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Ebola Outbreak Kills an American, Highlights Need for Improved Travel Screening

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A 25-year-old man who in March was diagnosed with tuberculosis was arrested some 15 miles outside of Bakersfield, California, after vacating a motel room in which he was ordered to remain while receiving treatment. Half a world away, The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 800 Ebola cases in three West African nations. Thus far, …

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If Justice is Blind, Sotomayor is Anything But

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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's controversial comment reveals a competing priority. Does someone who so openly esteems one ethnic or gender group's potential over another belong on the bench?