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4:10 PM ET, October 24, 2014

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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 …

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KOMO News:

2 DEAD, 4 CRITICALLY INJURED IN SHOOTING AT MARYSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — MARYSVILLE, Wash. - A student opened fire Friday morning at Marysville Pilchuck High School, killing one student and critically injuring at least four others before fatally shooting himself, police and witnesses said.

Discussion: ABC News, INC, Liberaland and abc7chicago.com

Chelsea J. Carter / CNN: Sources: 2 dead in school shooting

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 …

Discussion: Political Insider blog, New York Times, Firedoglake, PoliticusUSA, Politico, National Review, Washington Post, The PJ Tatler, Bloomberg Politics, Hinterland Gazette and Hot Air

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:

Ballot dispute in Georgia heads to courts — and could be a factor in state's close Senate race — With an increasingly competitive and closely-watched Senate race on the line, an Atlanta courtroom will be the focus of a key voting rights dispute Friday that could make it harder for Democrats …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Right Wing Watch

Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:

Watch A Republican Senate Candidate Sign A Young Woman's Torso — “No pictures on this,” David Purdue jokes, as campaign staffers hold up signs in front of the camera. — David Perdue, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, signed a young woman's torso at a campaign rally on Thursday.

Discussion: Political Insider blog, PoliticusUSA and New York Magazine

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Dems have Georgia momentum — HIAWASSEE, Ga. — Georgia Democrats believe they're close to ending more than a decade of losses — and with it, potentially save Senate control for their party. — Democrat Michelle Nunn has jumped into a narrow lead in recent polling of the state's open Senate race …

Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How Independents Could Seize Control of the Senate

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Dynasties “R” Us

Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Monthly

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.

Faith Karimi / CNN:
NYC mayor: Ebola ‘no cause for alarm’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ImmigrationProf Blog

Dan Morse / Washington Post:
Dallas nurse treated for Ebola at NIH now ‘virus free’

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

New York Post:

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 …

Discussion: Agence France-Presse, Gawker, Gothamist, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, NBC News, Truth Revolt and CBS New York

J. David Goodman / New York Times:
New York City Police Kill Man Who Hit 2 Officers With Hatchet

Discussion: TalkLeft and NPR

Fox News:
Terror connection not ruled out in hatchet attack, police say

Discussion: TPNN, JustOneMinute and Gothamist

Alex Roarty / National Journal:

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Washington Post

Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Real Party of the Rich

Discussion: New York Times

The Daily Beast: The Democrats' Closing Argument Needs to Be J-O-B-S

Jessica Robinson / Boise State Public Radio:

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.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, LGBTQ Nation, Good As You, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay

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 …

Discussion: BillMoyers.com and Hullabaloo

Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:

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.

Discussion: Weekly Standard and alicublog

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Prairie Weather

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 …

Discussion: National Review, Washington Post, The Hugh Hewitt Show and The Federalist

David Carr / New York Times:

John Heilemann and Mark Halperin Promise Washington the Program It Deserves — You both have a reputation for using alcohol to get sources to say things they should not. Should I have brought a bottle of tequila? Mark Halperin: That is an urban legend. It's not like it's never happened …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly