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Ebola nurse volunteer, why Brazil likes immigrants, Andrew Carnegie's love for public libraries
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Oct 27, 2014
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Ebola nurse volunteer, why Brazil likes immigrants, Andrew Carnegie's love for public libraries

A nurse working in the Ebola zone, why Brazil welcomes immigrants, and why Stephen Hawking joined Facebook.

Dr Felicity Hartnell, who is a clinical research fellow at Oxford University, holds a vial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola in Oxford, England  Wednesday Sept. 17, 2014. A former nurse will be the first of 60 healthy volunteers in the UK who will receive the vaccine. The vaccine was developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and GlaxoSmithKline and targets the Zaire strain of Ebola, the cause of the ongoing outbreak in West Africa. A trial of the same vaccine has already begun in the U.S.  (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/Pool)
Dr Felicity Hartnell, who is a clinical research fellow at Oxford University, holds a vial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola in Oxford, England Wednesday Sept. 17, 2014. A former nurse will be the first of 60 healthy volunteers in the UK who will receive the vaccine. The vaccine was developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and GlaxoSmithKline and targets the Zaire strain of Ebola, the cause of the ongoing outbreak in West Africa. A trial of the same vaccine has already begun in the U.S. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/Pool)
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On Monday Take Two covers a nurse working in the Ebola zone, hazing at universities and Carnegie libraries redefining themselves. 

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"Disease detectives" are hard at work behind the scenes, collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control, to stop the spread of Ebola and other infectious diseases in the U.S.
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If you got an email asking if you would fly to West Africa to help treat Ebola patients, would you go?Nurse Bridget Mulrooney did and the decision changed her life.
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The shooter, Jaylen Fryberg also died at the scene. Medical examiners say his death was a suicide. Deborah Wang of Seattle public station KUOW reports.
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The department says they hire based purely on merit. But a new LA Times investigation reveals there may be some nepotism at play as well.
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After hazing incidents, California State University Northridge has banned all of its 54 fraternities and sororities from recruitment and pledging activities for new members. Documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt talks about hazing and the role it plays at universities and other parts of society.
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Harvey Weinstein wants to change how different Hollywood producers are credited. San Francisco meets Tokyo in the new world of "Big Hero 6." And Stephen Hawking takes to Facebook. The LA Times' Rebecca Keegan weighs in.
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More than $50 million of Andrew Carnegie's fortune went to build hundreds of libraries--142 here in California alone. In today's dollars, that's $1.2 billion. CityLab's Kriston Capps shares how Carnegie's wealth helped build the modern library system in the U.S.
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Moreno Valley, located deep in the Inland Empire, is a major artery of commerce that's home to many warehouses. But it's also a home to political corruption where the FBI paid out the largest bribe ever in a sting to catch a public official: $2.36 million.
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The criminal justice system has transformed in recent years, yet both candidates have let it go largely unnoticed. The California Report's Scott Shafer has more.
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Artist Casey Nocket recently traveled to several national parks on the west coast. But while taking in the natural sights, she created her own: Nocket allegedly scrawled her own drawings and artwork onto the landscape.
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The L.A. Unified iPads program has run into a host of problems since it launched last year, leading to resignation of its biggest advocate, former superintendent John Deasy. Does this mark the end of the effort?
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Anaheim is the largest city in the state that elects officials citywide - and Latinos there say that's keeping their voices from being heard. SCPR's Erika Aguilar reports.
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As the BBC's Wyre Davies reports from northern Brazil, there is one country still prepared to treat migrants and refugees with respect and the promise of a future. But is it a policy that can last?
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LA has the only Thai Town in the U.S. Southern California's Public Radio's Josie Huang reports on the neighborhood celebrating a milestone birthday on Monday.
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"Listen up Philip" stars Jason Schwartzman as Philip and Elisabeth Moss as his current girlfriend Ashley. It's a film about writers, told in chapters. There's even a narrator who we hear in voiceover throughout the film.