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Health official suggests stricter containment measures needed 10/13/2014 12:58pm • DALLAS (AP) -- A top federal health official says authorities should consider requiring Ebola patients to be sent only to specialized "containment" hospitals.Dr. Anthony Fauci (FOW'-chee), who heads the National institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, told ABC's "Good Morning America" that it's Upside-down Kansas, other surprises, enliven races 10/13/2014 12:36pm • CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A free steak dinner for everyone who predicted the Senate races in Kansas and South Dakota would be in doubt three weeks from Election Day.Or that the most-discussed campaign TV ad would show a smiling woman talking about castrating hogs.Oh? No t More losses on Wall Street ... French economist wins Nobel ... Chrysler begins trading on NYSE 10/13/2014 11:40am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street continues its decline today, after clocking its worst week in more than two years last week. At 10:35 a.m. Eastern Time, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 40 points, to 16,505. The S&P 500 fell 10 points, to 1,896. And the Nasdaq lost 43 points, to 4,232.STOCKHOL Spanish Ebola victim remains serious 10/13/2014 11:27am • CIARAN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- Spain's Ebola patient remained in serious but stable condition Monday, with doctors cautiously hopeful she can recover.Fernando Rodriguez Artalejo, a member of the government committee set up to monitor the case, said every hour that assistant nurse Teres New Jersey enforces isolation order for NBC crew 10/13/2014 11:20am • GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press New Jersey officials have issued a mandatory quarantine order for members of an NBC crew that was exposed to a cameraman with Ebola.The order went into effect Friday night after state health officials said a voluntary 21-day isolation agreement was violated.Officials Finance ministers seek to boost global recovery 10/13/2014 08:04am • HARRY DUNPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- World financial leaders are pledging to act boldly and ambitiously to give a weak and uneven global recovery some momentum, but they have often fallen short in the past when trying to follow through on their promises.The pledge from the International Stepped-up Ebola screening starts at NYC airport 10/13/2014 03:36am • KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Customs and health officials began taking the temperatures of passengers arriving at New York's Kennedy International Airport from three West African countries on Saturday in a stepped-up screening effort meant to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus Ebola patient displayed symptoms at first ER visit 10/13/2014 01:40am • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- The man said he'd recently traveled from West Africa, was in severe pain -- rating it an eight on a scale of 10 -- and had a fever that spiked to 103 degrees, enough to be flagged with an exclamation point in the hospital's record-keeping system.Thomas E Dallas health worker tests positive for Ebola 10/12/2014 07:10pm • DALLAS (AP) -- A "breach of protocol" at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker with the deadly virus, and federal health officials say other caregivers could potentially be exposed.Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Cen CDC: Texas health care worker positive for Ebola 10/12/2014 05:30pm • DALLAS (AP) -- Federal officials have confirmed that a health care worker who provided hospital care for an Ebola patient in Dallas has tested positive for the virus.Texas officials earlier Sunday said preliminary tests showed the worker had been exposed to Ebola, but they were awaiting confirmation Pig farms rebound from virus; meat prices may drop 10/12/2014 03:58pm • DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A virus that killed millions of baby pigs in the last year and led to higher pork prices has waned thanks to warmer weather and farmers' efforts to sterilize their operations. And as pigs' numbers increase, sticker shock on things like bacon shoul Spanish nurse infected with Ebola makes progress 10/12/2014 02:00pm • HAROLD HECKLE Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- Spain's Ebola patient showed some marginal signs of recovery Sunday but European infectious diseases experts found shortcomings that need fixing in the Madrid hospital designated to deal with Ebola cases, officials said Sunday.Assistant nurse Teresa Rome Lesotho plans elections, but mood is unsettled 10/12/2014 01:38pm • CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) -- The Maseru Sun hotel in Lesotho says it welcomes families and business travelers. But most guests on a recent weekend were South African security forces, sent to keep order after a bout of violent unrest that has raised questions about the Michigan toddler dies from enterovirus D68 10/12/2014 01:20pm • COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- A 21-month-old girl is the first person in Michigan to die from the virus that has caused severe respiratory illness across the country, state health officials said Saturday.Madeline Reid died Friday afternoon from enterovirus D68, according to Childre Beyond marriage, other gay-rights challenges loom 10/12/2014 07:38am • DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Even as they celebrate epic victories in the push for marriage equality, gay-rights activists acknowledge that other difficult issues remain on their agenda. There's the persistent high rate of HIV infections, the struggles to expand transgender rights