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9:45 PM ET, October 12, 2014

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Fox News:
CDC director: Second case of Ebola in US result of ‘breach of protocol’  —  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a “breach of protocol” caused a health care worker at a Dallas hospital to preliminarily test positive for Ebola.  —  The health care worker …
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Byron Tau / Politico:
NIH official: ‘The system worked’ on Ebola  —  Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, said on Sunday the system put into place to slow the spread of Ebola transmission in the United States was working.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
CDC Director: New Ebola Case Shows There Was ‘Clearly a Breach of Protocol’
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Dallas Nurse Contracts Ebola Virus, Elevating Response and Anxiety
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:   Expert: US Ebola transmission ‘distressing’
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Health worker 2nd in US to test positive for Ebola
Bill Tomson / Politico:
Ebola threatens chocolate
Discussion: Hot Air and Liberal Values
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:   McCain calls for ‘Ebola czar’
Susan Levine / Politico:   Questions emerge about Ebola readiness
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Bernie Sanders Takes Over Sunday Morning And Shreds John McCain's ISIS Warmongering  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders knocked John McCain off of his usual Sunday morning warmongering turf by following a typical McCain appearance on CNN State Of The Union with a fact laced shredding of McCain's pro-war propaganda.
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Josh Hicks / Washington Post:   McCain on the Islamic State: 'They're winning, and we're not'
Lauren McGaughy / Texas Politics:
Greg Abbott: Texas gay marriage ban reduces out-of-wedlock births  —  AUSTIN - Attorney General Greg Abbott says Texas' same-sex marriage ban should remain in place because legalizing it would do little or nothing to encourage heterosexual couples to get married and have children.
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Anchorage Daily News:
Federal judge rules Alaska's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional  —  A federal judge ruled Sunday that Alaska's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, paving the way for gay couples to begin marrying in the state for the first time.  —  “The court finds that Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage …
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Krugman: Obama One of ‘Most Consequential’ Presidents in Modern History  —  New York Times columnist Paul Krugman told ABC News' Jon Karl Sunday morning that President Barack Obama was one of the most consequential commanders in chief in modern history, arguing that his policy accomplishments far outstripped …
Discussion: Liberal Values and FOX News Radio
NY Daily News:
Stasi: Tea Party and fears of an Ebola outbreak go hand in hand  —  It's another bad week for the NYPD; paparazzi need to leave mentally ill Amanda Bynes alone; what was Stephen Collins' ex-wife thinking when she stayed with a perv?  —  According to a new national poll, the more educated you are …
Thomas Frank / Salon:
EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Warren on Barack Obama: “They protected Wall Street.  Not families who were losing their homes.  Not people who lost their jobs.  And it happened over and over and over"  —  “There has not been nearly enough change,” she tells Salon, taking on Obama failures, lobbyists, tuition.
CNN:
ISIS could hold swath from northern Syria to the gates of Baghdad  —  Baghdad (CNN) — ISIS fighters stand on the verge of victory on two fronts, and poorly equipped local forces do their best to resist.  —  The Islamist extremists appear set to take a key Syrian town along the Turkish border …
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CNN:
McCain ISIS “is winning, and we're not”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, DoD and Guardian
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
I.S. = Invasive Species
Discussion: Power Line
Michael Specter / New Yorker:
The Fear Equation  —  In early March of 2003, when SARS swept into Hong Kong from Southern China, the streets of one of the world's most densely populated areas were practically deserted.  Venders in kiosks sold face masks and hand sanitizer to anyone brave, or foolish, enough to leave home.
Discussion: Philly.com
Scott Timberg / Salon:
“When that cop killed Michael Brown, and when George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, they were killing Barack Obama”  —  Greil Marcus explains why the sick new American racism is only getting worse, and explores his brilliant new book  —  Greil Marcus is a critic of music and culture who has helped redefine the job description.
Discussion: Hot Air and Truth Revolt
James Risen / New York Times:
Investigation Into Missing Iraqi Cash Ended in Lebanon Bunker  —  WASHINGTON — Not long after American forces defeated the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein in 2003, caravans of trucks began to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington on a regular basis, unloading an unusual cargo — pallets of shrink-wrapped $100 bills.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Guardian
T.S. Jarmusz / Gillette News Record:
Disgruntled employee steals train  —  A jaunt on a stolen train Thursday ended in a crash and possible federal felony charges for the 22-year-old driver.  —  Derek Skyler Brux was charged Friday with reckless endangering, felony destruction of property and felony destruction …
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberaland
 
 
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