Armed contractor with criminal record was on elevator with Obama in Atlanta  —  A security contractor with a gun and three prior convictions for assault and battery was allowed on an elevator with President Obama during a Sept. 16 trip to Atlanta, violating Secret Service protocols, according to three people familiar with the incident.

CDC Confirms Patient In Dallas Has The Ebola Virus  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Officials with the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed that a person in Dallas definitely has the Ebola virus.  Tuesday's official determination makes the patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas …

BREAKING: Republican Judge Orders Obamacare Defunded  —  Much of the Affordable Care Act must be defunded and millions of Americans must lose their health insurance, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Judge Ronald A. White, an Oklahoma federal judge appointed to the bench by George W. Bush.

Mitt Isn't Ready to Call It Quits  —  “Hey, Ann, can you come here a sec?”  Mitt Romney called out, sinking into the cushions of a walnut-colored easy chair, his legs outstretched on a matching ottoman.  Romney's blue work shirt was tucked into faded jeans; sockless ankles peeked out from his New Balance sneakers.

Referees flag Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for celebration penalty after slide and prayer in endzone  —  Husain Abdullah is a devout Muslim.  He's also a safety for the Chiefs, and he made a promise to himself if he ever did find himself in the end zone.  —  “If I get a pick …

FCC sacks NFL blackout rule  —  The FCC dumped the sports blackout rule Tuesday, dealing a blow to the NFL at a time of growing scrutiny for the league in Washington.  —  In a unanimous 5- vote, the commission eliminated the decades-old regulation, which prevents cable and satellite TV …

This Is What's the Matter With Kansas  —  Sam Brownback tried to create a conservative utopia.  He created a conservative hell instead.  —  The midterm elections of 2010 were good for Republicans nearly everywhere, but amid the national Tea Party insurgency, it was easy to overlook the revolution that was brewing in Kansas.

My Gun Range is a Muslim Free Zone  —  The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range is now a a MUSLIM FREE ZONE.  —  To understand why I arrived at this decision, you must first take in to consideration the nature of my business.  —  This is not a coffee and donut shop.  This is a live fire indoor shooting range.

How Americans' Lives Have Turned Into All Work And No Play, In 3 Charts  —  American workers are putting in more and more hours each week, as the supposedly 40-hour workweek has stretched to 47 hours.  At the same time, they're getting very little paid time off of work to recharge.

Why it might be time to sell that Rand Paul stock  —  Sen. Rand Paul's best window for winning the 2016 Republican presidential nomination increasingly looks like it has passed.  —  A lot can happen over the next 18 months, but the renewed focus on foreign policy — and more specifically …

Large Oil Company Bolts From ALEC  —  Occidental Petroleum is cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council amid backlash against the organization's stance on climate change.  —  A large oil and natural-gas company is parting ways with the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound  —  Abstract  —  This paper re-examines government debt management policy in light of the U.S. experience with extraordinary fiscal and monetary policies since 2008.  —  We first document that the Treasury's decision to lengthen …

The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil  —  Paglia is the author of Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars.  —  Young women today do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature  —  The disappearance of University …

The new campus sex puritans  —  Sixty years ago, sexual behaviour among the young caused deep alarm among the puritanical religious right.  Today, it causes deep alarm among the puritanical progressive left.  Like their forebears, they are doing their best to restrict and regulate it.

How Climate Change Helped ISIS  —  As the Obama administration undertakes a highly public, multilateral campaign to degrade and destroy the militant jihadists known as ISIS, ISIL and the Islamic State, many in the West remain unaware that climate played a significant role in the rise of Syria's extremists.

A Political Attack on Shareholder Value  —  Rating corporate speech may achieve the opposite of its supposed aim.  —  By  —  Last week the Center for Political Accountability and the Zicklin Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School released the annual “CPA-Zicklin Index …