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Connecticut family sues over school's Ebola fears 10/28/2014 09:40pm • PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The father of a Connecticut third-grader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday saying his daughter has been unfairly barred from school amid fears she may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while in Africa.Ikeoluwa Opayemi and her family, who live Brown underwater in NH, but Shaheen could sink 10/28/2014 07:14pm • HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- If there's one person in New Hampshire less popular than President Barack Obama, it's Republican Scott Brown. But that might not matter as the former Massachusetts senator tries to unseat Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in his new home state.Brown, w Kerry expresses solidarity with Canada 10/28/2014 05:26pm • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- The United States and Canada vowed Tuesday to step up already close counterterrorism and border security cooperation as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paid condolences to the Canadian people following last week's terror attacks.On his firs Fairfax health director speaks out on Ebola 10/28/2014 04:26pm • Gloria Addo-Ayensu, Director of Health for the Fairfax County Health Department says that the county, particularly in the wake of a scare at Inova Fairfax Hospital earlier this month, is keeping apprised daily with recommendations on controlling the deadly disease. A woman who vomited Mali rushes to track Ebola after toddler dies 10/28/2014 03:52pm • BABA AHMED Associated Press KAYES, Mali (AP) -- After 2-year-old Fanta Kone's father died in southern Guinea, the toddler's grandmother took her from the forested hills where the Ebola outbreak first began months ago to bring her home to Mali. It wasn't long, though, before the little girl started g Poor health systems in Asia cause for Ebola alarm 10/28/2014 03:26pm • CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) -- The longer the Ebola outbreak rages in West Africa, the greater chance a traveler infected with the virus touches down in an Asian city.How quickly any case is detected -- and the measures taken once it is -- will determine whether the virus takes ho US governors, Army go own way on Ebola quarantines 10/28/2014 01:57pm • COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest risk for coming down with the Ebola virus and symptom monitoring for those at lower risk, but some state governors and even the Army NATO chief: Strong alliance for better Russia ties 10/28/2014 12:04pm • JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Only a strong Western security alliance can negotiate better ties with Russia, NATO's new secretary general said Tuesday.Jens Stoltenberg said his experience as Norway's prime minister was that robust defense capabilities and a solid trans-Atlanti FIFA monitoring Ebola, Club World Cup goes ahead 10/28/2014 12:00pm • ZURICH (AP) -- Preparations for the Club World Cup in Morocco in December are continuing and there is currently no Ebola threat to cause it to be canceled or postponed, FIFA said Tuesday."Should the situation change we will be in touch with the participating clubs accordingly," FIFA said.The world s Ga. hospital: Nurse who had Ebola to be released 10/28/2014 11:39am • ATLANTA (AP) -- An Emory University Hospital spokeswoman says a 29-year-old Dallas nurse who was treated for Ebola will be released.Emory spokeswoman Holly Korschun tells The Associated Press that Amber Vinson will be leaving the hospital after a 1 p.m. news conference Tuesday to make a statement af Va. man charged in HIV exposure case freed on bond 10/28/2014 10:50am • BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- A Virginia man charged with having unprotected sex with two women in Maryland without disclosing he was HIV-positive has been released on bond until trial.Daniel Cleaves of Richmond posted bond Monday after a Montgomery County judge set numerous conditions on his release, inclu Swiss bank UBS posts 32 percent gain in 3Q profit 10/28/2014 08:00am • GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss banking giant UBS AG is reporting a third-quarter net profit of 762 million Swiss francs ($803 million), up 32 percent from the comparable period a year ago based on solid returns from its investment banking and wealth management.But Switzerland's largest bank warns of intensify Viral meningitis reported at D.C. school 10/28/2014 06:49am • WASHINGTON -- A D.C. preschool and kindergarten school is taking precautions after a teacher was reportedly diagnosed with viral meningitis. The principal of the Peabody Primary Campus on Capitol Hill sent a letter to parents Monday, stating that the virus was discovered last week. The letter Experts tackle public's questions on Ebola 10/28/2014 02:11am • WASHINGTON -- The possibility of an Ebola flight ban came up Monday night during a live ABC7/NewsChannel 8 Town Hall called "Ebola in America." The panelists took questions, many of which were submitted through social media. "The person who came in here who infected two nurses would not have New York boy with fever tests negative for Ebola 10/27/2014 07:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials say a 5-year-old New York City boy who recently traveled to West Africa and had a fever does not have Ebola.The boy returned from Guinea with his family Saturday and felt sick Sunday, so his parents called 911. Emergency responders in protective gear took him and hi