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Tampa Bay Times:
Fangate overshadows sharp debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist — 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 using a fan to keep him cool.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Charlie Crist's Fan: A Love Story — Charlie Crist's fan was loyal. It stood by him through thick and thin. — When Crist was a young Florida Republican rising star, the fan was there. When Crist became governor, the fan came with him. When Crist was cast out of politics and his party …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Rick Scott Spouts Gibberish While Explaining Fan Delay In Debate — Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) was visibly flustered Wednesday night when asked why he delayed the start of his debate with former Gov. Charlie Crist (D) over a fan. — The moderator originally said Scott had decided …
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Times poll: All tied up in Florida governor's race between Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
Times poll: All tied up in Florida governor's race between Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
The Absolute Weirdest Thing Ever To Happen At A Political Debate
The Absolute Weirdest Thing Ever To Happen At A Political Debate
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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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NY Daily News:
Paging Dr. Obama — The American health-care system's failure …
Paging Dr. Obama — The American health-care system's failure …
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Ann Coulter / Official:
WE'LL TELL YOU HOW DANGEROUS EBOLA IS AFTER THE ELECTION
WE'LL TELL YOU HOW DANGEROUS EBOLA IS AFTER THE ELECTION
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nationalnursesunited.org:
Statement by RN's at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital as provided to National Nurses United
Statement by RN's at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital as provided to National Nurses United
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Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
Second Ebola nurse was given green light to fly back to Dallas by CDC
Second Ebola nurse was given green light to fly back to Dallas by CDC
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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 …
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Daily Mail:
'Who's the idiot with the clipboard?' Disbelief and panic as mystery man WITHOUT a hazmat suit helps second Ebola nurse board her plane to Atlanta, disposes waste and then climbs aboard — He carried a clipboard and walked alongside Ms Vinson and healthcare workers who were ALL dressed in hazmat suits
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Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project:
Latino Voters and the 2014 Midterm Elections — Geography, Close Races and Views of Social Issues — A record 25.2 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the 2014 midterm elections, making up, for the first time, 11% of all eligible voters nationwide. But despite a growing national presence …
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Guardian:
Revealed: how Whisper app tracks anonymous users — Company shares some information with US Department of Defense — User data collated and indefinitely stored in searchable database — Whisper app rewrites terms of service and privacy policy — How the ‘safest place on the internet’ tracks its users
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI chief: No concern about terrorists using Ebola — Federal officials have no indications that terrorists are seeking to use the Ebola virus as a biologic weapon against the United States, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday. — “No,” Comey replied simply when asked whether …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
CBS Offers Web Service as TV Unbundles Itself — CBS announced a new subscription Internet streaming service on Thursday that allows people to watch its live television programming and thousands of its current and past shows on demand without paying for a traditional TV subscription.
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Las Vegas Sun News:
Doing what's best for Nevada — The past year has been a trying time for our family — the Laxalt family. Sadly, we have been forced to face the loss of several cherished family members. This challenge has made many of us stop and pause about what truly does matter in life.
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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 …
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Iowa Cops Blow Out Tires, Hold Pregnant Woman In Labor At Gunpoint For Speeding To Hospital — Police in Iowa used spike strips to stop a pregnant woman in labor who was rushing to the hospital, and then held her at gunpoint. — Police in Iowa used spike strips to stop a pregnant woman …
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Voter ID Law, Saying It Exceeds State Constitution — The Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state's voter identification law on Wednesday, saying that it would set a new requirement for voting beyond those listed in the state's Constitution.
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Lynn Bartels / Denver Post:
EBOLA NEW ISSUE AS UDALL, GARDNER TANGLE IN FINAL SENATE DEBATE — U.S. Senator Mark Udall, left, and his Republican challenger, Cory Gardner. (Denver Post file photos) — Ebola emerged Wednesday night as a new issue in Colorado's U.S. Senate debate with Democrat Mark Udall and Republican Cory Gardner …
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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 …
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