| Branson vows to find out cause of spacecraft crash Posted: 01 Nov 2014 11:24 AM PDT  Billionaire Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson say he's determined to find out what went wrong during a test flight of his prototype space tourism rocket, killing one pilot and injuring another.
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| Ebola-free Texas nurse, pet dog reunited after long quarantine Posted: 01 Nov 2014 09:08 AM PDT  The Dallas nurse treated for Ebola had an emotional reunion on Saturday with her "best friend", a King Charles Spaniel, after the pet spent the last three weeks in quarantine being monitored for the deadly virus. The dog named Bentley showered Nina Pham with licks at a handover ceremony near the Dallas shelter where he had been kept in isolation and cared for by kennel workers in protective suits. Pham, 26, became the first person in the United States to be infected with Ebola after treating an infected man. ...
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| Report says 60,000 veterans get triple benefits Posted: 01 Nov 2014 07:46 AM PDT  Nearly 60,000 veterans were triple dippers last year, drawing a total of $3.5 billion in military retirement pay plus veterans and Social Security disability benefits at the same time, congressional auditors report.
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| Nigerian extremist says kidnapped girls married Posted: 01 Nov 2014 11:30 AM PDT  Nigeria's kidnapped schoolgirls have all been converted to Islam and married off, the leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremists claimed in a new video message.
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| 'We just had a hunch': How U.S. marshals nabbed Eric Frein Posted: 01 Nov 2014 05:41 AM PDT  MOUNTAINHOME, Pa. (AP) — Scott Malkowski, a task force commander with the U.S. Marshals Service, spied a figure moving from the woods toward an abandoned airplane hangar in the Pocono Mountains. Looking at his face, his black hat and fleece, and his height and weight, Malkowski was certain he had his man.
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| Branson to meet Virgin Galactic space team after crash Posted: 01 Nov 2014 03:12 AM PDT  By Alex Dobuzinskis MOJAVE Calif. (Reuters) - Richard Branson is set to meet his Virgin Galactic space team in California's Mojave Desert on Saturday following the crash of a passenger spaceship being developed by his company that killed one pilot and seriously injured the other. The entrepreneur has pledged to keep up the drive for space travel, saying on the company's web site: "Space is hard - but worth it. We will persevere and move forward together. ...
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| Former Marine freed from Mexico jail arrives home in Florida Posted: 01 Nov 2014 10:44 AM PDT  By Ellen Wulfhorst (Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine, newly freed after seven months in a Mexican jail on gun charges, arrived in his home state of Florida on Saturday to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. A Mexican court released Andrew Tahmooressi, 26, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, on Friday on psychological grounds. He was set free so he could seek treatment for the post-traumatic stress disorder he developed after his military service, the court said. Tahmooressi was jailed in Mexico after arriving at the border from California with three guns in his pick-up truck. ...
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| U.S doctor with Ebola improves, nurse's quarantined dog released Posted: 01 Nov 2014 10:24 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The only person in the United States currently being treated for Ebola was upgraded to stable condition on Saturday and a Dallas nurse who recovered from the disease was reunited with her dog which had been kept in quarantine as a precaution. In New York City, the condition of Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, who has been in an isolation unit at the city's Bellevue hospital since Oct. 23, has improved to "stable" from "serious but stable," hospital officials said. ...
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| Ebola quarantines a 'disincentive' for health workers Posted: 31 Oct 2014 02:10 PM PDT  Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told Yahoo News Friday that "blanket restrictions" on health care workers returning from West Africa could worsen the Ebola epidemic in the region.
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| New question in Texas: Can Wendy Davis survive defeat? Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:47 AM PDT  KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — It's a sunny afternoon just before the election and Wendy Davis isn't addressing an arena packed with adoring supporters, speaking on national television or working a hotel ballroom of top donors.
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| Driver sought in crash that killed 3 on Halloween Posted: 01 Nov 2014 08:39 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles area authorities say they're looking for a motorist who crashed into three teenage girls trick-or-treating in Halloween costumes, leaving them with fatal injuries and fleeing the scene.
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| 3 girls trick-or-treating killed in hit-and-run Posted: 01 Nov 2014 12:20 AM PDT The girls were hit at an intersection in Santa Ana, Calif., authorities said. |
| Tech-savvy grandma saves Kansas Democrats Posted: 31 Oct 2014 10:54 AM PDT  Joan Wagnon, 74, is close to reviving her party after a stunning GOP defeat in 2010.
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| Why judge sided with nurse Kaci Hickox against restrictions Posted: 31 Oct 2014 12:17 PM PDT  A state judge in Maine has sided with nurse Kaci Hickox and rejected a request by state officials that her movements be restricted out of an abundance of caution over her recent exposure to the Ebola virus while treating patients in West Africa.
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| State Dept. defends balance of career vs. political posts Posted: 31 Oct 2014 11:37 AM PDT  Foreign service officers vs. political appointees, round 1 million. The State Department rejects criticism that President Barack Obama's administration has given too many diplomatic jobs to political appointees.
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| 1 dead, 1 hurt in Virgin Galactic space ship crash Posted: 31 Oct 2014 10:45 PM PDT  Witness says SpaceShipTwo exploded during test flight over California's Mojave Desert.
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| After U.S. rocket explodes, Russians deliver food to Int'l Space Station Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:23 AM PDT  An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff in Virginia.
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