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Dire Warning About Ebola The CDC director made a stunning comment about the spreading Ebola crisis today, telling world leaders, "In the 30 years I've been working in public health, the only thing like this has been AIDS." Ebola cases in Western Africa are doubling every three weeks and a staggering 1.4 million cases likely by the end of January if the outbreak isn't contained fast.     Learn More

Fatal Police Shooting in St. Louis The St. Louis police are responding to protests over last night's fatal shooting of a teen whose family says was unarmed. Police say 17 shots were fired at Vonderrit Myers after he fired first on an off-duty officer. Myers' family says the 18-year-old was just out buying a sandwich with two friends.     Learn More

Where Is Kim Jong Un? The last time North Korea's unpredictable leader Kim Jong Un was seen in public, he was noticeably overweight and walking with a limp. That was 37 days ago. If he doesn't show up to an annual celebration of the Worker's Party tomorrow, it will likely fuel growing speculation over whether he's still in charge and, more importantly, in control of his country's nuclear power.     Learn More

NBC Investigation: Is Artificial Turf Safe? A member of Congress is calling for action after our NBC News investigation about artificial turf on soccer fields and football fields children play on across the country. We asked whether the material used as a kind of synthetic dirt between the pieces of artificial grass could be harmful. Since our report, we have heard from a lot of you and wanted to share your stories.     Learn More

Her Final Wish It wasn't supposed to be this way. The day after celebrating New Year's with her husband, newlywed Brittany Maynard, 29, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. In April, she was given six months to live. Since then, she's decided to move to Oregon where she qualifies for a prescription to end her life. Brittany plans to do so on November 1st.     Learn More

Amazon Opens a Retail Store? They were invented to save you a trip to the store, but now there are reports that Amazon has plans to change that.     Play Video

A Magnificent Gift The first envelope came more than 20 years ago and contained $90,000 in cash. Since then, a Florida couple with plenty of means but modest tastes has donated about $5 million to Zoo Miami with a simple wish — they remain anonymous. Ron Magill, the zoo's director for 35 years, kept it a secret until recently. Albert and Winnie Sami never had kids, but wanted others to love animals as much as they did.     Learn More

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