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Reuters:
Were YOU on the same flight as America's first Ebola victim?: United Airlines releases flight numbers for the planes Thomas Duncan caught from Liberia to Dallas — United Airlines revealed flight numbers for two out of three planes Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan reportedly traveled on during his trip to the US
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Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Airlines face Ebola fallout — Health experts say travelers face little risk of contracting Ebola on airplanes, but the disease's arrival in the United States is bringing new worries about its ability to hop between countries and continents. — Those concerns escalated with Wednesday's statement …
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Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
Liberian Officials Identify Ebola Victim in Texas as Thomas Eric Duncan
Liberian Officials Identify Ebola Victim in Texas as Thomas Eric Duncan
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Bill Hanna / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Wary of Ebola, Dallas parents pull kids from school
Wary of Ebola, Dallas parents pull kids from school
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Marjorie Owens / WFAA-TV:
Miles: 5 DISD students possibly exposed to Ebola
Miles: 5 DISD students possibly exposed to Ebola
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Bloomberg:
Secret Service Chief Pierson Resigns Amid Security Gaps — Embattled U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, the first woman to lead the agency in charge of protecting the president, resigned amid mounting criticism over a series of security lapses. — Pierson stepped down only 18 months …
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Pierson Punted: Obama, Congress Must Now Undo Bush-Era Injustice to Secret Service
Pierson Punted: Obama, Congress Must Now Undo Bush-Era Injustice to Secret Service
Bryce Covert / The New Republic:
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Was a Victim of the “Glass Cliff”
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Was a Victim of the “Glass Cliff”
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
George W. Bush: I think Jeb wants it! — Former President George W. Bush says he thinks his brother Jeb wants to be in the White House and added that he is pushing his younger sibling to run for president in 2016. — “I think he wants to be president,'” George Bush said on Fox News on Thursday.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Why Boehner is wooing Jeb Bush — It's been a yearlong courtship, but no one quite knows if it will pay off. — For the past year, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has been wooing his longtime friend Jeb Bush to jump into the 2016 presidential race, even as he has shunned potential Tea Party rivals …
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
White House: No Ebola travel restrictions — The White House said Wednesday it will not impose travel restrictions or introduce new airport screenings to prevent additional cases of Ebola from entering the United States. — Spokesman Josh Earnest said that current anti-Ebola measures …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
White House: No, We Don't Think We Should Ban Flights From Ebola Countries
White House: No, We Don't Think We Should Ban Flights From Ebola Countries
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
The Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans …
The Obama administration warned Israel on Wednesday that plans …
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Republican Chances of Senate Takeover Are Improving — But Kansas race complicates matters — The race for the Senate is perceptively moving in the Republicans' direction, but not so dramatically that we're ready to call the race definitively for them. — While we've long said the 2014 map …
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Scott Bland / National Journal:
Why Women Are Democrats' Last Best Hope to Salvage the Senate — Republicans are nervously watching the gender gap widen as Democrats press their advantage with female voters. — LINES TO SHARE — The Dem-GOP gender gap has ballooned to historic proportions across 2014's battleground states
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Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Grand jury considering the Ferguson shooting is being investigated for misconduct — The St. Louis County prosecutor's office is investigating an accusation of misconduct on the grand jury that is hearing the case against the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
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George Packer / New Yorker:
Two Speeches and a Tragedy — In his first year in office, President Obama gave two speeches—one in Cairo, the other in Oslo—that bear directly on the crisis in the Middle East today. The Cairo speech, in June, 2009, offered a message of peace and coöperation between America, the West, and the Muslim world.
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Sean Coughlan / BBC:
Tom and Jerry cartoons carry racism warning — Tom and Jerry cartoons on television are being accompanied by a warning that they may depict scenes of “racial prejudice”. — The classic cat and mouse cartoons, some made more than 70 years ago, carry a warning for subscribers to Amazon Prime Instant Video.
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Yahoo! News, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite and National Review
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: What If The 3K Troops Obama Sent To Africa All Catch Ebola? — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday questioned President Obama's decision to dispatch 3,000 U.S. troops to West Africa to help combat the Ebola virus. — “Where is disease most transmittable?
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nejm.org:
Provision of No-Cost, Long-Acting Contraception and Teenage Pregnancy — BACKGROUND — The rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is higher than in other developed nations. Teenage births result in substantial costs, including public assistance, health care costs …
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Michael Wear / The Atlantic Online:
The American Family Is Making a Comeback — Marriage is on the decline, birthrates are down, and divorce rates are high. But politicians in both parties are finally putting forth proposals to help—and strengthen society. — On April 24, 2012, President Obama went on Late Night …
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Cult of Neil deGrasse Tyson — Neil deGrasse Tyson is a very famous and popular scientist. He even has a TV show. And wears a cool astronomical vest. Only he's not infallible. — Obama's life is at risk — FCC sacks NFL blackout rule — Liberal doves run as war hawks
Owen Boss / Boston Herald:
Herald cartoonist apologizes for Obama cartoon — By: — Boston Herald cartoonist Jerry Holbert took to the airwaves this morning to apologize for a political cartoon that set off a social media firestorm after appearing on the paper's editorial page. — “I want to apologize to anyone …
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