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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'...
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Republicans Maintain Edge in Senate Races, Poll Finds — The fight for control of the Senate is stable and tight, with Republicans maintaining the inside track to a majority in the latest round of data from the New York Times/CBS News/YouGov online panel of more than 100,000 respondents.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Poll Shows Orman With Significant Lead Over Roberts In Kansas
Poll Shows Orman With Significant Lead Over Roberts In Kansas
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Florida Times Union:
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 …
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Scott Kaufman / Raw Story:
Former SC GOP director: Execute anyone who comes into contact with Ebola — 'it's just math' — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The former general counsel and executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party is coming under fire for the novel solutions to the Ebola epidemic he is posting on Twitter.
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
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 …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
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 …
Constanze Letsch / Guardian:
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 …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
A Legacy Opportunity For Obama! — With Ebola in the news (and the D68 enterovirus actually taking lives in the US), President Obama has an opportunity for a nation-changing legacy achievement - end the traditional handshake and popularize the jihadist fist bump.
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Sattkisson / Sharyl Attkisson:
Polio-like illness claims fifth life in U.S. — At least five children infected with the respiratory illness known enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) have died in the U.S. in the past month. — (Above image: a non-polio enterovirus as seen using an immunoelectron microscopic technique. Courtesy: CDC)
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
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.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
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 …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
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 …
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Daily Mail:
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.
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