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10:20 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?
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, Vox Popoli and ABC News
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Michael Walsh / NY Daily News:
Louisiana attorney general tries to block ashes of Dallas Ebola victim from entering state
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Julie Steenhuysen / Reuters:
U.S. CDC head criticized for blaming ‘protocol breach’ as nurse gets Ebola
Discussion: Washington Post and BizPac Review
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says Ky. healthcare exchange can stay but not ObamaCare  —  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Monday he wouldn't mind if the state healthcare insurance exchange known as Kentucky Kynect stayed but reiterated his call for the full repeal of ObamaCare.
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, Mediaite and Shakesville
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.
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
It's more expensive to live in D.C. than New York, study says  —  Updated at 8:10 p.m. to include additional information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  The Washington region ranks as the most expensive place to live in the country, ahead of the pricey markets of New York and San Francisco, according to a government study.
Discussion: WJLA-TV
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
He'll Fight Every Day for the Poetry of South Dakota  —  In my piece today on South Dakota's unpredictable Senate race, I noted how the candidates there represented a departure from the cookie-cutter homogeneity that is now commonplace in races around the country.
Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News and NBC News
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
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
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
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
This Ruling Could Put Texas Back In The Doghouse On Voting Law Changes  —  A federal judge's decision on Thursday to strike down Texas's strict voter identification law is a boost for the Obama administration's effort to once again require the Lone Star State to receive federal pre-approval before making any changes to its voting laws.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The disconnect between voter ID laws and voter fraud  —  Almost no one shows up at the polls pretending to be someone else in an effort to throw an election.  Almost no one acts as a poll worker on Election Day to try to cast illegal votes for a candidate.  And almost no general election race …
Discussion: National Review
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New York Times:
The Big Lie Behind Voter ID Laws
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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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Remember The Fresh Promise Of Barack Obama? What Happened To That Guy?
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Hanna Rosin / Slate:
Abortion Is Great  —  A new book argues that the left needs …
Discussion: The Federalist
Theodoric Meyer / The Daily Beast:
The Secret Money Buying Wisconsin's Laws
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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
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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
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Fat Lesbians Got All the Ebola Dollars, But Blame the GOP
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
Bill Scher / Politico:
How Republicans Lost the Culture War
 

 
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