Wall St. extends bounce-back; S&P; above key levels 3:13pm EDT

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the S&P; 500 on track for a fourth straight session of gains boosted by strong corporate results, including Apple's. | Video

A Coast Guard Corpsman working with the Office of Field Operations checks the temperature of a traveler who has recently traveled to either Guinea, Sierra Leone, or Liberia in this handout picture from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection taken at Washington Dulles International Airport October 16, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Josh Denmark/Handout via Reuters
Ebola Virus

U.S. limits air travel from Ebola-hit region

By Jeffrey Dastin

NEW YORK - The United States ratcheted up its safeguards against Ebola, requiring travelers from three countries at the center of an epidemic in West Africa to fly into one of five major airports conducting enhanced screening for the virus.  Full Article 

A McDonald's restaurant is pictured in Encinitas, California September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Business

Tough rivalries, China scandal hit McDonald's

McDonald's - which has not given investors many reasons to sing "I'm lovin' it" - said quarterly profit dropped by nearly one-third and warned that global restaurant sales will fall again in October.  Full Article 

South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius (C) enters a police van after his sentencing at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
World

Olympic star Pistorius sentenced to jail

By Joe Brock 

PRETORIA - A South African judge sentenced Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius to five years in prison for the negligent killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.   Video | Full Article 

An in-game screenshot of Minecraft is seen in this undated publicity image. REUTERS/Microsoft/Handout
Money

Go ahead - let your kid play that video game

By Chris Taylor

NEW YORK - If your kids are chattering non-stop about things like emeralds, pickaxes and creepers, you may have a unique opportunity to turn a video game addiction into a life lesson about money.  Full Article 

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks at a new IMac after a presentation at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
Cyber Crime

China-backed hackers target Apple's iCloud

By Jim Finkle, Gerry Shih and Ben Blanchard

BOSTON/BEIJING - Apple iCloud storage and backup service in China was attacked by hackers trying to steal user credentials, a Chinese web monitoring group said.  Full Article 

Reuters FYI: News Worth Knowing

A cow is shown to the crowd during the Miss Milk Cow beauty contest in Moc Chau plateau, 200 km northwest of Hanoi October 15, 2014.REUTERS/Kham

That cow isn't just a pretty face

From a bovine beauty contest to a festival of lights. Plus, the surgery that helped a paralyzed man walk. Amy Tennery's coverage picks.   Full Article 

Data Dive

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, where the U.S. suffered its most serious nuclear accident in 1979, is seen across the Susquehanna River in Middletown, Pennsylvania in this night view. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

What the U.S. is spending on nukes

By Michael Corones

Washington estimates the costs of modernizing the nation's crumbling arsenal at $355 billion, with another $215 billion slated for “other nuclear-related activities.”  Full Article 

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Lucky escape for girl in Ukraine

A lucky escape for little girl as Donetsk stadium's glass facade falls after shelling in Ukraine.  Video