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12:45 PM ET, October 16, 2014

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Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.com:
‘Fan’ dispute overshadows sharp debate between Charlie Crist and Gov. Rick Scott  —  ›  —  ‹  —  In the weirdest start of a gubernatorial debate, Florida Gov. Rick Scott initially refused to take the stage Wednesday night because Democrat Charlie Crist insisted on a fan to keep him cool.
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
The Absolute Weirdest Thing Ever To Happen At A Political Debate  —  The Florida gubernatorial debate got off to a rocky start Wednesday night when Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) refused to come out because his Democratic opponent, former Gov. Charlie Crist, asked for and received a fan under his podium.
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Times poll: All tied up in Florida governor's race between Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
Justin Sink / The Hill:
President Obama's Ebola problem  —  The Ebola crisis in the United States has become an anchor threatening to sink the Obama presidency.  —  Already under fire from critics who saw the federal response to the outbreak as disorganized and timid, things went from bad to worse on Wednesday …
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Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
The Partisan Divide on Ebola Preparedness  —  A scene from a training course on Ebola preparedness.  The three-day course, operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and held at an old Army base in Anniston, Ala., will provide instruction to about 40 health care workers a week through January.
Phyllis Schlafly / Townhall.com:
Stop Disease at the Border
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama, Ebola and optics
NY Daily News:
Paging Dr. Obama  —  The American health-care system's failure to prepare for Ebola became even more terrifyingly evident with the revelation that a Dallas nurse traveled by air after treating a patient who ultimately died from the virus.  —  Amber Joy Vinson began running a fever the day after her flight …
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Hot Air
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Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
Second Ebola nurse was given green light to fly back to Dallas by CDC
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers call for CDC director to resign
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
Brittany M. Hughes / CNSNews:
CDC: You Can Give—But Can't Get—Ebola on a Bus
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Witness adds new perspective to Ferguson shooting  —  • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8087  —  CLAYTON  • A stream of eyewitnesses has been testifying in secret before a grand jury considering whether to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
The Democrats' Most Effective Midterm Message: Outsourcing  —  Taking a page from Obama's 2012 playbook, Democrats have found a winning message in a dismal political environment.  —  CHICAGO—Of all the negative campaign messages that Democrats have used this midterm election …
Peter Foster / Telegraph:
John Grisham: men who watch child porn are not all paedophiles  —  As best-selling novelist John Grisham prepares to publish his new legal thriller, he argues America's prison system has run out of control  —  America is wrongly jailing far too many people for viewing child pornography …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Meghan McCain: My dad hates Rand Paul  —  Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) daughter said on Wednesday that her father and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) “hate each other.”  —  Meghan McCain appeared on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show to promote her “TakePart Live” talk show on Pivot TV.
Discussion: Liberaland
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic Online:
The Divorce-Proof Marriage  —  A diamond is forever, but an expensive engagement ring means the marriage might not last that long.  According to a new study, spending between $2,000 and $4,000 on an engagement ring is significantly associated with an increase in the risk of divorce.
Michael Scherer / TIME:
The Reinventions of Rand Paul  —  Subscriber content preview. or Sign In  —  Can he fix what ails the GOP?  —  The tattooed and pierced longhairs never showed up to see Senator Rand Paul speak with students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia last month.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hit & Run
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Markets Panicked On Wednesday.  Here's Why the U.S. Economy Is OK.  —  Wednesday was an ugly day for the global economy.  British and German stocks each fell around 3 percent.  Greek stocks fell 6 percent.  (That's huge.)  In the U.S., a trifecta of economic indicators—retail sales …
Dave McKenna / Deadspin:
Is A Colorado Senate Candidate Lying About His Football Career?  —  UPDATE: Gardner campaign spokesman Alex Siciliano sent the following, presented in its entirety, via email: “Cory Gardner played football from Junior High through Sophomore year in high school.”
Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Michelle Nunn Won't Say If She Voted for Obama  —  Another Democratic Senate candidate has refused to say whether she voted for President Obama: This time it was Michelle Nunn in Georgia.  —  The same question has tripped up other red-state Democrats on the campaign trail.
Ascrouch / CBS Dallas:
CDC: Ebola Patient Traveled By Air With “Low-Grade” Fever  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The CDC has announced that the second healthcare worker diagnosed with Ebola — now identified as Amber Joy Vinson of Dallas — traveled by air Oct. 13, with a low-grade fever, a day before she showed up at the hospital reporting symptoms.
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Jonathan LaPook / CBS News:
Infected Ebola healthcare worker flew on commercial flight
Gina Barton / JSOnline:
Milwaukee officer in fatal Red Arrow Park shooting fired  —  By Gina Barton and Ashley Luthern of the Journal Sentinel  —  The Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Dontre Hamilton at Red Arrow Park has been fired because he did not follow department procedures for dealing …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
How Presidents Handle Pandemics  —  Obama's response to the Ebola outbreak will affect his legacy.  But he's far from the first president to deal with such a crisis.  —  The government's response to Ebola's arrival in America has been rocky at best, with each new case raising legitimate questions …
Dion Leflerthe / Kansas City Star:
Pat Roberts, Greg Orman spar on abortion, political gridlock in Kansas Senate debate  —  ›  —  ‹  —  Washington gridlock took the spotlight at Wednesday's Kansas Senate debate, with challenger Greg Orman calling Sen. Pat Roberts part of the problem and Roberts saying that Orman …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 
 
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The Old Jim Crow
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Los Angeles Times:
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Charles Schmitz / Politico:
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David McCabe / The Hill:
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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”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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