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3rd doctor dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone
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CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY, Associated Press 
Aug 27, 2014
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as health workers tried to...
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Wisconsin, Indiana set to defend gay marriage bans
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MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press 
Aug 26, 2014
CHICAGO (AP) — The legal skirmish over same-sex marriage shifted Tuesday to a federal appeals court in Chicago as attorneys for Wisconsin and Indiana ...
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Mexican president calls for immigration reform
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BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press 
Aug 26, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexico's president spoke of the need for U.S. immigration reform on a two-day visit to immigrant-friendly California, saying those ...
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4 dead in plane crash near Cleveland
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Aug 26, 2014
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — A small plane crashed and burst into flames just after takeoff from a regional airport outside of Cleveland, killing all...
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Quake in California’s wine country injures dozens
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ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press 
Aug 25, 2014
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — A powerful earthquake that struck the heart of California's wine country caught many people sound asleep, sending dressers, mirror...
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Mourners gather in St. Louis for Brown funeral
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SARA BURNETT, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press 
Aug 25, 2014
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of people lined up in sweltering heat Monday to say goodbye to Michael Brown, the 18-year-old shot and killed earlier this m...
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American held in Syria freed after nearly 2 years
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JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press RYAN LUCAS, Associated Press 
Aug 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. mourned an American journalist beheaded by Islamic militants, the nation found something of a reprieve with the release ...
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Liberia: Doctor given experimental Ebola drug dies
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JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH, Associated Press 
Aug 25, 2014
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A Liberian doctor who was among three Africans to receive an experimental Ebola drug has died, the country's information mini...
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