Good thing we managed to get to the pool today.

Ana's best friends were there! So we'll be back tomorrow. Joy. I just love the pool. (Why do the nieces hate the beach?????)

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Ebola crisis spreads

Japan set for landmark military change

Russia warned the United States on Monday against stepping up support for Syria's opposition, saying it would only bolster a caliphate declared by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in part of Iraq and Syria.

Bomb Isis Or We'll Ask Iran To Do It, Top Iraqi Politician Warns United States

According to a report from the whistleblowing website Cryptome, the last cache of Snowden documents is set to be released in bulk sometime next month, supposedly in an effort to stem the tide of an upcoming premeditated war.

Fear, suspicion undermine West Africa's battle against Ebola

Ukraine president ends ceasefire with rebels

Pope Francis, whose criticisms of unbridled capitalism have prompted some to label him a Marxist, said in an interview published on Sunday that communists had stolen the flag of Christianity.

Abducted Israeli teens found dead near Hebron

Calls in U.S. Congress for refugee status for Central American kids

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Iraqi parliament delays first session as ISIS continues deadly march

Why China's Global Supremacy Is Not Inevitable (older article)

Will IUDs Ever Catch on in America?

A relic from long before the age of supercomputers, the 169-year-old math strategy called the Jacobi iterative method is widely dismissed today as too slow to be useful. But thanks to a curious, numbers-savvy engineering student and his professor, it may soon get a new lease on life.

Picky Eater or Timid Taster?

Thousands of Americans were targets of so-called “backdoor” warrantless surveillance by the NSA and other intelligence agencies last year, according to a letter sent to Senator Ron Wyden.

Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents show

The Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling gives both sides an issue around which to mobilize voters as midterms loom. But Democrats might get a bigger boost.

Faced with sweeping social change, conservative Christians are walling themselves off from secular society. But when religion isolates itself, both sides lose.

Exploding the 10,000 hours myth - it's no guarantee for greatness

A small proportion of the population are responsible for the vast majority of lies

Whopping fine could change the way fundraisers for charity operate

Dozens of people are feared dead after a car bomb exploded in a market in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, witnesses said.

Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group whose birthplace is Maiduguri and which is accused of a series of recent bomb attacks in the west African nation, was immediately blamed for the attack on Tuesday morning.

France Can Keep Burqa Ban, European Court Rules

Soaring airline fee revenues draw tax scrutiny

U.S. Census Bureau Shows More People Living in Areas of Poverty

The pelvic exam, a common but often uncomfortable ritual for millions of American women, might be unnecessary for those who don’t have symptoms of a gynecological problem.

President Barack Obama revealed White House plans for an executive order that would ban job discrimination on the basis of gender identity among federal employees.