memeorandum: Developing Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot at home; wife released (Los Angeles Times)

3:05 AM ET, October 1, 2014

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:

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.

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:

White House intruder was tackled by off-duty Secret Service agent — The man who jumped over the White House fence and sprinted through the main floor of the mansion could have gotten even farther had it not been for an off-duty Secret Service agent who was coincidentally in the house and leaving for the night.

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Ex-Agent Pens WaPo Op-Ed Urging Allen West To Lead Secret Service — After stunning revelations about security breaches at the White House, a former Secret Service agent thinks it's time for the military to get involved, specifically former Rep. Allen West (R-FL).

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Ronald Kessler / Politico:

Something Is Rotten in the Secret Service — And Obama's life is in danger because of it. — Behind the rotten culture is arrogance. After uniformed officers failed to take out 42-year-old Omar J. Gonzalez when he hopped over the fence and ran into the White House …

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Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:

Exclusive: Secret Service missed man with gun in elevator with Obama — WHITE HOUSE BARACK OBAMA SECRET SERVICE NATIONAL SECURITY PENNAVE ATLANTA CDC JULIA PIERSON — A man with a gun that the Secret Service did not know about rode in an elevator with President Obama during his visit …

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Ktvtdeborah / CBS Dallas:

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 …

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Washington Post:

CDC confirms first case of Ebola in the U.S. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Tuesday the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States. — “An individual traveling from Liberia has been diagnosed with Ebola in the United States,” Thomas Frieden …

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WFAA-TV:

CDC: Ebola confirmed in Dallas patient — “There is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control — DALLAS — A patient in a Dallas hospital was confirmed Tuesday to have the deadly Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday.

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Dana Ford / CNN:

First diagnosed case of Ebola in the U.S. — Atlanta (CNN) — A patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, health officials announced Tuesday. — The unidentified man left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in the United States …

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Javier E. David / CNBC:
CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US

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Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Nigeria's Actions Seem to Contain Ebola Outbreak

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

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.

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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Judge rules against White House on Affordable Care Act

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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
7 Charts That Prove Obamacare Is Working

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Melissapamerktla / KTLA:

Mayor of Bell Gardens Fatally Shot in Domestic Dispute; Wife Questioned and Released — The mayor of Bell Gardens was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in a dispute with his wife, who was being detained, authorities said. — A family photograph of Daniel Crespo and his wife, Levette.

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Los Angeles Times:
Developing Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot at home; wife released

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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:

White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths — The White House has acknowledged for the first time that strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes will not apply to U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq.

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Mike Ayers / Wall Street Journal:

A ‘Tetris’ Movie Is in the Works (Exclusive) — A film adaptation of the classic '80s video game “Tetris” will be falling into theaters sometime in the near future. — Threshold Entertainment has teamed up with the Tetris Company to develop a live-action film based on the game.

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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:

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.

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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

NFL: Muslim Player Shouldn't Have Been Penalized For Touchdown Prayer — The NFL said Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah, a devout Muslim, shouldn't have been flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after kneeling in prayer post-touchdown during Monday night's game against the New England Patriots.

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Tod Palmerthe / Kansas City Star:
Referees flag Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for celebration penalty after slide and prayer in endzone

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Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
NFL penalizes Muslim player for praying; league says it was wrong (updated)

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David Corn / Mother Jones:

Mitt Romney's Latest Excuse for His 47 Percent Remarks Is a Doozy — You won't believe who he's blaming now. — Mitt Romney explains his 47 percent remark, Take 23. — During a recent sit-down with the New York Times' Mark Leibovich, the former GOP presidential nominee …

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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Romney '12 in Two Paragraphs — Buried near the end …

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Brooks Boliek / Politico:

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 …

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