NBC News Freelancer in Africa Diagnosed With Ebola  —  An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown back to the U.S. for treatment.

28 words that Democrats really wish President Obama didn't say today  —  President Obama was at Northwestern University on Thursday to deliver an economic speech that, he and his team hoped, would lay out the case for why the public is better off today than they were six years ago — even if they didn't feel it in their everday lives.

IS Exclusive: Secret Service Agent Leaked President's Campaign Stops  —  As scandal continues to envelop the Secret Service, InsideSources has learned of a security failure leading up to the 2012 election.  Multiple sources inside the Romney presidential campaign confirm …

Henrico teen beaten at school, charged with assault  —  A Highland Springs High School student is now officially facing assault charges after being brutally attacked at school.  Eric spent nine days in the hospital after a fight at Highland Springs High School left him with a long list of injuries.

Arkansas GOP Outraged About Voter Suppression After Candidate Gets Kicked Off The Voter Rolls  —  Leslie Rutledge, Republican nominee for Arkansas Attorney General  —  Arkansas Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge is crying foul over the cancellation of her voter registration form.

Is Support for Gay Marriage Dropping?  Don't Count On It  —  Last week, a Pew Research Center poll showed a 5-point drop in support for same-sex marriage between February (54 percent) and September (49 percent) of this year.  The result set off much media speculation about the larger public-opinion trends.

McAuliffe aide suggested job for senator's daughter if he remained in his seat  —  RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's chief of staff left a voice-mail message for a Democrat who was on the verge of quitting the General Assembly in June, saying that the senator's daughter might …

Voter registration in Ferguson surges after Brown killing  —  More than 3,000 people have registered to vote in Ferguson, Mo., since the death of Michael Brown — a surge in interest that may mean the city of 21,000 people is ready for a change.  —  Since a white police officer shot …

Obama: Obamacare A Threat To Freedom On Fox News But It's Working In Reality  —  President Barack Obama swiped Fox News in a televised speech on Thursday, in which he mounted an aggressive defense of his economic record.  —  “There's a reason fewer Republicans are preaching doom on deficits …

Cyberattack Against JPMorgan Chase Affects 76 Million Households  —  A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses, a tally that dwarfs previous estimates by the bank and puts the intrusion among the largest ever.

Sam Brownback Supported Wind Farms in Kansas—Until the Koch Brothers Changed His Mind  —  In Kansas, Governor Sam Brownback has always enjoyed the support of Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries.  They have been the single greatest contributor to his campaigns.

How the White House Misplayed Iraqi Troop Talks  —  Leon Panetta served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2009 to 2011, and as secretary of defense from 2011 to 2013.  —  As U.S. forces return to Iraq to counter the surging al-Qaeda splinter group Islamic State of Iraq …

Army warns US military personnel on ISIS threat to family members  —  An Army intelligence bulletin is warning U.S. military personnel to be vigilant after Islamic State militants called on supporters to scour social media for addresses of their family members - and to “show up [at their homes] and slaughter them.”

Alabama's Abortion Law Puts Minors On Trial And Gives Their Fetuses A Lawyer  —  The only abortion clinic in Montgomery, Alabama  —  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against Alabama this week in an attempt to overturn what the group suggests may be the most radical parental consent law in the country.

Bill Clinton can save Dems  —  On Oct. 6 and 7, Bill Clinton will spend two days barnstorming across Arkansas to support Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and other Democrats.  This all-out campaign tour will give a strong boost to Pryor's chances for reelection.  As the former president continues …