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8:45 AM ET, October 15, 2014

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Texas Department of State Health Services Mobile:
Second Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola  —  A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States has tested positive for the disease.  —  The health care worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at the hospital.
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Holly Yan / CNN:
2nd health care worker tests positive for Ebola at Dallas hospital  —  (CNN) — A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, health officials said Wednesday — casting further doubt on the hospital's ability to handle Ebola and protect employees.
Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
Ebola outbreak: Get up to speed with the latest developments  —  (CNN) — NBC medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman apologizes for violating quarantine.  The husband of the Ebola-stricken Spanish nurse lashes out.  And a United Nations worker being treated for the disease in Germany dies.
Discussion: Daily Signal
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Dallas Nurse Who Contracted Ebola Says She's ‘Doing Well’
Discussion: ABC News and FOX News Radio
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trouble Looms for Obama, Democrats with Election Day 2014 Approaching  —  Barack Obama and his political party are heading into the midterm elections in trouble.  The president's 40 percent job approval rating in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the lowest of his career …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Democratic Party hits a 30-year low  —  The Democratic Party is held in worse regard than at any point in the past 30 years, according to a new poll.  —  The poll, from the Washington Post and ABC News, shows 39 percent of Americans now have a favorable impression of the blue team, while 51 percent have an unfavorable impression.
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
This Independent Candidate Is Proof of How Far to the Right Republicans Have Swung  —  On Monday afternoon, the four candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota participated in a forum in Sioux Falls.  The event itself was unremarkable, with each candidate offering his views …
Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
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 …
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CNN:
Democrats pull TV ads in Kentucky Senate race
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Does Calling Kentucky's Obamacare ‘Fine’ Disqualify McConnell?
C.J. Chivers / New York Times:
The Secret U.S. Casualties of Iraq's Abandoned Chemical Weapons  —  A controlled detonation of recovered mustard shells near Taji, Iraq, on Aug. 17, 2008.  —  The soldiers at the blast crater sensed something was wrong.  —  It was August 2008 near Taji, Iraq.
Katherine Driessen / Houston Chronicle:
City subpoenas pastors' sermons in equal rights ordinance case … Houston's embattled equal rights ordinance took another legal turn this week when it surfaced that city attorneys, in an unusual step, subpoenaed sermons given by local pastors who oppose the law and are tied …
Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post and RedState
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Todd Starnes / Fox News:   City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons
adfmedia.org:   Houston, we have a problem  —  Angry over voter lawsuit …
WXIA-TV:
Exclusive Poll: Nunn leads Senate race by 3%  —  ATLANTA — For the first time, Michelle Nunn leads the race for Georgia's Senate seat.  In an exclusive 11Alive poll conducted by Survey USA, Democrat Michelle Nunn leads likely voters 48% to Republican David Perdue's 45%.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Scoop: Democrats pour $1M more into Georgia
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Klayman: Obama Must Be ‘Taken Alive’ For Bringing Ebola To America To Afflict White People  —  Conservative legal activist Larry Klayman has filed a lawsuit against President Obama for “providing material support and aid to international terrorism and facilitating terrorism” …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
‘White boy’ Biden calls tea party ‘crazy’  —  The Many Faces of Joe Biden  —  Washington (CNN) — Vice President Joe Biden, in a closed-door meeting with black clergy in South Carolina Tuesday, referred to himself as “the only white boy on the east side of Wilmington” as he recalled his days …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Gardner leads Udall in Colorado Senate race  —  Washington (CNN) — Republican Cory Gardner has opened up a four-point lead in a Colorado Senate race that's key in determining whether Democrats can hold onto their majority, a new CNN/ORC poll shows.  —  Gardner held a 50 percent to 46 percent edge …
Discussion: National Review
Standard-Examiner:
Terror threat against feminist Anita Sarkeesian at USU  —  LOGAN — Utah State University plans to move forward with an event featuring a prominent Canadian-American author, blogger and feminist, despite threats of terror, a spokesman said Tuesday evening.  —  The decision came …
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Update: What A Republican Win On Election Night Would Look Like  —  FiveThirtyEight's latest Senate forecast gives Democrats a 40 percent chance of maintaining control of the Senate.  Still, you've probably heard that control might not be known until December (when Louisiana would hold …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices Stop Parts of Texas Abortion Law  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law in Texas that had closed all but eight facilities providing abortions in America's second most-populous state.  —  In an unsigned order, the justices sided with abortion rights advocates …
The National Interest:
Why the Bombing Campaign in Syria Isn't Working Well  —  The U.S. air war in Syria has not gotten off to an encouraging start.  For many observers the principal indicator of that is a lack of setbacks for ISIS, as the group continues to besiege a Kurdish-held town near the Turkish border.
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Kyle Wagner / Deadspin:
The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate  —  Over the weekend, a game developer in Boston named Brianna Wu fled her home after an online stalker vowed to rape and kill her.  She isn't the first woman who's been forced into hiding by aggrieved video game fans associated with Gamergate …
KCRG-TV:
Pilot killed after plane crashes near Dubuque Regional Airport  —  DUBUQUE COUNTY — The wife of Doug Butzier confirmed Tuesday morning that it was Butzier who crashed his plane near the Dubuque Regional Airport around 11 p.m. Monday.  —  A release from Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Amid Broad Worries of an Ebola Outbreak, Two-Thirds Say Government Should Do More  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned about a widespread epidemic of the Ebola virus in the United States, and about as many in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say the federal government is not doing enough to prevent it.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice
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Susan Page / USA Today:
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Discussion: Washington Post and FOX News Radio
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
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Noemie Emery / Washington Examiner:
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Forensic evidence shows teen shot at St. Louis officer, police say
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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:
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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