When Conspiracy Theories Don't Fit the Media Narrative  —  Joni Ernst is an Iowan, born and bred, an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, and the Republican nominee for the Senate in Iowa.  She has also flirted seriously with wacky conspiracy theories, especially Agenda 21, which takes off from an innocuous …

The final sprint  —  In Kentucky, Democrats were crying foul over a last-minute GOP flier they called a dirty trick to suppress turnout.  In Kansas, independent Greg Orman met the full brunt of a Republican machine determined to rescue one of its own.  Louisiana's Democratic …

Minority Voter Suppression In North Carolina Witnessed Firsthand  —  It is harder to vote in North Carolina these days.  On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court, in Shelby v. Holder, gutted a landmark provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  A majority of the justices struck down Article 5 of the Act …

ME-Gov LePage Says 13% Of Ebola Victims Die Without Showing Any Symptoms  —  Asked to give his response to a district court judge's ruling that nurse Kaci Hickox presented no threat to public health, Maine's ridiculous Governor again resorted to character assassination and gave more false information about the disease.

Makings Of Ammonium Nitrate Bomb Found In Border Militiaman's Hotel Room  —  When ATF agents arrested Kevin “K.C.” Massey III at a Brownsville-area hotel last week on charges that he had been illegally carrying weapons while leading border-militia patrols in Texas, they found more in his hotel room than just guns and ammo.

Boko Haram Leader: All Kidnapped Girls Now Married Off  —  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — With a malevolent laugh, the leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremists tells the world that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls have all been converted to Islam and married off, dashing hopes for their freedom.

Scientists try to predict number of US Ebola cases  —  3 photos  —  STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year's end as infected people arrive here from West Africa …

Alarmed by Ebola, Public Isn't Calmed by ‘Experts Say’  —  When public health leaders and government officials make the case against isolating more people returning from the Ebola hot zones in West Africa, or against imposing more travel restrictions from that region, time and again they cite science and experts.

McCain speaks about Palin family brawl  —  PHOENIX — Arizona Sen. John McCain is speaking out about a bloody family brawl involving his former vice president pick, Sarah Palin.  —  “I think these are family affairs,” McCain said Friday.  “Things happen in people's families and I'm not excusing it, I'm not condemning it.”

Daylight saving time: Is it worth it?  —  Christian Science Monitor 1 hr ago  —  It's that time of year again.  Time to “fall back” an hour as we go around the house changing the clocks on the features of modern life - appliances and such like.  The really modern stuff - computers …

Races I'll Be Watching On Election Night  —  Senate polls in individual states have moved around...but the Meta-Margin and the average seat count have stayed stable.  Nonetheless, the crystal ball is cloudy.  Why is that?  The Midterm Polling Curse.  Spoooooky!