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7:55 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 …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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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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Associated Press:
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and JIM SALTER
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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 …
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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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
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
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: Power Line
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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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
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
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 …
DCCC:
NEW DCCC WEB ADS: Republicans Cut CDC's Budget to Fight Ebola While Protecting Tax Breaks for Special Interests  —  The DCCC launched paid online ads today hitting House Republicans for voting to cut the Centers for Disease Control's budget, which goes to fighting epidemics like Ebola, while protecting tax breaks for special interests.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Hot Air
 
 
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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
John R. Lott Jr / New York Post:
The FBI's bogus report on mass shootings
 Earlier Items: 
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
The Republican War on Women Continues, Just More Quietly
Discussion: Politico
Arizona Republic:
DuVal drove while his license was suspended
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
Judith Shulevitz / The New Republic:
Accused College Rapists Have Rights, Too
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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