Iraq Launches Effort To Retake Tikrit From ISIS Fighters Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Iraq Launches Effort To Retake Tikrit From ISIS Fighters An Iraqi force has begun a large-scale operation to recapture Tikrit, according to state TV. Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, lies between Baghdad and Mosul. Read this story College: I'll Only Go If I Know (That I Can Afford It) New research shows if students don't think they can afford college, they may not even apply. Read this story Nurse Treated For Ebola To Sue Texas Hospital Nina Pham, 26, who contracted Ebola after caring for a patient, tells the Dallas Morning News that she will file a lawsuit Monday charging the hospital in Dallas lacked proper training and equipment. Read this story Liberia's President: Ebola Re-Energized Her Downtrodden Country In an exclusive interview, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf remembers how Liberia was "the poster child of everything that could go wrong." But people lived up to the local proverb: "Go fix it." Read this story The Brother Went To Fight Ebola. So Did His Sister. Mom Was 'A Wreck' He's an epidemiologist. She's a nurse. And both of them felt compelled to head off to West Africa to battle the virus. Read this story more news stories

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