Top U.S. and World News Headlines for Thursday, November 13

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Ebola Toll Tops 5,000; Infections Slow in Liberia, Guinea While Worsening in Sierra Leone

Obama Admin Seeks Ebola Funding Before Congress, Backs Partial IMF Debt Relief

Report: Ebola Countries Lose More to Tax Dodging than they Spend on Health

Family of Late Ebola Patient Reaches Settlement With Dallas Hospital over Botched Care

Nurses Stage Nationwide Protest over Ebola Protection, Protocols

NATO Accuses Russia of Military Escalation as Ukraine Violence Threatens Truce

Free Syrian Army Rejects U.N. Truce Proposal for Aleppo

Group: 50 Syrian Civilians Among Hundreds Killed in U.S. Strikes

U.S. "Deeply Concerned" over New Israeli Settlement Construction in East Jerusalem

Obama Visits Burma Amid Renewed Junta Repression

Major Banks Fined $4.3 Billion over Exchange Market Manipulation

Fatal Police Shootings Hit 2-Decade Record

Michael Brown Family Testifies at United Nations; Grand Jury to Hear from Forensic Pathologist

Generic Drug Firms Subpoenaed as Price Hikes Draw Federal Scrutiny

U.S. Made $100,000 in Secret Payments to Families of Yemen Drone Strike Victims

Activist, Exonerated Death Row Prisoner Darby Tillis Dead at 71

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