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10:15 PM ET, November 4, 2014

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Final Update: Republicans Have A 3 In 4 Chance Of Winning The Senate  —  After two months of forecasting, it comes down to this: Republicans are favored to win the Senate.  Their chances of doing so are 76 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight's Senate forecast, which is principally based …
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New York Times:
What to Watch For as G.O.P. Expects Big Night at Polls  —  WASHINGTON — It is a recipe for sensory overload: Election returns will start flooding every device and screen Tuesday evening, capturing the outcomes of 36 governors' contests, the battle for control of the Senate …
Fox News:
Republicans pick up 3 Senate seats, bringing GOP halfway to majority, Fox News projects
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Mitch McConnell re-elected
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
GOP halfway to majority
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
How Big a Night Will It Be for the GOP?
Discussion: ABC News, ABC News and Liberal Values
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
McConnell: ‘This Is A Chance To Begin To Save This Country’
Anja Crowder / ABC News:
Midterm Elections 2014 Exit Polls: 6 Fast Facts on 6 Key States  —  According to preliminary exit poll data, here are six fast facts about voters in Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Colorado, New Hampshire and North Carolina.  —  Numbers will change as exit polls are updated and only reflect preliminary data.
Discussion: Politico, abc7.com and The Daily Caller
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Associated Press:
Exit poll: Voters unhappy with Obama and GOP  —  Associated Press 2 hrs ago  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the Americans voting Tuesday say they are dissatisfied or angry with the Obama administration.  But they're not so fond of the opposition, either.  —  Exit polls find just 1 in 5 voters …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Exit Polls: Why They So Often Mislead
Discussion: Hot Air and Bloomberg View
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:   Exit polls: Majority of voters dissatisfied or angry with Washington
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: Worst map since Eisenhower  —  Democrats are facing the worst midterm Senate map since President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Obama bemoaned during an Election Day interview with a Connecticut radio station.  —  “There's no doubt that, when you look at the Senate races …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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RealClearPolitics Videos:
Obama: “This Is Probably The Worst Possible Group Of States For Democrats Since Eisenhower”
Discussion: Mediaite and National Review
Chicago Sun Times:
Calls to election judges a ‘serious attempt to disrupt’ voting  —  A barrage of automated phone calls offering false instructions to scores of election judges was “a serious attempt to disrupt” Chicago voting operations in the run-up to Tuesday's vote, elections officials said.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Chicago Election Judges Receive Robocalls With False Instructions
Stephanie Ando / myfox8.com:
Burlington man eating Olive Garden every day, twice a day for seven weeks  —  BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man has used his “Never Ending Pasta Pass” from Olive Garden to eat 95 meals over the last six weeks.  —  Alan Martin bought it for $100 and he says he's gotten $1,510 worth of food so far.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Blows Greg Orman's Cover: He ‘Will Be With Us’  —  Vice President Joe Biden blew Kansas independent Greg Orman's cover in a radio interview today.  Orman hasn't stated which party he'll caucus with in the Senate—actively avoiding announcing whether he'll be with Republicans or Democrats …
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Scott Rigell / HAMPTON ROADS NEWS:
Voting problems now reported at 43 precincts  —  VIRGINIA BEACH — Officials with Rep. Scott Rigell's (R-2nd D.) campaign said Tuesday afternoon that the number of precincts experiencing problems with voting machines in the 2nd District increased to 43 locations as of 5:30 p.m. …
Discussion: National Review
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msnbc.com:
Problems reported at polls vary from state to state  —  HOUSTON — Voters in Connecticut, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama and other states all encountered potentially serious problems casting ballots as Americans went to the polls Tuesday.  —  The issues included malfunctioning machines …
TIME:
Lena Dunham: ‘I Do Not Condone Any Kind of Abuse’  —  In an exclusive statement to TIME, the author addresses recent controversy over a passage in her book, Not That Kind of Girl, regarding her relationship with her younger sister  —  I am dismayed over the recent interpretation of events described in my book Not That Kind of Girl.
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Jon Stewart Didn't Vote Today (VIDEO)  —  Jon Stewart may have covered every bizarre moment of this year's midterm election, but he didn't cast a vote in it.  —  The host of “The Daily Show” told CNN's Christiane Amanpour during an interview on Tuesday that he had abstained this year.
Discussion: Jezebel
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal  —  Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama's political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment …
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Coach K: Obama Is a Bad Coach in the ISIS War  —  The legendary Duke coach said Obama is foolishly telling ISIS what the U.S. team will or won't do - a bad strategy in both war and basketball.  —  Barack Obama is a bad coach in the U.S. military war against ISIS, according …
Andy Cush / Gawker:
90-Year-Old Good Samaritan Arrested for Giving Food to the Homeless  —  In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ninety-year-old volunteer worker Arnold Abbott was arrested this week for preparing and serving a meal to a group of homeless people.  He faces a $500 fine and up to 60 days in jail, local news outlet KHON reports.
Discussion: Raw Story, Liberaland and Hit & Run
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Former CBS News Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Claims Existence of Obama Enemies' List  —  “I kind of assume I'm on a list.  I don't think I'm the only one”  —  Sharyl Attkisson is an investigative journalist who became the story when she quit CBS News after two decades amid allegations …
Wall Street Journal:
How to Lose, and Win, Graciously  —  If the president's party loses big on Tuesday, as appears likely, much of the loss will be due to 3 C's—competence, coherence and credibility.  Competence: The administration has shown little talent for or focused interest in running the federal government well …
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Winter / USA Today:
U.S. judge voids Kansas ban on same-sex marriage  —  A federal judge Tuesday blocked Kansas from enforcing the state's ban on same-sex marriage, but he delayed the injunction for a week to allow an appeal.  —  The action follows last month's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 
 
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Rebecca Fishbein / Gothamist:
Video: OITNB's Big Boo Takes On M Train Preacher
Discussion: Mashable, Jezebel and New York Magazine
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
This Was An Election About A Failed Presidency
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Obama will leave the Democrats in shambles
Discussion: Power Line and Chicago Boyz
Andy Cush / Gawker:
Toddler-on-Toddler Shooting Leaves Three-Year-Old Hospitalized
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Map: The Africa without Ebola
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Ferguson protester: No one can find the bullet police say they didn't fire into my head
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 Earlier Items: 
David Brooks / New York Times:
Death by Data  —  Over the past decade or so, political campaigns …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
De Blasio Unveils New Plans for Troubled Schools in New York
Discussion: Eduwonk
Zachary Roth / msnbc.com:
Texas sees surge of disenfranchised voters
Discussion: Daily Kos, The BRAD BLOG and alicublog
New York Times:
Voters Report Problems in a Number of States as New Limits Take Effect
Discussion: Feeds
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Election 2014: A new level of collaboration between candidates and big-money allies
Washington Post:
Where did Obama go wrong?
Discussion: The Dish and Politico
 

 
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A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

 
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