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11:55 PM ET, October 16, 2014

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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Son Hunter Discharged From Navy Reserve After Failing Cocaine Test  —  Lawyer Pursued Military Service Relatively Late as a Public-Affairs Officer  —  WASHINGTON—Vice President Joe Biden 's son Hunter was discharged from the Navy Reserve this year after testing positive for cocaine …
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden's son discharged from Navy after testing positive for cocaine  —  Washington (CNN) — The Navy Reserve discharged Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter this year after he tested positive for cocaine, U.S. officials confirmed.  —  The discharge of Biden, a 44-year-old lawyer …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
As Dems sweat Iowa, Sen. Tom Harkin sits on millions  —  Cernojevich said that Harkin has headlined more than 20 fundraisers for Braley and attended more than 30 events to raise money for the Senate hopeful and other Iowa Democrats on the ticket.  In addition to a $10,000 donation …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Most Conservative And Liberal Names In America  —  There's... a pattern.  —  Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed  —  The most conservative and liberal names in America are Doyle and Natasha.  —  Crowdpac, a nonpartisan group, focuses on how money and policy work in politics.
Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio
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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Tampa Bay Times:
Fangate overshadows sharp debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist
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Tommy Craggs / Deadspin:
How Deadspin F**ked Up The Cory Gardner Story  —  On Wednesday, Deadspin published a story questioning the football bona fides of U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, a Republican who's running for the Colorado Senate seat currently occupied by Democrat Mark Udall.  We f**ked up.
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Lynn Bartels / Denver Post:
EBOLA NEW ISSUE AS UDALL, GARDNER TANGLE IN FINAL SENATE DEBATE
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 …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
John Pitts / John Grisham:
A Statement from John Grisham:  —  Anyone who harms a child for profit or pleasure, or who in any way participates in child pornography—online or otherwise—should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.  —  My comments made two days ago during an interview with the British newspaper …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Telegraph and Jezebel
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Everyone In What Looks Like A Group Photo On GOP Governor's Website Is Photoshopped  —  On Gov. Tom Corbett's campaign website.  Update (6:58 p.m.): The Corbett campaign says the “whole website footer graphic” is Photoshopped, including a stock image of a black woman.
Discussion: Philly.com
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
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher: Yes, I Can Generalize About Muslims  —  The outspoken Real Time host dishes on a variety of topics, including his “Flip A District” campaign, the controversy in the wake of his throw down with Ben Affleck over Islam, and more.  —  Bill Maher has been making some pretty big headlines of late.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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 …
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
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Delta CEO: 'You Really Can't Catch Ebola on an Airplane'  —  The entire nation is very concerned about Ebola potentially spreading on airplanes, after one of the nurses with Ebola flew just a day before developing symptoms.  Delta CEO Richard Anderson said today, however, that “you can't really catch Ebola on an airplane.”
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton subtly swipes at Mitt Romney over auto bailout  —  Washington (CNN) — Hillary Clinton cribbed a page from President Barack Obama's playbook on Thursday by taking a swipe at Mitt Romney's 2008 oped, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.”  —  At an event outside Detroit …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Cord-Cutters Rejoice: CBS Joins Web Stream  —  A new era of à la carte television arrived in earnest this week — seemingly all at once and more quickly than many industry executives and television fans had expected.  And with it, the virtual monopoly that cable …
 
 
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Donald Trump: Ebola-Infected Immigrants Will ‘Just Walk Into The Country’ Over Mexican Border
Joshua Holland / BillMoyers.com:
Does Rising Inequality Make a Democracy More Warlike?
Discussion: Firedoglake
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
Turkey Bombs the Kurds
Discussion: The Dish, The Daily Beast and TIME
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The God That Failed  —  Alison Lundergan Grimes is the Todd Akin of 2014.
Discussion: Guardian and Ed Driscoll
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI chief: No concern about terrorists using Ebola
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Talking Points Memo
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Bulletproof Vest For Boys’: Florida Billboards Put A Twist On Police Brutality
Discussion: Mediaite
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Gina Barton / JSOnline:
Milwaukee officer in fatal Red Arrow Park shooting fired
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Meghan McCain: My dad hates Rand Paul
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to The NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
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