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Drug for Ebola-like virus promising in ill monkeys 08/22/2014 10:44am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- An experimental drug saved monkeys from a virus closely related to Ebola even after symptoms began, Texas researchers reported Wednesday. A drug that targets Ebola in the same way is under development, and the study raises questions about how lat American Ebola doc: 'I am thrilled to be alive' 08/22/2014 07:48am • KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Calling it a "miraculous day," an American doctor infected with Ebola left his isolation unit and warmly hugged his doctors and nurses on Thursday, showing the world that he poses no public health threat one month after getting sick with the virus.Dr. Liberia gives food in slum sealed to stop Ebola 08/22/2014 07:48am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Government officials handed out bags of rice and sachets of drinking water Thursday to residents of an impoverished slum in Liberia's capital where tens of thousands of people have been barricaded in an effort to stop the spread of Ebol UPS says 51 retail stores breached by malware 08/21/2014 06:10pm • The Maryland UPS store affected by the breach is at 10816 Town Center Blvd. in Dunkirk. The Virginia store is at 3445 Seminole Trail in Charlottesville. Click to see the rest of the list. DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Some customers of The UPS Store may have had their credit and debit card i Liberia distributes food in slum sealed to stop Ebola 08/21/2014 05:00pm • MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Government officials have been handing out bags of rice and pouches of drinking water to residents of an impoverished slum in Liberia's capital where tens of thousands of people have been barricaded in an effort to stop the spread of Ebola.International aid workers warn tha Missionary doctor 'thrilled to be alive' after recovering from Ebola 08/21/2014 04:40pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- A missionary doctor who's been released from the hospital after recovering from Ebola says he's "thrilled to be alive."Kent Brantly choked up as he spoke at a news conference today at Emory University Hospital, calling it "a miraculous day."Brantly is one of two American aid workers Husband: Ebola virus patient resting at undisclosed location 08/21/2014 02:51pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- The husband of an American aid worker released after being treated at an Atlanta hospital for Ebola says she is resting and recuperating at an undisclosed location.David Writebol says his wife, Nancy Writebol, decided it would be best to leave the hospital "privately." An Emory Unive UN urges exit screening for Ebola at some airports 08/21/2014 09:50am • JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) -- Ebola-affected countries should immediately begin exit screening all passengers leaving international airports, sea ports and major ground crossings, the U.N. health agency said on Monday.The agency didn't spell out which countries should start screening Nigerian woman suspected of Ebola dies in UAE 08/21/2014 07:00am • ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The national airline of the United Arab Emirates said Monday it has disinfected one of its planes after health authorities there announced that a Nigerian woman who died after flying in to the capital, Abu Dhabi, may have been infecte Liberian slums barricaded as Ebola sets new record 08/21/2014 06:16am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Riot police and soldiers acting on their president's orders used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people inside their Liberian slum Wednesday, trying to contain the Ebola outbreak that has killed 1,350 people and counting a Missionary visits Ebola-stricken wife in hospital 08/21/2014 04:00am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- An American missionary has been released from quarantine and has visited his wife, who is being treated for the deadly Ebola virus.After David Writebol's quarantine was lifted Sunday, he says he headed to Atlanta, where his wife, Nancy, remains in isolation at Emory Universit Washington's Top News -- Thursday, August 21, 2014 08/21/2014 03:57am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Israeli air strikes kill 3 senior Hamas leaders The Islamic militant group Hamas says three of its senior military leaders have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Hamas says the three (Mohammed Abu Shamaleh, Mohammed B Stocks mostly higher...Oil prices rise... HP reports earnings 08/20/2014 06:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- A late round of buying is leaving stock indexes mostly higher. Bond prices fell, sending yields higher, on word that Federal Reserve policymakers are leaning toward raising interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 59 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 16,979. The S&P 5 UN undertakes polio vaccination campaign in Iraq 08/20/2014 01:20pm • BRAM JANSSEN Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) -- The United Nations said Monday it was undertaking a mass polio vaccination campaign in Iraq, hoping to reach millions of children as the highly contagious virus crosses from Syria into neighboring countries.The U.N. is trying to reach 4 million child Lynchburg-area schools screening for Ebola 08/20/2014 12:29pm • LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- Liberty University is screening international students for the Ebola virus.Media outlets report that students received questionnaires this week regarding visits to any West African villages. Liberty also plans to monitor the students for 21 days.Other colleges in the Lynchburg