memeorandum: Charlotte Lucas' Facebook rant about ‘minorities’ raises eyebrows (Rafael Sanchez/WRTV-TV)

9:15 PM ET, October 4, 2014

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CDC officials rush to Newark Airport to meet Liberian passenger flying from Brussels who ‘showed symptoms of Ebola’ — By MIA DE GRAAF FOR MAILONLINE and KIERAN CORCORAN FOR MAILONLINE — CDC officials have rushed to Newark Liberty International Airport after a passenger believed to be from Liberia showed symptoms of Ebola.

Discussion: Althouse

Washington Post:

Dallas Ebola case spurs concern about hospital readiness — A D.C.-area hospital admitted a patient with symptoms and a travel history associated with Ebola. — A Washington-area hospital announced Friday that it had admitted a patient with symptoms and a travel history associated with Ebola.

Discussion: Hot Air, DoD, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg and Chicago Boyz

ABC News:

CDC Officials Meet Flight After Passenger Shows Possible Ebola Symptoms … A United Airlines flight from Brussels was met by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials today at Newark Liberty International Airport after a passenger on board believed to be from Liberia exhibited possible signs of Ebola.

Discussion: abc30.com, New York Magazine and Patterico's Pontifications

New York Times:

Dallas Hospital Alters Account, Raising Questions on Ebola Case — DALLAS — Health officials' handling of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States continued to raise questions Friday, after the hospital that is treating the patient and that mistakenly sent him home when he first came …

Discussion: Washington Post, JustOneMinute and The Verge

Frances Martel / BREITBART.COM:

BOSS, COWORKERS OF US EBOLA PATIENT: HE KNEW HE HAD EBOLA, US TRIP WAS ‘DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SURVIVE’ — A Liberian man who traveled to the United States four days after having contact with a symptomatic Ebola victim in Monrovia “knew he had Ebola,” according to his former boss, who said he abruptly left his job before the incident.

Discussion: ABC News, The PJ Tatler and Twitchy

David Nather / Politico:
GOP 2016ers on Ebola: Panic

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberaland, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler and The Moderate Voice

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
White House says it has Ebola virus under control

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The New Republic and JustOneMinute

Rafael Sanchez / WRTV-TV:

Charlotte Lucas' Facebook rant about ‘minorities’ raises eyebrows — INDIANAPOLIS - A Facebook rant from a prominent Indianapolis figure was raising eyebrows Friday, Call 6 Investigator Rafael Sanchez reported. — Call 6 Investigators obtained a Facebook posting from Charlotte Lucas …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Hinterland Gazette, Raw Story, Liberaland and Americans Against the …

Gail Collins / New York Times:

The Walrus and the Politicians — Let's consider the walrus crisis. — They're piling up in Alaska. About 35,000 walruses have formed what looks to be a humongous brown ball along the northern coast. A mass of critters, some weighing 4,000 pounds, are pressed shoulder to shoulder — or flipper to flipper.

Discussion: Power Line, his vorpal sword and The Mahablog

Alex DeMarban / Anchorage Daily News:

Before Kodiak debate, a backstage flare-up between Young and Dunbar — The combative fisheries debate in Kodiak Wednesday night between U.S. Rep Don Young and his Democratic opponent offered plenty of fireworks, but there was a bristling prelude to the onstage tussle that came …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

New York Times:

Hackers' Attack Cracked 10 Financial Firms in Major Assault — The huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase that touched more than 83 million households and businesses was one of the most serious computer intrusions into an American corporation. But it could have been much worse.

Discussion: Business Insider, Reuters and Bloomberg View

Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:

'It's gross, it's racist': Ben Affleck and Bill Maher clash over criticizing Islam — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Bill Maher and author and neuroscientist Sam Harris battled actor/director Ben Affleck on Real Time on Friday concerning Maher's recent remarks criticizing Islam.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly

act.rootsaction.org:

Stop revolving door between Human Rights Watch and U.S. Gov't — Why did Human Rights Watch select a former CIA official (Miguel Díaz) to sit on its advisory committee for eight years? — Human Rights Watch characterizes itself as an “independent, international organization” …

Discussion: Firedoglake

Associated Press:

Video: Islamic State group beheads British hostage — 2 photos — CAIRO (AP) — An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes.

Discussion: Mediaite, Associated Press, CANNONFIRE, Scared Monkeys, TalkLeft, Yahoo! News and The Daily Caller

Mariano Castillo / CNN:
ISIS video claims to show beheading of Alan Henning; American threatened

Discussion: Hot Air and National Review

Raya Jalabi / Guardian:
Isis video shows murder of British hostage Alan Henning

Discussion: Reuters, TPNN, Mashable and The PJ Tatler

Jon Gillooly / mdjonline.com:

Romney: Georgia may decide if Senate will see ‘fresh air’ — ATLANTA — Former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who stopped by the Varsity on Wednesday to endorse Attorney General Sam Olens, insisted he would not run again for president. — Romney said the state may determine whether …