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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola — A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea became the first person in the city to test positive for the virus Thursday, setting off a search for anyone who might have come into contact with him.
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New York Post:
Doctor who treated Ebola patients rushed to NYC hospital
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Fox News:
Patient at New York City hospital tests positive for Ebola, reports say
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Sydney Lupkin / ABC News:
Doctor Isolated at NYC Hospital With Ebola-Like Symptoms
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Hot Air and abc7chicago.com
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Gains in Key Senate Races as Gender Gap Narrows — In Iowa, Arkansas and Colorado, Democrats' Advantage Among Women Voters Has Diminished — In a warning flag for Democrats, recent polls suggest the party is failing to draw enough support from women in three key Senate races—in Iowa …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Real Party of the Rich — The Democrats' three big weapons: money, money, money. — Democratic senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina was pounded last winter and spring in TV ads by conservative groups for having voted for Obamacare and echoed President Obama's false claim that people could keep their current health insurance.
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New York Times
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
New York City Police Kill Man Who Hit 2 Officers With Hatchet — A hatchet-wielding man who charged at four rookie New York City police officers on Thursday as they posed for a photograph on a Queens street was shot and killed after he struck one of the officers in the head and another in the arm …
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Fox News:
Terror connection not ruled out in hatchet attack, police say — The NYPD is reportedly investigating whether Islamic extremism played a role in Thursday's hatchet attack on city cops. — Officers shot and killed a man identified as Zale Thompson, 32, of Queens, who fractured the skull …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Georgia Senate race statistical tie — (CNN) — Democrat Michelle Nunn has a slight 47%-44% edge over Republican David Perdue in the Georgia race for an open Senate seat, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey released Friday. — The three-point margin falls within …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How Independents Could Seize Control of the Senate — As the bulk of close election observers have pointed out, the odds favor the Republicans capturing enough Senate seats to make a majority next year. Of course, it is not a certainty (to any except the election modelers at The Monkey Cage).
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Barack Obama, bewildered bystander — The president is upset. Very upset. Frustrated and angry. Seething about the government's handling of Ebola, said the front-page headline in the New York Times last Saturday. — There's only one problem with this pose, so obligingly transcribed for him by the Times.
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
What a Real White House Shake-Up Looks Like
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CNN:
Hero dogs set on latest W.H. fence jumper
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Jim O'Sullivan / The Boston Globe:
Baker opens up lead over Coakley in new poll — Republican Charlie Baker has opened up a 9-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley, 45 percent to 36 percent, according to a new Globe poll that depicts a far more comfortable advantage than either candidate for governor has enjoyed in months.
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Mark Binelli / Rolling Stone:
The Great Kansas Tea Party Disaster — Extremist Republicans turned their government into a lab experiment of tax cuts and privatization. And now they may be losing control of one of the reddest states in the nation — The Republican party headquarters in Wichita, Kansas …
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Washington Monthly
Bloomberg:
Ebola Spreads to Mali as WHO Races to Contain Outbreak — Mali became the sixth West African country to report a case of Ebola, opening a new front in the international effort to prevent the outbreak of the deadly viral infection from spreading further. — A 2-year-old girl who traveled …
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Edgar Sandoval / NY Daily News:
Gov. Christie feels his minimum wage views were misunderstood, while NJ diner waitresses say he lacks empathy — The New Jersey governor, speaking at a Garden State diner, explained that most people missed his point — and he's come to accept that. Waitress Stacey Ellis said his remarks showed zero empathy for workers like her.
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Talking Points Memo
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
On Race and Voter ID, John Roberts Wants It Both Ways — Once, the chief justice said the only way to stop discriminating on race was to stop discrimination on race. Now his tune isn't so clear. — “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in 2007 …
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Prairie Weather
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sarah Palin endorses ... a Democrat? — Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is endorsing independent Bill Walker and Democrat Byron Mallott for governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska. — Palin and husband Todd are shown donning Walker-Mallott campaign pins in photos uploaded to the campaign's Facebook page Thursday.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Plutocrats Against Democracy — It's always good when leaders tell the truth, especially if that wasn't their intention. So we should be grateful to Leung Chun-ying, the Beijing-backed leader of Hong Kong, for blurting out the real reason pro-democracy demonstrators can't get what they want …
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BillMoyers.com and Hullabaloo
Politico:
CNN's Carol Costello apologizes for Palin remarks — CNN's Carol Costello apologized on Thursday for joking about a police recording of Bristol Palin. — “Over the past few days I have been roundly criticized for joking about a brawl involving the Palin family.
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor, liberals give grins and thumbs up to violence against the ‘Right’ women
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Alison Grimes doubles down on a 4-Pinocchio claim — “I am Alison Lundergan Grimes and this is the Big Sandy power plant in Louisa, Kentucky. They are shutting down half the plant and laying off their workers because Mitch McConnell didn't fight to get the scrubbers it needs to reduce coal emissions.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck: Not ‘All That Bad’ If McConnell Loses To Grimes (AUDIO)
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