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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Laborfest 2014 at Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 1, 2014.

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National, International

• UK court backs Teva rival to AstraZeneca lung drug
  
  A sign bearing the logo of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is seen in its Jerusalem oral solid dosage plant (OSD.) REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

• British Ebola patient discharged from hospital after ZMapp treatment

• Rural hospitals pressured to close as healthcare system changes

• U.S. GMO labeling foes triple spending in first half of this year over 2013

• Final trial confirms efficacy of Sanofi's dengue vaccine

• GE's 3D mammography device gets FDA approval
   

• CDC says Ebola threatens stability of stricken countries
  
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) educational materials are displayed at a hearing of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, about the Ebola crisis in West Africa, on Capitol Hill in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

• Dolphin virus adds to deaths in troubled Florida lagoon

• U.S. missionary doctor in Liberia tests positive for Ebola

• For blind bus riders, a new app boosts independence