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.

Cops: ‘No one wants to tell us what they saw’ when 13-year-old was killed  —  GARY — A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday evening in Gary by a neighbor who was upset about his house being burglarized and became enraged when the teen laughed at him, according to police.

Squadrons form for voter ID fight  —  Liberal and conservative groups are mobilizing armies of poll watchers to battle over the enforcement of voter ID laws on Election Day.  —  The Democratic Party has more to lose if turnout is low on Nov. 4.  Liberals want to ensure that the young …

Ex-White House counsel withdraws from AG race  —  Former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is withdrawing her name from consideration to succeed Attorney General Eric Holder after President Obama approached her about the job.  —  “We can confirm the president asked Kathy to consider this …

The shiny object election  —  The short-attention span generation has birthed the shiny-object election.  —  The theme of the 2014 midterms — to whatever extent one is discernable — has been an explosion of one crisis after another, each of which demands an enormous amount of media attention before fading for the next one.

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 …

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.

Breaking: MS Supreme Court Rejects McDaniel Challenge in #MSSEN Race on 4-2 Vote: My Analysis  —  You can read the opinion at this link.  Here are some thoughts.  —  1. The plurality, concurrence and dissent.  The Court's opinion broke down 3-1-2, with 3 Justices not participating.

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.”

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 …

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 …