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3:35 PM 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 …
Mitt Romney / Medium:
Dear Ann,  —  You've come a long way.  It's been over fifteen …
Discussion: ABC News, CNN, OnPolitics and Mediaite
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Does Calling Kentucky's Obamacare ‘Fine’ Disqualify McConnell?  —  Undebatable: Grimes and McConnell in Kentucky, Warner in Virginia, and Cotton in Arkansas offer wince-worthy moments.  —  What's more disqualifying?  A Democrat who refuses to say whether she voted for President Obama …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says Ky. healthcare exchange can stay but not ObamaCare
Joel Gehrke / National Review:
Again: Grimes Refuses to Say She Voted for Obama During Debate With McConnell
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.
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New York Times:
W.H.O. Forecast for Ebola Worsens as Mortality Rate Rises
Discussion: Gawker and Shakesville
The Huffington Post:
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 …
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
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 …
Bill Michlowski / WNEP-TV:
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.
Discussion: myfox8.com, WREG-TV and Q13 FOX News
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Republicans Need to Call Off the Voting Wars—for Their Own Good  —  We are now three weeks to Election Day, which means we are deep into another round of the voting wars—the ceaseless legislative, legal and regulatory battle over which Americans can vote, and when and where and with what paperwork they must do so.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:   This Ruling Could Put Texas Back In The Doghouse On Voting Law Changes
Reuters:
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.
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Pentagon sees security threat from climate
Discussion: Hot Air and CBS News
KCCI-TV:
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.
John Frank / Denver Post:
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Election Rule #34: Process Gaffes Matter. Policy Gaffes Don't.
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
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 …
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Obamacare website won't reveal insurance costs for 2015 until after election  —  States with key Senate races face double-digit premium hikes
Howard W. French / The Atlantic Online:
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 …
Cliff Asness / RealClearMarkets:
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 …
Danielle Friedman / NBC News:
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 …
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
This Video Shows An Arizona Police Officer Telling An Immigrant He'll Kill Him If He Moves  —  “Keep your hands where I can see them, don't move.  You hear me?  You have a license?  Show me your license now.  If you do something, I'll kill you here.  You understand?”
 
 
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Pew Research Center:
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Key races tighten in Kansas
Dan Tilkin / KOIN-TV:
1997: Cylvia Hayes jointly bought property for pot grow
Discussion: Oregonian and Fox News
New York Post:
Rock-Star Capitalism  —  Capitalism rocks — as Apple CEO Tim Cook …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Florida gubernatorial race all tied up
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times and Gravis
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
Inside Bashar Assad's torture chambers
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CANNONFIRE
James Hohmann / Politico:
NRSC making big bet in North Carolina
Matthew Burns / WRAL-TV:
Judge orders county to provide early voting site on App State campus
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
New dimensions in racial tensions
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
It's more expensive to live in D.C. than New York, study says
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Congressman's Advice to Democrats: ‘Fix Bayonets and Charge’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Hanna Rosin / Slate:
Abortion Is Great  —  A new book argues that the left needs …
Discussion: The Federalist and National Review
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Chris Christie says he would ‘rather die’ than be a U.S. Senator from N.J. (VIDEO)
Discussion: CNN, OnPolitics and New York Magazine
Theodoric Meyer / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Money Buying Wisconsin's Laws
Doron Ben-Atar / Tablet Magazine:
Kafka Was the Rage  —  At a Catholic school, a professor fighting …
 

 
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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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