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Download Flash Player now You need to install Flash Player to play this content. The nurse treated two Spanish priests who both died of the virus Investigations are under way at a hospital in Madrid after a Spanish nurse became the first person known to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus outside West Africa. The nurse had treated two Spanish missionaries who died of the disease after being flown home from the region. The European Commission has asked Spain to explain how the nurse could have become infected. Some 3,400 people have died in the outbreak - mostly in West Africa. The Spanish auxiliary nurse, a 40-year-old woman who has not been named, was one of about 30 staff at the Carlos III hospital in Madrid who had been treating priests Manuel Garcia Viejo and Miguel Pajares, officials say.

(Thinkstock) G D Lengacher thought he’d done everything right — financially — when he married his second wife in 2013. To prepare for sharing bank accounts, as well as lives, the couple combined finances on paper and ran a joint budget for almost a year. It wasn’t enough. They were quickly surprised by the cost of their combined family of seven. “It started with my wife’s house not selling quickly like we thought it would,” said Lengacher, 46, who lives in Indiana in the US and produces a weekly  podcast  on surviving divorce. “We also grossly underestimated what our utility bills would be as a combined family. Add to that the expenses of having three kids in college and it quickly became apparent that we were overly optimistic in our budget estimates.” They tightened their budget, and rented the house rather than selling it. “It eliminated the financial strain of an extra mortgage payment,” Lengacher said. The wo...

You’re dashing off to that big meeting in the city when suddenly, it hits you: that big idea you’ve always been waiting for. And then—going, going, gone. I feel your pain. The most I typically can remember about my occasional good ideas is that, well, I had some. Image: Ben Patterson You can record quick voice memos using Google Now, with the right settings in Android (KitKat is shown here).  The key, of course, is jotting down those brilliant thoughts before they disappear in a puff of neural smoke. Here are some speedy ways to record strokes of genius on your iPhone or Android phone—and ideally, without having to unlock your handset.

Nigeria contains Ebola – and US officials want to know more. US teams are headed to Nigeria to learn about its success in using 'contact tracing' – a significant practical step that limited the spread of the virus. The possibility that Ebola would reach and spread in Nigeria was broached with great trepidation by public health experts. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. It is currently failing to contain an Islamist insurgency in the northeast, and prospects for controlling a fearful virus seemed bleak – particularly in Lagos, the nation’s coastal megacity and transport hub. 

Google has decided to have security guards on its payroll, rather than have them placed by a contractor, amidst concerns about income disparities in Silicon Valley. The move is likely to put new pressure on other companies in the area to also change their policies on using contract staff in functions like security guards, janitors and cooks. “Building an in-house security team is something we are excited to do. A year ago we in-sourced the Google security operations center and we are looking forward to making these valued positions both full- and part-time Google employees,” a Google spokeswoman wrote via email. The company did not respond to a query whether its policy would be extended to ...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: An investigation is under way to trace patient's contacts A nurse's assistant is the first person known to contract Ebola outside of Africa in this outbreak Texas Gov. Rick Perry seeks quarantines at borders, sets up a state task force The director of the CDC says he's confident the United States can prevent an Ebola outbreak (CNN) -- A nurse's assistant in Spain is the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside of Africa in the current outbreak. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato announced Monday that a test confirmed the assistant has the virus. The woman had helped treat a Spanish missionary and a Spanish priest, both of whom had contracted Ebola in West Africa. Both died after returning to Spain. Health officials said she developed symptoms on September 30. She was hospitalized Sunday. An investigation is under way to find everyone she may have had contact with while contagious. So far, there are no...

First Ebola case diagnosed in U.S. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Ashoka Mukpo arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Monday Six American patients have been diagnosed with Ebola Five were treated in the United States; one died in Nigeria (CNN) -- As another American patient with Ebola arrives in the United States, here is a look at the American patients who have been diagnosed with this deadly virus. Ashoka Mukpo arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Monday, where he will be treated in the same biocontainment unit that helped Dr. Rick Sacra. Three other Americans, Dr. Kent Brantly, Nancy Writebol and an unnamed patient, have been treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. The sixth known American patient was a man named Patrick Sawyer who died in Nigeria.

Download Flash Player now You need to install Flash Player to play this content. The baby will "give hope" to those wanting children, say the transplant team A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report. The 36-year-old mother, who was born without a uterus, received a donated womb from a friend in her 60s. The British medical journal The Lancet says the baby was born prematurely in September weighing 1.8kg (3.9lb). The father said his son was "amazing".

By Dr Katherine Brown Lecturer in Defence Studies, King's College London Khadijah Dare, here with her husband Abu Bakr, tweeted that she wanted to kill a Western hostage Recent news stories, such as those of the missing school girl Yusra Hussien, university student Aqsa Mahmood and twins Salma and Zahra Halane, have triggered concerns about the radicalisation of Muslim women in the UK. It's estimated that some 50-60 women from the UK have travelled to Syria via Turkey to join the militant extremist movement Islamic State (IS). On arrival they join others from a range of countries, including the US, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Norway and Sweden. Just why are women from these Western countries joining up? In the case of Yusra Hussien, it is unclear whether she has been radicalised or indeed whether she has even travelled to Syria (although police believe this to be likely)....