Democrats Count on Edge With Women to Limit Election Losses  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are nervously counting on an enduring edge among female voters in most states to prevent a Republican rout in Tuesday's elections.  Yet so great is the uncertainty that even before the returns are in …

Political Correctness Is Back  —  The kerfuffle over Bill Maher's invitation to speak at UC Berkeley brings me back to my college days.  And not in a good way.  —  In the late 1980s and early 1990s, campus life featured a depressing sequence of actions and reactions by the right and left on the subject of race.

Walmart Wants You to ‘Shock Your Friends with This Islamic Costume’  —  “Fat girl costumes” are not the only problematic products Walmart is pushing this Halloween.  Qasim Rashid, as spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA has discovered the “Mens Pashtun Papa Costume,” …

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 …

Iowa Dems may hold thin edge in early voting  —  Democrats may have an advantage over Republicans in an all-out battle to attract party loyalists who didn't cast ballots four years ago, an exclusive Des Moines Register analysis of absentee voter data suggests.

The Party of Nonvoters  —  Younger, More Racially Diverse, More Financially Strapped  —  With just four days before the midterm elections, the spotlight understandably is focused on the estimated 40% of voting age adults who are expected to show up at the polls next Tuesday.

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 …

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!

Attkisson exposes C-SPAN-White House dispute  —  Among the juicier tidbits in the new book “Stonewalled” by former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson relates to a tiff between C-SPAN and the White House.  As Attkisson tells the story, C-SPAN eminence Brian Lamb interviewed President Obama on Aug. 12 …

FCC ‘Net Neutrality’ Plan Calls for More Power Over Broadband  —  Chairman Tom Wheeler Considers Hybrid Approach to Internet Access  —  WASHINGTON—The head of the Federal Communications Commission is laying the groundwork for expanding the agency's authority over broadband service …

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 …