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11:30 AM ET, September 19, 2014

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BBC:
Scottish referendum: Scotland votes ‘No’ to independence  —  Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence.  —  With 31 out of the country's 32 council areas having declared after Thursday's vote, the ‘No’ side has an unassailable lead of 1,914,187 votes to 1,539,920.
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New York Times:
Scotland Rejects Independence From Britain in Historic Vote  —  EDINBURGH — With a sweeping majority far wider than had been forecast, voters in Scotland rejected independence from the United Kingdom in a referendum that had threatened to break up a 307-year union, according to the final count on Friday.
Discussion: Wonkette and Outside the Beltway
Vanessa Barford / BBC:
Scotland votes ‘No’: How the ‘No’ side won the referendum  —  Scotland has voted No to independence in a referendum, meaning its 300-year old union with the UK will continue.  So how did the No campaign win?  —  1. They were always the favourites  —  The No camp had a head start.
Discussion: Guardian and Scared Monkeys
Rowena Mason / Guardian:
Scottish referendum: Cameron pledges devolution revolution after no vote  —  PM hails Scotland's 55%-45% vote to remain inside UK as a defiant Alex Salmond pays tribute to ‘triumph of democracy’  —  Patrick Wintour, Severin Carrell and Rowena Mason  —  David Cameron has declared a …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Rift widens between Obama, U.S. military over strategy to fight Islamic State  —  Flashes of disagreement over how to fight the Islamic State are mounting between President Obama and U.S. military leaders, the latest sign of strain in what often has been an awkward and uneasy relationship.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
A White House Position That Stands on a Narrow Definition of War  —  WASHINGTON — When President Obama takes the podium at the United Nations next Wednesday to speak to the General Assembly, it will be the third time in three weeks that he makes the case for military action against the Islamic State …
Discussion: New York Times and Hit & Run
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Interpreting the Islamic State's jihadi logic
Discussion: Betsy's Page
ABC News:   Rhetoric vs. Reality: 5 Myths About Obama's ISIS Plan Debunked
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama: ‘Americans Are United’ in Fight Against ISIS
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Wisconsin Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Blames Campaign Consultant For Large Portions Of Copied Jobs Plan  —  From three previous Democratic campaigns.  —  Facebook- Burke for Wisconsin / Via Facebook: burkeforwisconsin  —  Large portions of Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Could Fighting Global Warming Be Cheap and Free?  —  This just in: Saving the planet would be cheap; it might even be free.  But will anyone believe the good news?  —  I've just been reading two new reports on the economics of fighting climate change: a big study by a blue-ribbon international group …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Supreme Court Blocks Kobach's Power Move In Kansas Senate Race  —  The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Democratic Senate nominee Chad Taylor's name should be removed from the ballot in November, overruling Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R).  —  The ruling shakes up one of the most-watched Senate races in 2014 once again.
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Scott Malone / Reuters:
Exclusive: Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession  —  (Reuters) - The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist hopes for some in the United States, where almost a quarter of people are open to their states leaving the union, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Scared Monkeys
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Square Deal, New Deal, and Now, From Hillary Clinton, a “Fair Shot”  —  As Hillary Clinton spoke about women's economic issues at a liberal think tank, you could practically hear her campaign taking shape.  —  A hush fell over the room as some of the most powerful women in the Democratic Party took …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Benjamin Goad / The Hill:
Obama ratchets up fight against killer bacteria  —  President Obama moved via executive action Thursday to quell the rise of deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria blamed for tens of thousands of deaths a year in the United States.  —  Obama signed an order establishing a new interagency task force …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rand Paul slams GOP on minorities, voting  —  Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday blasted his own party for making it tougher for minorities to vote.  —  The Kentucky Republican, a likely presidential candidate, has long argued that drug laws disproportionately affect minorities …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Can a Recycled Abortion Strategy Beat Cory Gardner in Colorado?  —  It's worked year after year, but Democrats will have a harder time painting this Republican as an extremist on reproductive rights.  —  Democratic operative Guy Cecil was living in Sen. Michael Bennet's basement four years ago …
Nia-Malika Henderson / Associated Press:
How gender mattered in the rise and fall of Debbie Wasserman Schultz  —  Devastating.  —  That's really the only way to describe Politico's piece on DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  —  Based on interviews with DNC staffers — both former and current — the piece described Wasserman Schultz …
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YouGov referendum prediction: YES 46%, NO 54%
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Police Demilitarization Pits Police Union Against Top Labor Federation
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Why a GOP Senate Majority Is Still in Doubt
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Ezekiel J. Emanuel / The Atlantic Online:
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Discussion: LifeNews.com
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
NFL Running Back Allegedly Headbutted Wife After She Refused To Have Sex With Him
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