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8:25 AM ET, September 20, 2014

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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Kansas Senate Ballots Will Be Sent Out Without Dem Nominee Listed  —  In an apparent reversal, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office is instructing election officials in the state to send out overseas military ballots without Democratic Senate nominee Chad Taylor or any other Democratic Senate candidate listed.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Kansas Senate: Orman (I) 45%, Roberts (R) 40%
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
ESPN:
Rice case: purposeful misdirection by team, scant investigation by NFL  —  The seven-month scandal that is threatening Roger Goodell's future as NFL commissioner began with an unexpected phone call in the early morning hours on a Saturday in February.  —  Just hours after running …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Praises Packwood at Women's Issues Forum  —  Speaking at a Democratic event devoted to women's issues, Mr. Biden made a favorable reference to former Sen. Bob Packwood, an Oregon Republican who resigned in 1995 amid accusations that he had sexually harassed women over a period of decades.
Discussion: Power Line and Washington Post
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Sangwon Yoon / Bloomberg:
Kerry Says Iran Has Role in Defeating Islamic State  —  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Iran has a role to play in an international coalition to take on Islamic State extremists.  —  “The coalition required to eliminate ISIL is not only, or even primarily, military in nature,” …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Groups edge in on Klayman NSA surveillance case  —  Two civil liberties groups are edging in on conservative gadfly Larry Klayman's legal challenge to National Security Agency surveillance.  —  On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation asked to join …
Angelo Codevilla / The Federalist:
Washington's Ruling Class Is Fooling Itself About The Islamic State  —  The American people's reaction to Muslim thugs of the “Islamic State” ritually knifing off the heads of people who look like you and me boils down to “let's destroy these bastards”—which is common sense.
Discussion: Power Line
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Associated Press:
Fence-jumper makes it into the White House  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service says a man who jumped over the White House fence made it just past the front doors before being apprehended.  —  Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan says a 42-year-old man jumped the North Fence and ran toward …
Discussion: ABC News
Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic Online:
Financial Criminals Have Been Fined Billions, but They Rarely Pay  —  On a plane earlier this week, I watched The Wolf of Wall Street.  The film's outsized antics—public masturbation, the tossing of little people, lots and lots of Quaaludes—seemed too big for a seatback screen, or, for that matter, reality.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Liberaland
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Obama to personally sign off on any Syria airstrikes  —  President Obama has asked to personally sign off on all airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets in Syria, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.  —  Obama has reportedly set far …
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
app.com:
NBC says it was wrong on Chris Christie report  —  NEWARK - NBC says a report by Brian Williams on the network's Nightly News that federal charges have been ruled out for Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge scandal was incorrect.  —  Is Christie off the hook?
Associated Press:
AL JAZEERA AMERICA SUES FORMER VP GORE … NEW YORK (AP) — Al Jazeera America is suing former Vice President Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, the former owners of the TV network that became Al Jazeera America.  —  The parties are fighting over money that is being held in escrow.
David Brooks / New York Times:
There Are Social and Political Benefits to Having Friends  —  Somebody recently asked me what I would do if I had $500 million to give away.  My first thought was that I'd become a moderate version of the Koch brothers.  I'd pay for independent candidates to run against Democratic …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jim Gaines:
One in four Americans want their state to secede from the U.S., but why?  —  Click on the image to explore the the complete poll results.  —  For the past few weeks, as Scotland debated the wisdom of independence, Reuters has been asking Americans how they would feel about declaring independence today …
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Hagel eyes NFL ties  —  (CNN) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked his staff for detailed information about the U.S. military's relationships with the National Football League in the wake of the scandal over how the league is handling domestic-abuse allegations against players, CNN has learned.
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Philip Ewing / Politico:   Close  —  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked for an accounting …
 
 
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Russell Berman / The Wire:
Congress Heads Home After Exhausting Eight Days of Work
A. Hope Jahren / New York Times:
Science's Sexual Assault Problem
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Pharyngula
Edward Whelan / Weekly Standard:
The Senate and the Courts  —  The federal judiciary will follow the election returns.
Reuters:
Scots spurn independence in historic vote, devolution battle begins
Discussion: Hot Air and American Spectator
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
What I learned surfing in Hawaii with the first Hindu congresswoman
Discussion: ABC News
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's Ex-President, Plots Return From Williamsburg, Brooklyn
 Earlier Items: 
National Journal:
Possible Rules Change Could Punish Boehner Dissidents
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Joaquim Moreira Salles / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Conspiracy About Undocumented Immigrants Voting Gets Debunked By Its Own Contributor
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Mike Carter / Sacramento Bee:
Child-porn conviction is tossed: Navy surveillance is blamed
Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story
Luke Harding / Guardian:
Russia cries foul over Scottish independence vote