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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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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 …
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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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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.
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Michael Walsh / NY Daily News:
Louisiana attorney general tries to block ashes of Dallas Ebola victim from entering state
Louisiana attorney general tries to block ashes of Dallas Ebola victim from entering state
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Julie Steenhuysen / Reuters:
U.S. CDC head criticized for blaming ‘protocol breach’ as nurse gets Ebola
U.S. CDC head criticized for blaming ‘protocol breach’ as nurse gets Ebola
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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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.
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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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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Wendy Davis defends wheelchair ad
Wendy Davis defends wheelchair ad
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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