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” ...

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 …

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 …

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 …

Ebola, Wall Street stock slide deepen '14 gloom for Dems  —  The Democrats' midterm prospects took a beating this week as concerns over the Ebola virus and a jittery economy churned up countless grim headlines and darkened an already-dissatisfied national mood.

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.

Teen mother gives tot to heroin user, then claims son was kidnapped, St. Charles police say  —  • By Susan Weich sweich@post-dispatch.com 636-493-9674  —  ST. CHARLES  • A teen mother who told police someone had kidnapped her toddler really gave her son away to a heroin user, police said.

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.

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 …

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.”

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 …

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.

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.