Sharyl Attkisson releases video of apparent computer hack  —  Sharyl Attkisson, the former CBS News correspondent who claims that her computers were hacked by the government while she was reporting on the Benghazi scandal, has released a video she took with her cellphone of one apparent hack.

Judge in Maine Eases Restrictions on Nurse  —  FORT KENT, Me.  — In a victory for a nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, a judge in Maine on Friday rejected arguments by the state that her movements should be firmly restricted, praising her “compassion” even as he acknowledged the public's fears about the virus.

Senate Update: With 4 Days Left, Here's The State Of The Races  —  The GOP's chances of winning the Senate are 68.5 percent, according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast, its highest figure of the year.  —  Among the 20 new polls released Thursday — it looks like there will be no Great Poll Shortage …

Grimes Sues McConnell Over ‘Despicable’ Voter Mailers  —  The campaign of Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has filed a lawsuit to stop Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign from distributing a mailer that it says amounts to illegal voter intimidation tactics.

Veteran to be released from Mexican jail  —  TIJUANA — A Mexican federal district judge in Tijuana on Friday ordered the immediate release of a U.S. Marine veteran behind bars in Baja California on federal weapons charges.  —  Andrew Tahmooressi was on trial for crossing the border …

Why a GOP Senate could be short-lived  —  Senate Democrats have long awaited the 2010 tea party wave to splash back on Republicans during the 2016 election cycle.  —  That moment is almost here.  —  After two years of obsessive focus on the teetering reelection prospects of red-state Democrats …

Google fined over Street View image of woman's cleavage  —  Google must pay a woman in Canada £1,250 after it published a photo showing her cleavage on its Street View mapping service  —  Google has been ordered to pay a Canadian woman $2,250 (£1,250) for an image on Street View that exposed her cleavage.

Federal civil rights charges unlikely against police officer in Ferguson shooting  —  Justice Department investigators have all but concluded they do not have a strong enough case to bring civil rights charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager …

Anti-Gay Marriage Group Endorses Incumbent Dem Because GOP Candidate Is Gay  —  Some conservative organizations loathe the concept of same-sex marriage so much they are willing to endorse a liberal Democrat in order to prevent a gay Republican from ever taking office.

A Lesson From My Great-Aunt  —  Is Sacrificing a bit of comfort for public health such a great indignity?  —  On a bookshelf in my home in a glass-and-brass frame I keep my great-aunt's Ellis Island health card.  It's cardboard, about as big as your hand.  She wore it on her coat during her nine-day journey from Ireland.

Democrats: Vote or we'll kick your ass  —  Democrats are telling voters that they had better head to the polls — or else.  —  The New York State Democratic Committee is bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot next Tuesday.

These scientific studies show that airport Ebola screenings are largely ineffective  —  The debate over whether the Obama administration should ban flights from Ebola-stricken nations has been raging for weeks, fueled by fears of an outbreak in the United States and a lot of election-inspired finger pointing.

Stillwater man killed in near-beheading; murder charge filed  —  Stillwater police said Jacob Crockett is the victim in the homicide case.  Crockett is the son of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper.  —  Recap from the news conference PDF: Isaiah Zoar Marin probable cause affidavit PDF: Murder charges against Isaiah Zoar Marin

Virgin Galactic spaceship crashes during Calif. test flight  —  Reuters 1 hr ago By Alex Dobuzinskis  —  This image from video by KABC-TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of SpaceShipTwo in Southern California's Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.  A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded …

Austin Police Confirm These Are Cops Making Rape Jokes on Video  —  The Austin, Tex. Police Department is investigating two officers for joking about rape in a dashcam video posted to YouTube earlier this week.  After the video made the local news, APD confirmed the recording is authentic …