Police: shooter dead after opening fire at Marysville-Pilchuck High School  —  A gunman believed to have opened fire at Marysville-Pilchuck High School Friday morning is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to two law-enforcement sources.  —  Police have not released details …

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 …

CORRECTED: Dems Miss Insulin Pump In Video Of Perdue Signing Young Woman  —  “No pictures on this,” David Perdue jokes, as campaign staffers hold up signs in front of the camera.  Update: Another angle on the video suggests American Bridge didn't capture the whole scene.  —  View Video ›

Could the ‘Perfect’ Campaign Lose?  —  Kay Hagan is trying to prove months of good work can withstand a national climate that's threatening other Dems.  Republicans are confident she can't.  —  RALEIGH, N.C.—It took Kay Hagan 10 minutes to cover everything she wanted to say about public education.

Coeur d'Alene Says Hitching Post Is Exempt From Gay Rights Law … The city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, said a for-profit wedding chapel owned by two ministers doesn't have to perform same-sex marriages.  —  The city has been embroiled in controversy ever since the owners of the Hitching Post sued the city.

Ebola-Free Pham Visits White House After Release  —  Nina Pham walked out of the hospital and into the White House.  —  Two weeks after she tested positive for Ebola, the Dallas nurse was declared free of the virus Friday and discharged from the Washington-area hospital where she had been treated in a special containment unit.

Islam convert shot dead after ax attack on NYPD cops  —  The scene of Thursday afternoon's violence on Jamaica Avenue in Queens.  —  A hatchet-swinging psycho with Islamic militant leanings turned a busy Queens street corner into a scene of bloody chaos Thursday, chopping a rookie cop …

The Spectacular Implosion Of The GOP's Senate Hopes In Oregon  —  Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley really did not want to run against Monica Wehby.  —  She had the résumé of a formidable challenger: a pediatric neurosurgeon, a pro-choice mom in socially liberal Oregon …

Pro-Orman Republican Owes Candidate Big Money  —  Senate candidate Greg Orman of Kansas has been accused by Republicans as a Democrat-in-Independent's clothing, which explains why Orman is surrounding himself with Republicans in the final days of his campaign against GOP incumbent Pat Roberts.

Report: Fox News Is Too Negative For Jeb Bush  —  No stranger to taking on his party's most conservative voters, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is now calling out the bastion of conservative media.  —  CNN's Peter Hamby reported that during a speech Thursday night at a South Carolina fundraiser …

Media Should Stop Lecturing Americans About Their Ebola Concerns  —  Like 98 percent of Americans, I've heard the news about Ebola.  I've even followed the news with interest for months, taking seriously the media claims that this was a serious outbreak that had potential to become even more serious.

Could non-citizens decide the November election?  —  Could control of the Senate in 2014 be decided by illegal votes cast by non-citizens?  Some argue that incidents of voting by non-citizens are so rare as to be inconsequential, with efforts to block fraud a screen for an agenda to prevent poor …

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 …

Hillary Clinton: ‘I love ... Elizabeth’  —  BOSTON — Hillary Clinton hit Elizabeth Warren country on Friday, repeatedly praising the anti-big banks Massachusetts senator for going after “those who deserve” it, while rallying voters to put embattled Democrat Martha Coakley in the governor's mansion.

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 …