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2 Ebola victims to be treated at Atlanta hospital 08/01/2014 07:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- Two American aid workers infected with the Ebola virus in Africa will be treated at a specialized unit of an Atlanta hospital.Dr. Bruce Ribner said Friday the patients will receive care at Emory University Hospital. Ribner said he had no personal safety concerns over treating the pat Bolt makes Comm Games debut after Glasgow uproar 08/01/2014 06:22pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- If Scots were offended by Usain Bolt they didn't show it on Friday as the Jamaican sprint star made his Commonwealth Games debut.Despite a newspaper claiming that he was disparaging about Glasgow, Bolt's introduction to a 40,000-plus crowd at Ham Obama: US takes Ebola outbreak in Africa seriously 08/01/2014 06:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he is taking the Ebola outbreak in Africa seriously. He says the United States is taking precautions for next week's U.S.-African summit in the nation's capital.He says the federal Centers for Disease Control is working with international health organiz Sierra Leone cyclist cleared of Ebola at Glasgow 08/01/2014 05:14pm • DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Reacting to sensationalistic headlines such as "Ebola Terror at Commonwealth Games" in a British newspaper, officials said on Friday that a Sierra Leone cyclist passed tests for the Ebola virus and competed."There is no Ebola in the athletes' v Ebola outbreak to cast shadow over Obama summit 08/01/2014 03:48pm • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leaders from nations gripped by an Ebola outbreak are pulling out of President Barack Obama's gathering of African leaders in Washington next week, though the White House says the health crisis won't impact the three-day summit."We certainly $1,000 Sovaldi now hepatitis treatment of choice 08/01/2014 01:40pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The price is sky-high, but so is demand. A new $1,000-per-pill drug has become the treatment of choice for Americans with hepatitis C, a liver-wasting disease that affects more than 3 million.Even with insurers reluctant to pay, Sovaldi pre W. Africa Ebola outbreak tops 700 deaths 08/01/2014 04:40am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- The death toll from the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history surpassed 700 in West Africa as security forces went house-to-house in Sierra Leone's capital Thursday looking for patients and others exposed to the disease.Fears g Orioles fall to Angels in 13 innings, 1-0 08/01/2014 01:00am • DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) -- Buck Showalter really couldn't have asked for a better performance from his pitchers against the Los Angeles Angels. It was his lineup that really struggled, managing just five hits in 13 innings.Albert Pujols put Los Angeles in front with an RBI sin Faxon, Fay to work for Fox Sports 07/31/2014 08:22pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Brad Faxon and David Fay are returning to the broadcast booth for Fox Sports.Faxon worked briefly for NBC Sports and most recently for Golf Channel. He will serve as the lead studio analyst and a hole announcer for Fox, which has signed a 12-year deal Seychelles fears Ebola, bars Sierra Leone team 07/31/2014 05:00pm • GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Seychelles forfeited an African Cup qualifying game and withdrew from the competition Thursday rather than allow Sierra Leone's soccer team to travel to the Indian Ocean island because of fears over the deadly Ebola virus.The Confederation of African Football confirmed Peace Corps workers isolated after Ebola exposure 07/31/2014 11:28am • MICHELE SALCEDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Peace Corps volunteers are under isolation outside the U.S. after having contact with a person who later died of the Ebola virus.A State Department official Wednesday said the volunteers are not symptomatic and are currently isolated under obse Reston's link to Ebola, nearly 25 years later 07/31/2014 08:45am • There is worldwide concern over the worst Ebola outbreak in history. The current outbreak has killed nearly 700 people in four African countries, according to the World Health Organization. The hemorrhagic disease is half a world away, but when scientists study Ebola and how it spreads, they Top doctor dies from Ebola after treating dozens 07/31/2014 06:42am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- A leading doctor who risked his own life to treat dozens of Ebola patients died Tuesday from the disease, officials said, as a major regional airline announced it was suspending flights to the cities hardest hit by an outbreak tha Peace Corps evacuates over Ebola as 2 isolated 07/31/2014 05:02am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- The largest recorded Ebola outbreak in history has led the U.S. Peace Corps to evacuate hundreds of volunteers from three affected West African countries, and a State Department official on Wednesday said two volunteers were under isola Gausman sharp as Orioles beat Angels 4-3 07/30/2014 10:58pm • DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) -- For much of the first half of the season, the Baltimore Orioles were selective and cautious with their use of rookie Kevin Gausman.Now that things are getting serious, Gausman has become a fixture in a starting rotation that has thrust the Orioles in