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No joke: Browns open eyes with dominant win

TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — There’s no coaching change on the horizon. The Johnny Manziel-must-play chants have quieted — for the moment — and for the first time since 1994, when a young, hoodie-wearing Bill Belichick coached them, the Browns have at least six wins in their first nine games. And Cleveland…

UN releases manual for safe Ebola burials

BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization has released a 17-page manual detailing how to safely bury people who have died from Ebola. The U.N. agency said Friday the guidelines are part of an effort to reduce the likelihood of people contracting Ebola from corpses. WHO Ebola expert Pierre Formenty says at least one in…

Federal appeals judge is swing vote on key issue

DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Once again, Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton was the unpredictable man in the middle on a major national issue. The 2003 George W. Bush appointee who stunned some conservatives three years ago by ruling in favor of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul also wrote the majority opinion Thursday…

Mr. Nice Guy: Oregon’s Mariota makes Ducks soar

RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Marcus Mariota watched from the sideline as Oregon ran out the clock after dominating Stanford. Amid the celebration, the mood suddenly turned serious. Ducks offensive lineman Matt Pierson was down with a leg injury. Mariota walked onto the field to check on his teammate….

Winning numbers drawn in ‘5 Card Cash’ game

BALTIMORE (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the Maryland Lottery’s “5 Card Cash” game were: KH-JS-6C-10C-8H (KH, JS, 6C, 10C, 8H) Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

For Americans, Ebola still very much foreign thing

ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer Ebola isn’t leading American newspapers and newscasts much these days. Dr. Albert Wu thinks that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If he was cynical, says the professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, he would suggest that it’s because the elections are over, and…

A look at the worst-ever Ebola epidemic by numbers

MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As the biggest-ever outbreak of Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, here are a few key numbers to get a handle on the epidemic: 13,268 and 4,960: According to an update Friday from the World Health Organization, there have been 13,268 Ebola cases and 4,960 deaths since…

Vaccine spray may not work for swine flu in kids

MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nasal spray version of the flu vaccine did not protect young children against swine flu last winter and might not work again this year, health officials said Thursday. Preliminary results from three studies found that AstraZeneca’s FluMist had little or no effect in children against…

Ebola: Sierra Leone hit by lack of treatment units

CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The 7-year-old boy’s family and friends are praying over his body when the men in yellow protective suits, face shields and masks arrive. The boy had died at his home in Freetown. This same day, the collection team goes into a house for the body of…

Winning numbers drawn in ‘Play 4 Night’ game

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the Delaware Lottery’s “Play 4 Night” game were: 6-2-3-2 (six, two, three, two) Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.