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FILE- In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, file photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer, left, and CBP supervisor Sam Ko, right, conduct prescreening measures on a passenger who has arrived from Sierra Leone at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago. Demands are rising in Washington for the U.S. to ban travelers from countries in West Africa, but the Obama administration is resisting and says the screening measures already in place for travelers are more effective. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Melissa Maraj, File)

Rules vary about travel to countries hit by Ebola

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 8:32 pm

This undated image provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a Just Like Home toy toaster set. The set is being recalled because the plastic toast, under pressure, can crack and break into small pieces creating sharp edges and posing a choking hazard. (AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)

Recalls this week: toy toasters, folding tables

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 7:52 pm

Nurse with Ebola arrives at NIH in Maryland

Nurse with Ebola arrives at NIH in Maryland

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 3:03 pm

US stocks open higher; GE, Morgan Stanley gain

US stocks open higher; GE, Morgan Stanley gain

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 1:41 pm

An Indian squatter smokes as others sleep on rented cots at a public park near Jama Masjid, or the Grand Mosque, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on Oct. 17 and is designated to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in the world. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Image of Asia: A day for eradicating poverty

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 12:24 pm

5 Things to Know in Florida for Oct. 17

5 Things to Know in Florida for Oct. 17

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 10:11 am

In this Oct. 14, 2014, photo, a Lebanese man, center, walks between graves at the overcrowded Bashoura cemetery for Muslim Sunnis in Beirut, Lebanon. The congested city of more than one million is cramped with cemeteries wedged into residential areas, increasingly forcing families to bury several members of the same family in one grave. Available land plots are extremely scarce and what is left is being used by developers to build luxury officers towers and apartments. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

AP PHOTOS: Cemetery overcrowding around the world

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 6:42 am

A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Asian stock markets mostly steadied Friday after a fall in U.S. unemployment applications and comments from a Federal Reserve official eased nerves about a stalling economic recovery. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Asia stocks find footing after global gyrations

The Associated Press · October 17, 2014 5:28 am

Nielsen’s top programs for Oct. 6-12

Nielsen’s top programs for Oct. 6-12

The Associated Press · October 16, 2014 11:22 pm

AMD cutting 7 percent of workforce

AMD cutting 7 percent of workforce

The Associated Press · October 16, 2014 9:53 pm

Illinois school funding under Gov. Quinn

Illinois school funding under Gov. Quinn

The Associated Press · October 16, 2014 9:49 pm

How the Dow Jones industrial average did Thursday

How the Dow Jones industrial average did Thursday

The Associated Press · October 16, 2014 9:22 pm