Why 2014 Isn't as Good as It Seems for the Republicans  —  The Republicans are looking forward to having a good week.  They are favored to win the Senate, and they could pick up enough House seats to finish with their largest margin since 1928.  —  But perhaps more important …

Iowa Poll: Ernst takes 7-point lead  —  Joni Ernst has charged to achieve a 7-point lead over Democrat Bruce Braley in a new Iowa Poll, which buoys the GOP's hope that an Iowa victory will be the tipping point to a Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate.  —  Ernst, a state senator and military leader …

The Climate-Change Solution No One Will Talk About  —  The equation seems fairly simple: The more the world's population rises, the greater the strain on dwindling resources and the greater the impact on the environment.  —  The solution?  Well, that's a little trickier to talk about.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.”