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9:05 AM ET, October 14, 2014

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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Ann Romney launches new center to study neurological diseases  —  Let some in the political world obsess over whether Mitt Romney plans to run for president for a third time — Ann Romney has a bigger project in mind.  —  On Tuesday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston …
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Washington Post:
Can't quit Mitt: Friends say Romney feels nudge to consider a 2016 presidential run  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Officially, Mitt Romney returned to Iowa, the quadrennial presidential proving ground, to give a boost to Joni Ernst.  But at a closed-door breakfast fundraiser here Monday …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Can Joni Ernst break Iowa's Senate habit?  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL 2014 ELECTIONS BRUCE BRALEY JONI ERNST  —  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — For the last 30 years, Iowa has sent one very liberal Democrat, Tom Harkin, to the U.S. Senate, while it has also sent one conservative Republican, Chuck Grassley.
Allen McDuffee / The Atlantic Online:
The Religious Effort in Ferguson  —  During a weekend of protests two months after Michael Brown's death, clergy members speak out for unity and repentance.  —  The weekend of demonstrations dubbed “FergusonOctober,” two months after the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown …
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The Hill:
Feds rethinking Ebola strategy  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said it is starting to “rethink” its Ebola strategy after the first-ever US transmission of the virus put a “relatively large” number of healthcare workers at risk.
Discussion: Hot Air, Hit & Run and ABC News
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Joe Concha / Mediaite:
MSNBC Eyes Canceling Ronan Farrow Show Amidst Schedule Shakeup  —  A well-placed source tells me MSNBC will be announcing major programming changes sometime in the next month, including the cancellation of Ronan Farrow's afternoon program, Ronan Farrow Daily.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jill Abramson regrets stance on James Risen Iran story  —  Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson said in an interview released Sunday that she regrets not pushing the Times to publish a story by national security reporter James Risen about a reportedly flawed CIA effort …
Discussion: Mediaite, Power Line and Balloon Juice
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The war on leaks
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Bill O'Reilly Thinks It's Time For A Mercy Killing At MSNBC (VIDEO)  —  Bill O'Reilly dedicated part of his interview Sunday to two of his favorite pastimes: touting his own popularity and ridiculing MSNBC.  —  The typically brash Fox News pundit, who has a well-known obsession …
BBC:
Oscar Pistorius trial: Call for community service angers prosecutor  —  South African athlete Oscar Pistorius should not go to jail over the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, his sentencing hearing has been told.  —  A probation officer appearing for the defence said Pistorius should serve house arrest and community service.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Mediaite
Doron Ben-Atar / Tablet Magazine:
Kafka Was the Rage  —  At a Catholic school, a professor fighting the academic boycott of Israel is investigated on secret charges  —  The email arrived on the last Friday afternoon of the spring term shortly before 5:00 p.m. Anastasia Coleman, Fordham's Director of Institutional Equity and Compliance …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Americans short on reasons to trust: Column  —  The seemingly professional CDC and Secret Service look overwhelmed and discredited.  —  There's a connection between the Secret Service's Colombian hooker scandal and Americans' increased worry about Ebola.  Both have to do with trust.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Power Line
Jay Root / The Texas Tribune:
Davis Pollster: Controversial Wheelchair Ad Working … *Editor's note: This story has been updated with a comment from the Abbott campaign.  —  The pollster for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis defended her controversial TV ad Sunday, saying it's working as intended despite …
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Theodoric Meyer / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Money Buying Wisconsin's Laws  —  An accidentally released court filing reveals how one company secretly gave money to a nonprofit that helped get favorable mining legislation passed.  —  When billionaire Chris Cline's company bought an option to mine a swath of northern Wisconsin in 2010 …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Hanna Rosin / Slate:
Abortion Is Great  —  A new book argues that the left needs to stop the “awfulization” of abortion and embrace it as a social good.  —  I had an abortion.  I was not in a libertine college-girl phase, although frankly it's none of your business.  I was already a mother of two …
Discussion: The Federalist
New York Times:
At the Vatican, a Shift in Tone Toward Gays and Divorce  —  VATICAN CITY — In a marked shift in tone likely to be discussed in parishes around the world, an assembly of Roman Catholic bishops convened by Pope Francis at the Vatican released a preliminary document on Monday calling for the church …
Discussion: National Review and johnthavis.com
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Chris Christie says he would ‘rather die’ than be a U.S. Senator from N.J. (VIDEO)  —  PARSIPPANY — Addressing the NAACP New Jersey Conference on Saturday, Gov. Chris Christie offered no further clues as to whether he'd declare his candidacy for president next year, but one thing …
Discussion: CNN and OnPolitics
 
 
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DCCC:
NEW DCCC WEB ADS: Republicans Cut CDC's Budget to Fight Ebola While Protecting Tax Breaks for Special Interests
Discussion: New York Magazine and Hot Air
Jeré Longman / New York Times:
Sierra Leone's Soccer Team Struggles With Stigma Over Ebola Outbreak
Hannah McLendon / High Point University:
HPU Poll: Hagan and Tillis Tied Among NC Likely Voters
Discussion: Hot Air
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Nunn tops $4M in Georgia fundraising
Alex B. Berezow / RealClearScience:
To End Suicide Epidemic, Make Guns Harder to Get
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Pentagon Signals Security Risks of Climate Change
Discussion: naked capitalism and The Verge
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Perdue cut work in India from bio
Discussion: Daily Kos
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Fat Lesbians Got All the Ebola Dollars, But Blame the GOP
 Earlier Items: 
John R. Lott Jr / New York Post:
The FBI's bogus report on mass shootings
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
The Republican War on Women Continues, Just More Quietly
Discussion: Politico
Phyllis M Daugherty / Opposing Views:
4 Pit Bulls Attack Animal Control Officer, Supervisor In Oklahoma; Arkansas ACO Also Attacked
Discussion: FOX News Radio
New York Times:
Debate Night in Kentucky Gives Grimes Chance to Shake Things Up
Discussion: Wall Street Journal