Kansas Surprise: Orman Leads Roberts by 10 in NBC/Marist Poll - NBC News  —  Independent candidate Greg Orman is leading incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts in Kansas by 10 points, while Democrats have a slim lead in North Carolina'...

Maher, Affleck tussle on radical Islam  —  Political comedian Bill Maher got into a heated back and forth Friday with Ben Affleck over radical Islam, with the actor saying comments Maher made about the religion were “gross and racist.”  —  On HBO's “Real Time,” Maher said he and author Sam Harris …

Man shoots woman to death at Middleburg home after she ‘jokingly’ slapped him  —  A Clay County man was arrested early Saturday on manslaughter charges after allegedly shooting a woman to death after she jokingly slapped him across the face.  —  Elliott William Orsborn, 26 …

George Will Complains About Obama ‘Monitoring Sex On Campuses’  —  Conservative columnist and pundit George Will  —  On Sunday, during a conversation about Americans' loss of confidence in government following the break-in at the White House and the spread of Ebola, Fox News contributor George …

Air strikes against Isis are not working, say Syrian Kurds  —  Isis fighters have pushed to the edge of Kobani, undeterred by western strikes, says city official  —  Isis fighters have pushed to within little more than a mile of the centre of the city of Kobani, undeterred by western air strikes …

Little Bobby, Now in Full Backtracking Mode  —  Robert F.  “Little Bobby” Kennedy Jr is trying to backtrack from his latest foam-flecked calls for jailing climate skeptics.  He's taken the pages of EcoWatch.com (what—was Salon.com out of pixels that day?) to affect a denialist pose (heh) of his own previous very clear words:

The new and improved Jindal  —  Bobby Jindal is working to show voters he's more than a wooden wonk by loosening up on the campaign trail.  —  Now, with a new and improved, more relaxed demeanor, some conservatives are taking a second look at the Louisiana governor for 2016 after largely writing …

NIH Official Dismisses Fox Host's Question On Ebola As Bioterrorism  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Sunday cast doubt on concerns that undocumented immigrants will cross the southern border into the United States or that terrorists will use the disease as a weapon.

Will Iowa break up with Obama?  —  Iowa voters may be on the verge of ending their love affair with President Obama.  —  Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst holds a lead in polls over Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley in a state Democrats once assumed they'd hold on to easily.

Senator Says Obama Is Only Fighting ISIS To Help Democrats, Will Abandon War After Midterm Elections  —  New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R) argued on Sunday that President Obama has declared war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in order to help Democrats win the midterm elections in November …

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.

Courts will decide if chimps should have same rights as humans  —  It's the “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”  —  A New York appeals court next week will consider whether chimps should have the same rights as human beings.  —  The extraordinary proceeding is the result of a lengthy battle …