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Some in Congress expand their job title on ballot

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WASHINGTON (AP) — David Valadao is a Republican member of Congress from California, but voters in his agriculture-heavy district won’t necessarily recognize that he’s the incumbent when they cast their vote. Instead, he’ll be listed on the ballot as “farmer/small businessman.”

US officials defend Ebola response; nurse moved

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President Barack Obama, right, next to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, speaks to the media about Ebola during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, with members of his team coordinating the government's response to the Ebola outbreak. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of skepticism in Congress, health officials tried to assure the nation Thursday that they can head off an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. despite mistakes that let the deadly virus spread to two nurses and cleared one of them to fly.

Joan Rivers died of complication during medical procedure

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Flowers and mementos are pictured on the star of comedian Joan Rivers on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comedian Joan Rivers, who passed away last month at the age of 81, died of a complication during a medical procedure, the New York Chief Medical Examiner’s Office said on Thursday. Rivers was having an examination of the back of the throat and vocal cords at a New York clinic when she stopped breathing and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was put on life support. “The manner of death is therapeutic complication,” the medical examiner said in a statement, “the death resulted from a predictable complication of medical therapy. …

London show holds up magnifying glass to Sherlock Holmes

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A worker looks at a "Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die" exhibition poster at the Museum of London

By Freya Berry LONDON (Reuters) – How do you make an exhibition about a man who never existed? The Museum of London show on Sherlock Holmes, which opens on Oct. 17 after two years of preparation, acknowledges the conundrum with its title, “The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die”. Visitors enter the show through doors masquerading as bookshelves in a physical embodiment of the engaging blend of reality and fiction that characterises British author Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of the world-famous detective. …

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‘Frustrated’ Pak has been exposed before world: BJP

October 16, 2014 0

New Delhi, Oct. 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz and former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf for making anti-India comments, saying it reflected Islamabad’s frustration as their real face has been exposed before the world.

Pilot funding returns arts to California prisons

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Pilot funding returns arts to California prisons

Christopher Bisbano leaps onto the stage and his body transforms: He cries out for his true love, and then contorts his face into a droopy pout as the audience bellows with laughter. “I loooooove …

Lindsey Bahr named AP film writer in LA

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 photo, Lindsey Bahr poses for a photo at the Associated Press bureau in Los Angeles. Bahr, 30, who has covered the Hollywood movie scene from castings to Comic-Con as a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly, has been named film writer for The Associated Press in Los Angeles. She has reported on all facets of the film business at EW, including the Oscars and other major award shows, film festivals, breaking news, trend stories, talent profiles and box office analysis. She also reviewed movies and contributed to EW's video, photo and Sirius radio formats. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsey Bahr, who has covered the Hollywood movie scene from castings to Comic-Con as a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly, has been named film writer for The Associated Press in Los Angeles.