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 …

“It's An Object of Gallows Humor for the Staff”  —  TPM Reader JM on Rick Scott, hospital preparedness and the “Ebola cart” ...

Nurse may have had symptoms of Ebola longer than first thought  —  Are you on the front lines of Ebola?  We'd like to hear your story.  —  (CNN) — A nurse with Ebola may have shown symptoms of the virus as many as four days before authorities once indicated, meaning that she might …

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 …

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.

Alarm after vomiting passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to JFK  —  Demonstrators demand a travel ban outside the White House on Oct. 16 to stop the spread of the Ebola virus.  —  A plane from Nigeria landed at JFK Airport Thursday with a male passenger aboard who had died during the flight …

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.

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.

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 …

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.”

Lessons of the Ebola Crisis  —  In the growing public debate about Ebola, both sides are basically right.  The administration is right that we are not witnessing an outbreak of Ebola and that such an outbreak is unlikely in our highly developed public-health system.

Insiders Blame Rove for Covering Up Iraq's Real WMD  —  There's one man, some Republicans say, who kept the public from learning about the chemical shells littered around Iraq.  He was Bush's most important political adviser.  —  Starting in 2004, some members of the George W. Bush administration …

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 …

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.

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 …