UTA grad isolated at New Jersey hospital as part of Ebola quarantine  —  FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 file photo, a child stands near a sign advising of a quarantined home in an effort to combat the spread of the Ebola virus in Port Loko, Sierra Leone.

The nastiest political tactic this year  —  The early-morning paramilitary-style raids on citizens' homes were conducted by law enforcement officers, sometimes wearing bulletproof vests and lugging battering rams, pounding on doors and issuing threats.  Spouses were separated …

Bill Maher: Michael Brown “Was Not A Gentle Giant,” “He Was Acting Like A Thug”  —  BILL MAHER: You know what else I find disturbing is that everybody in America just sides with their own people and doesn't look at the facts.  The cops, I saw on the news a couple of weeks ago …

NIKKI HALEY'S DEM OPPONENT: ‘ESCORT WHORE OUT THE DOOR!’  —  While giving a get-out-the-vote speech at a Florence, South Carolina political event, Democrat gubernatorial candidate, State Senator Vincent Shaheen, told cheering fans of his opponent, sitting Republican governor Nikki Haley, “We are going to escort whore out the door.”

UPDATED State Supreme Court rejects McDaniel appeal  —  The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of Chris McDaniel's lawsuit over his June GOP primary loss to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran.  —  The court ruled four to two, upholding a lower court decision that McDaniel waited too long to file the challenge of his loss.

Texas woman threatened with jail after applying for voter ID  —  An Austin, Texas woman told msnbc she was threatened with jail time for having an out-of-state driver's license when she went to apply for a voter identification card so she could vote under the state's controversial ID law.

Joan Quigley, Astrologer to a First Lady, Is Dead at 87  —  In his 1988 memoir, Donald T. Regan, a former chief of staff for President Ronald Reagan, revealed what he called the administration's “most closely guarded secret.”  —  He said an astrologer had set the time for summit meetings …

Pro Due Process Does Not Equate to Pro Rape  —  A feisty NYC attorney with a weakness for underdogs defends accused campus sex criminals  —  Kimberly Lau and Andrew Miltenberg are representing those accused of rape or sexual assault whom they believe suffered egregious due process violations in college hearings.

McConnell loans his campaign $1.8 million  —  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is giving his reelection campaign a $1.8 million personal loan to stave off a new round of attack ads from Democrats.  —  A week ago it appeared the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee …

Hillary Clinton: Corporations and Businesses Don't Create Jobs  —  At a Democratic rally in Massachusetts, Hillary Clinton's attempt to attack “trickle-down economics,” resulted in a spectacularly odd statement.  —  Clinton defended raising the minimum wage saying “Don't let anybody tell …

Homecoming Prince Identified as High School Shooting Suspect  —  A high school homecoming prince in Washington state opened fire in a cafeteria at lunchtime, leaving one person dead and at least four injured before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Dems on FEC move to regulate Internet campaigns, blogs, Drudge  —  WASHINGTON SECRETS VIDEO FEC MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AMERICA RISING DRUDGE REPORT INTERNET  —  In a surprise move late Friday, a key Democrat on the Federal Election Commission called for burdensome new rules on Internet-based campaigning …