According to JP Morgan the attackers were in their networks for more than a month. And you know the kinds of hackers that would be able to pull off this type of attack are not the kind you want to have inside your network for a month.

The New York-based bank says there's no evidence sensed information like account numbers, passwords or social security numbers was compromised, however addresses, phone numbers and emails were taken. JP Morgan says it is working with law enforcement to investigate the attack.

 

Texas Health Department says family members of the Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola are not showing any signs of infection. NPR's Michael I reports four of those family members have been quarantined in their homes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that about a dozen people came into close contact with Thomas Eric Duncan after he became sick. Four of those people are part of Duncan's family, and they are now being held by police in their home, and monitored for signs of infection. But doctor D Lucky of the Texas Department of State Health Services, says at this point these family members are not showing symptoms and thus are not contagious.

They did not have fever at this time. There's no risk that they have spread disease to any other individual. 

Lucky admits though that the conditions in their home are not good. The Texas Health Department is still trying to get somebody to remove contaminated clothes and sheets used by Duncan when he was sick. M D, NPR News.

 

A freelance cameraman helping to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia for NBC News is tested positive for the virus. The network says he will be flown back to the US for treatment.

 

Hong Kong's Chief Executive offered to initiate a dialogue with protesters who occupy key areas of the city. NPR's Anthony K reports that he did not agree to the protesters' demands to resign though.

Chief Executive CY Leung deputized several officials to meet with student leaders, although he didn't say when the meeting would take place. Protester leaders welcome the offer of talks. Leung also warned protesters there would be serious consequences if they try to occupy government offices. Bedlam broke out when some protesters who were dissatisfied with Leung's speech tried to block a major road. Other protesters who feared police might respond with force pulled them back. Anthony K, NPR News, Hong Kong.

 

The number of people filing first-time jobless claims fell last week to seasonally adjusted 287,000. We'll closely watch monthly numbers due out tomorrow.

 

On Wall Street the DOW dropped 3 points to 16801. The NASDAQ gained 8 points.

 

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US law makers are calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to lean harder on Iran in talks about that country’s disputed nuclear program. More than 350 House members signed on a letter sent to Kerry expressing concerns on an agreement over Iran's nuclear program, that not require sufficiently strict inspections of its facilities. One of UN's main nuclear watchdog group ** address concerns about this program. The West claims Iran is seeking to build an atomic bomb. Iran claims its program is for peaceful purposes.

 

No word today from the US Supreme Court on gay marriage. The justice has issued a list of cases they'll hear in the new term which begins Monday. But as NPR's NT explains same sex marriage was notably absent.

The silence on the gay marriage question was no surprise. Although there are seven same sex marriage cases pending before the court, the justice is likely to thoroughly vet a big issue like this before they choose which cases to hear and when. The court of course could wait until there are more cases before it. All the Appeals courts that have ruled on the issue have said that state bans on same sex marriage are unconstitutional. But both pro and anti gay rights forces are urging the court not to wait and to decide the question sooner rather than later. So sometime in the next few weeks, the High Court likely, though not certainly, will announce which gay marriage cases it has chosen as test cases for review this term. Nina T, NPR News, Washington.

 

** Warren Buffet and his Berkshire Hathaway Group are getting into car business. Berkshire Hathaway announced today they will purchase the privately owned auto dealership company Van Tuyl Group for undisclosed price. With 78 independently operated dealership and more than 100 franchises, Van Tuyl is among the largest privately held auto dealership companies in the nation. 

I'm Jack Speer, NPR News in Washington.