Carol Burnett gets Jimmy Stewart museum award

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Carol Burnett, arrives at the Chestnut Ridge Resort for a banquet to receive the 2014 Harvey Award presented by the Jimmy Stewart Museum, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in Blairsville, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Actress and comedian Carol Burnett was honored by a Pennsylvania museum dedicated to actor Jimmy Stewart, a Hollywood star she was smitten with as a toddler during a trip to the movies with her grandmother in San Antonio, Texas.

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JetBlue adds flights between Vegas, San Francisco

October 4, 2014 0

JetBlue Airways says it will begin flying nonstop between Las Vegas and San Francisco starting in January. The airline announced the new route the same day competitor Virgin America said it would launch …

Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama’s safety

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U.S. Secret Service agents step off a Marine helicopter before U.S. President Barack Obama departs Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington

By Matt Spetalnick, David Lawder and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy took a bullet to protect Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt and agent Jerry Parr shoved the president into a limousine, their quick reflexes projected a Hollywood-style image of invincibility around the agency. …

Prescription for avoiding Ebola airport screening: ibuprofen

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Health worker checks the temperature of a woman entering Mali from Guinea at the border in Kouremale

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) – People who contract Ebola in West Africa can get through airport screenings and onto a plane with a lie and a lot of ibuprofen, according to healthcare experts who believe more must be done to identify infected travelers. At the very least, they said, travelers arriving from Ebola-stricken countries should be screened for fever, which is currently done on departure from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. But such safeguards are not foolproof. …

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In rare alliance, Shi’ites join Sunnis to defend Iraqi towns

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By Raheem Salman and Yara Bayoumy BAGHDAD (Reuters) – When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this week, they were repelled by a rare coalition of Sunni tribal fighters inside the town and Shi’ites in its sister city Balad on the opposite bank. The assault, which began late on Tuesday and ran into Thursday, was one of several major battles in recent days in which Sunni tribes joined pro-government forces against the militants, in what Baghdad and Washington hope is a sign of increasing cooperation across sectarian lines to save the country. …