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Fed ends bond-buying, promises hold on interest rates for now
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New book slams economists, their theories and their forecasts
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Obama administration ramps up security amid threats
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Pilot dead after military plane crashes in Southern California
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Dallas leaders celebrate return of two healthy nurses
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Medicine, policy clash in US response to Ebola
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Officer seen on assault video charged with assault, perjury
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The World Health Organization has detected slowing in the number of reported new cases of Ebola infections in Liberia in recent days, leading its top official in charge of combating the outbreak to express cautious optimism Wednesday that health...
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Obama warns against strict quarantines for Ebola workers
President Barack Obama called for health care workers returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa to be treated as “the heroes that they...
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Pentagon, White House go separate ways on Ebola
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday imposed a 21-day quarantine on troops returning from anti-Ebola service in West Africa even as President...
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LA labor leader steps down to take national union job
Maria Elena Durazo - the powerful Los Angeles County labor leader who helped elect politicians, boost wages and push through major development projects - said Wednesday that she is leaving her post to take a national union job promoting civil rights and campaigning for immigration reform.
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Under threat of contempt, suspect in Indiana slayings politely answers judge
A week after Darren Deon Vann refused to even be sworn in for his hearing, the suspect in the killings of seven Indiana women appeared again in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to two killings.
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Scientists find autism linked to dozens of genetic mutations
Dozens of different gene defects are linked to autism, according to two major new studies of the developmental disorder led by University of California, San Francisco, scientists and involving more than 50 laboratories worldwide.
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Orbital Sciences had a plan to retire rocket engines before explosion
Even before this week's fiery explosion of an unmanned rocket bound for the space station, executives at Orbital Sciences Corp. had been working on a plan to retire the problem-plagued engines that powered it.
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Tribe members are threatened after Washington high school shootings
Threats have been made against several students who belong to the same Native American tribe as the 15-year-old who gunned down several classmates before shooting himself inside a Washington high school last week, tribe and school officials said Wednesday.
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Post-Sandy, the toll of rebuilding in Brigantine
BRIGANTINE, N.J. - When Hurricane Sandy made landfall near her home exactly two years ago, Barbara Fox, then 75, was in the hospital undergoing a heart procedure.
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Maine seeking court order to keep Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox quarantined
The showdown between a nurse quarantined in Maine for treating Ebola patients and the state heated up Wednesday as officials said they were seeking a court order to prevent her from leaving her home.
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Suge Knight, Katt Williams arrested after allegedly stealing camera
Former rap impresario Marion "Suge" Knight and comedian Micah "Katt" Williams were arrested and charged Wednesday after allegedly stealing a camera from a photographer in Beverly Hills last month, officials said.
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Obama praises health care workers, defends handling of Ebola epidemic
Standing with an Ebola survivor and doctors in white coats, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he was confident the U.S. would lead the way to eradicating the deadly virus, ramping up his public relations effort to defend his administration's handling of the epidemic.
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Fort Worth vet indicted on animal cruelty, theft charges
A Fort Worth veterinarian was indicted Wednesday on charges of animal cruelty and theft, accused of keeping a woman's dog alive for blood transfusions after taking the pet in to be euthanized.
