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The trial of the VSV-EBOV vaccine was called Ebola ça Suffit — French for "Ebola that's enough." Researchers say it's both effective and quick, with no new Ebola cases 6 days after vaccination.

Fans have high expectations for Eliah Drinkwitz, the newly named University of Missouri head football coach. But a former college president’s research...

The talks showed deep divisions, as small countries highly vulnerable to rising seas and powerful storms were at odds with wealthy, high-emitting countries like the United States.

The latest news on the U.S.-Iran crisis. Democrats debate in Iowa. Impeachment trial developments. We look ahead to a busy week in the news.

A scandal that erupted in April over lavish spending by the General Services Administration, the government's logistics provider, is leaving hotels in St. Louis scrambling to fill rooms. The GSA's GovEnergy conference was scheduled to start August 19. Attendees had booked more than 11,000 hotel rooms over the three days. But the agency informed the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission on Monday that the conference could not meet new standards implemented after the Las Vegas debacle, and would be postponing the event. "They had contracts with 10 hotels," said CVC president Kitty Ratcliffe. "More than half of those hotels had their entire hotel, the full block, contracted to this group, so they haven't taken any other business. They've turned everything else away, and it's impossible to replace." Ratcliffe said the conference was expected to generate about $6 million in direct spending. "But more importantly from our perspective is the fact that hospitality workers who are scheduled when we have events, and aren't scheduled when we don't have events, won't be working because there is absolutely no time to fill those dates," she said. "That means restaurant workers, room cleaners, the union guys who would set up the A/V and the production and the exhibits in the convention center, none of those guys are going to work." The GSA posted the following statement on its website: "After a rigorous review of the 2012 GovEnergy conference, GSA has decided to postpone this year’s conference. GSA has decided to postpone the GovEnergy conference because of new standards that GSA has put in place for conferences and contracts surrounding conferences. There was not sufficient time to make the GovEnergy compliant with these new standards for an August 2012 conference. Funds will be reimbursed to registrants and vendors, and GSA will work with other federal agencies involved in this process. " GSA spokesman Dan Cruz would not say why the agency waited until July to cancel the conference. He said businesses who had contracts for the event need to contact the event planner used by the GSA with questions about lost business.

Retirement accounts have finally recovered the ground they lost when the stock market started crashing in 2008. But they have lost five years' worth of gains. So millions of small investors are doubting the old adage "invest for the long haul."

Mitt Romney has built the superior organization, but "it's sort of coming together" for Rick Santorum. The two GOP front-runners are battling over the crown jewel of Super Tuesday and a key swing state this fall.

Kyle Killen, the man who wrote the new drama Awake, was also behind the Mel Gibson flop The Beaver and the critically hailed but quickly cancelled Lone Star. Can he change his luck?

The Federal Reserve will maintain its hold on record low borrowing costs to stimulate the economy. Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that while the U.S. economy has improved, it still needs support from the Fed to help lower unemployment. Bernanke says that short-term interest rates will stay near zero until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent. Forecasters expect that won't happen sooner than 2015.

Optimists have had no trouble finding fresh evidence to suggest that the real estate market is recovering. Home sales are at the highest levels in years, borrowing rates are at historical lows, and builders are hiring again. But not everyone is convinced that the sector's momentum has staying power.