscilla Staples isn't among them. She says Hickox "has done nothing wrong" and that she has "every right" to do what she did this morning -- when she l News Guide: A look at latest Ebola developments 10/30/2014 01:18pm • The Associated Press The Ebola outbreak is raising new questions about whether ordering quarantines is an effective way to fight deadly disease in the U.S. Health experts say putting people into quarantine can be appropriate on a case-by-case basis. Experts have criticized Govs. Andrew Cuomo of New Pentagon orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for troops 10/30/2014 12:44pm • ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ordering firm restrictions for U.S. troops returning from West Africa, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday that the military men and women helping fight Ebola must undergo 21-day quarantines -- longer than required for many civilia 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. N. Korea to quarantine foreigners over Ebola fears 10/30/2014 11:00am • PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean officials have announced they will quarantine foreigners for 21 days over fears of the spread of the Ebola virus.An announcement distributed to foreign diplomatic missions in Pyongyang said that, regardless of country or region of origin, all foreigners wi US envoy: World must do more to fight Ebola 10/30/2014 10:57am • BRUSSELS (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, returning from a visit to West Africa, which has been struggling with the world's worst Ebola outbreak, says the world must do more to confront "the greatest public health crisis ever."Ambassador Samantha Power said Thursday that efforts by