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CDC: It's Possible Ebola Nurse Was Sick on 1st Flight (Newser Nine at Nine)

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CDC: It's Possible Ebola Nurse Was Sick on 1st Flight

(Newser) - Officials say Dallas nurse Amber Vinson may have shown Ebola symptoms around four days earlier than initially thought. A CDC rep says "we have started to look at the possibility that she had symptoms going back as far as Saturday. ... We can't rule out (that) she might have... More »

Biden Son Kicked Out of Navy for Cocaine Use

(Newser) - A big embarrassment for the Biden clan: Joe Biden's younger son, Hunter, was kicked out of the Navy after testing positive for cocaine last year, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . Biden, now 44, applied to join the Navy Reserve at the age of 42 and was commissioned as... More »

'1 in 1M Years' Comet to Fly by Mars on Sunday

(Newser) - Astronomers are so excited about a cosmic event happening this Sunday that some of them would probably jump at the chance of getting a one-way ticket to Mars . A comet knocked out of the Oort cloud at the edge of the solar system millions of years ago is set to... More »

Confession Makes Man One of the Biggest Serial Killers

(Newser) - A 26-year-old man has confessed to killing at least 39 people in a three-year rampage that makes him one of the world's most prolific serial killers, police in Goiania, Brazil, say. Thiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha, a security guard who lives with his mother, cruised the streets and gunned... More »

Texas Ebola Worker Quarantined ... on Cruise Ship

(Newser) - If you're already a little paranoid about getting sick on a cruise ship , this news is certainly not going to help: A Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital employee who may have handled Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan's lab specimens has self-quarantined aboard the Carnival Magic. The unnamed worker never... More »

Pakistan Upholds Christian's Death Sentence

(Newser) - A Pakistani court has upheld the death sentence of a Christian woman whose 2010 conviction for blasphemy led to the assassination of two politicians who supported her, a defense lawyer says. Asia Bibi, a 50-year-old mother of five, had appealed before the Lahore High Court against the ruling, in which... More »

Missing Actress Found Dead in Ravine

(Newser) - Native American actress Misty Upham has been found dead in the woods of Auburn, Wash., after family reported her missing on Oct. 6. A three-man search party led by Upham's uncle discovered her body at the bottom of a 150-foot embankment; her purse and identification were also found at... More »

Starbucks: You Can Win Free Coffee for 'Life'

(Newser) - Starbucks is aiming to boost business over the holidays by offering chances to win "free Starbucks for life"—although life is defined as 30 years. In the December promotion, 10 people who use Starbucks cards or mobile apps at the chain's stores will win a free coffee... More »

$84M Lotto Check Collected by Guy in Bear Suit

(Newser) - A guy who can now afford a lot more than just the bare necessities of life turned up in a bright-yellow bear suit to collect a lottery prize worth $84.4 million. The 520 million yuan jackpot the Shanxi province man collected is the third biggest in Chinese history, reports... More »