DSCC Goes Dark in Kentucky  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has gone dark in Kentucky, where the party is targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  After a significant investment in support of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes …

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 …

W.H.O. Forecast for Ebola Worsens as Mortality Rate Rises  —  The World Health Organization reported sobering new figures Tuesday about the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, saying the mortality rate had risen to 70 percent and that the number of new cases could reach 10,000 per week by December.

Hillary Clinton Cracks Herself Up Over Pot Joke  —  Hillary Clinton got laughs when she took a “pot” shot at Colorado's marijuana laws during a campaign stop at a coffee shop.  —  During the former secretary of state's visit to Denver Monday, a barista at the Pigtrain Coffee shop made Clinton …

10-Year-Old Boy Charged with Homicide of 90-Year-Old Woman … DAMASCUS TOWNSHIP — State police charged a 10-year-old boy with criminal homicide on Monday.  —  Troopers told Newswatch 16 the child's mother is the one who told police about what her son had done.

Jimmy John's Makes Low-Wage Workers Sign ‘Oppressive’ Noncompete Agreements  —  If you're considering working at a Jimmy John's sandwich shop, you may want to read the fine print on your job application.  —  A Jimmy John's employment agreement provided to The Huffington Post includes a …

Mideast violence spreads as Turkey bombs Kurdish militants  —  (Reuters) - War against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq threatened to spill into Turkey on Tuesday, where reports emerged that the air force had bombed Kurdish fighters furious at Ankara's refusal to help protect their kin in Syria.

Texas Attorney General: ‘It Does Not Matter’ If Same-Sex Marriage Benefits Children  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/The McAllen Monitor, Joel Martinez  —  The marriage equality fight is still playing out in many states, and on Friday, Texas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott (R) …

Wife confirms man killed in plane crash is Senate candidate  —  The wife of Doug Butzier confirmed Tuesday morning to KCRG-TV that it was Butzier who was killed in a plane crash Monday.  —  View video  —  Butzier is running for U.S. Senate as the Libertarian candidate against Republican Joni Ernst and Democrat Bruce Braley.

China's Dangerous Game  —  The country's intensifying efforts to redraw maritime borders have its neighbors, and the U.S., fearing war.  But does the aggression reflect a government growing in power—or one facing a crisis of legitimacy?  —  In the tranquil harbors that dot the coastline of Palawan …

Silicon Valley Giants Now Pay for Women to Freeze Eggs  —  While techniques and success rates are improving, there's no guarantee the procedure will lead to a baby down the road.  The American Society of Reproductive Medicine doesn't keep comprehensive stats on babies born from frozen eggs …

Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.  —  The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point.  It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people …

COLORADO SENATE: IN CLOSE RACE, MOMENTUM FAVORS GARDNER OVER UDALL, POLL FINDS  —  Watch Molly Hughes and Chuck Plunkett discuss polling results  —  A new Denver Post poll shows Colorado's marquee U.S. Senate race is shifting toward Republican Cory Gardner, as President Barack Obama's sagging …

The Inflation Imputation  —  In 2010, I co-signed an open letter warning that the Fed's experiment with an unprecedented level of loose monetary policy - in amount, and in unorthodox method - created a risk of serious inflation.  Sporadically journalists and others have noted that this risk …

Forensic evidence shows teen shot at St. Louis officer, police say  —  • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8087 and Robert Patrick rpatrick@post-dispatch.com 314-321-5154  —  ST. LOUIS  • Gunshot residue tests and ballistics evidence indicate …