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11:35 PM ET, September 30, 2014

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Armed contractor with criminal record was on elevator with Obama in Atlanta  —  A security contractor with a gun and three prior convictions for assault and battery was allowed on an elevator with President Obama during a Sept. 16 trip to Atlanta, violating Secret Service protocols, according to three people familiar with the incident.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
White House intruder was tackled by off-duty Secret Service agent  —  The man who jumped over the White House fence and sprinted through the main floor of the mansion could have gotten even farther had it not been for an off-duty Secret Service agent who was coincidentally in the house and leaving for the night.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Agent Pens WaPo Op-Ed Urging Allen West To Lead Secret Service  —  After stunning revelations about security breaches at the White House, a former Secret Service agent thinks it's time for the military to get involved, specifically former Rep. Allen West (R-FL).
Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Secret Service missed man with gun in elevator with Obama  —  WHITE HOUSE BARACK OBAMA SECRET SERVICE NATIONAL SECURITY PENNAVE ATLANTA CDC JULIA PIERSON  —  A man with a gun that the Secret Service did not know about rode in an elevator with President Obama during his visit …
Ktvtdeborah / CBS Dallas:
CDC Confirms Patient In Dallas Has The Ebola Virus  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Officials with the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed that a person in Dallas definitely has the Ebola virus.  Tuesday's official determination makes the patient, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas …
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Washington Post:
CDC confirms first case of Ebola in the U.S.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Tuesday the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States.  —  “An individual traveling from Liberia has been diagnosed with Ebola in the United States,” Thomas Frieden …
Discussion: Hot Air and PJ Media
Dana Ford / CNN:
First diagnosed case of Ebola in the U.S.  —  Atlanta (CNN) — A patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, health officials announced Tuesday.  —  The unidentified man left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in the United States …
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Nigeria's Actions Seem to Contain Ebola Outbreak
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Republican Judge Orders Obamacare Defunded  —  Much of the Affordable Care Act must be defunded and millions of Americans must lose their health insurance, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Judge Ronald A. White, an Oklahoma federal judge appointed to the bench by George W. Bush.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Judge rules against White House on Affordable Care Act  —  A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that Obamacare subsidies cannot go to residents of states that are not running their own insurance exchanges, a second blow to the Obama administration on a issue that threatens a key element of the health law's coverage expansion.
Discussion: National Review and Liberal Values
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
7 Charts That Prove Obamacare Is Working
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Mitt Isn't Ready to Call It Quits  —  “Hey, Ann, can you come here a sec?”  Mitt Romney called out, sinking into the cushions of a walnut-colored easy chair, his legs outstretched on a matching ottoman.  Romney's blue work shirt was tucked into faded jeans; sockless ankles peeked out from his New Balance sneakers.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Romney '12 in Two Paragraphs  —  Buried near the end …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Washington Post
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths  —  The White House has acknowledged for the first time that strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes will not apply to U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq.
Melissapamerktla / KTLA:
Mayor of Bell Gardens Dead After Being Shot in Domestic Dispute; Wife Detained  —  The mayor of Bell Gardens was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in a dispute with his wife, who was in custody, authorities said.  —  Police work at the scene of a shooting in Bell Gardens …
Mike Ayers / Wall Street Journal:
A ‘Tetris’ Movie Is in the Works (Exclusive)  —  A film adaptation of the classic '80s video game “Tetris” will be falling into theaters sometime in the near future.  —  Threshold Entertainment has teamed up with the Tetris Company to develop a live-action film based on the game.
Tod Palmerthe / Kansas City Star:
Referees flag Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for celebration penalty after slide and prayer in endzone  —  Husain Abdullah is a devout Muslim.  He's also a safety for the Chiefs, and he made a promise to himself if he ever did find himself in the end zone.  —  “If I get a pick …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
NFL: Muslim Player Shouldn't Have Been Penalized For Touchdown Prayer
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
NFL penalizes Muslim player for praying; league says it was wrong (updated)
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
How Americans' Lives Have Turned Into All Work And No Play, In 3 Charts  —  American workers are putting in more and more hours each week, as the supposedly 40-hour workweek has stretched to 47 hours.  At the same time, they're getting very little paid time off of work to recharge.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Brooks Boliek / Politico:
FCC sacks NFL blackout rule  —  The FCC dumped the sports blackout rule Tuesday, dealing a blow to the NFL at a time of growing scrutiny for the league in Washington.  —  In a unanimous 5- vote, the commission eliminated the decades-old regulation, which prevents cable and satellite TV …
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FCC kills sports blackout rules
Discussion: Truth Revolt
James Hohmann / Politico:
Incumbent governors fear wipeout  —  Recognizing that many voters don't personally sense that their economic situation has meaningfully improved, Snyder slightly tweaked his messaging two weeks ago from calling Michigan “the comeback state” to saying that it is on “the road to recovery.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Incumbent governors fear wipeout
Discussion: Washington Post and PoliticusUSA
Brookings Institute:
Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound  —  Abstract  —  This paper re-examines government debt management policy in light of the U.S. experience with extraordinary fiscal and monetary policies since 2008.  —  We first document that the Treasury's decision to lengthen …
National Journal:
Large Oil Company Bolts From ALEC  —  Occidental Petroleum is cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council amid backlash against the organization's stance on climate change.  —  A large oil and natural-gas company is parting ways with the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Discussion: Grist, BillMoyers.com and ThinkProgress
 
 
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Agence France-Presse:
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Joey Brown / WAVE-TV:
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Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail:
The new campus sex puritans
Charles B. Strozier / The Huffington Post:
How Climate Change Helped ISIS
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why it might be time to sell that Rand Paul stock
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Holder to depart with 26-percent favorable rating
David M. Primo / Wall Street Journal:
A Political Attack on Shareholder Value
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Robert Zubrin / National Review:
Obama Betrays the Kurds
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Dawinder S. Sidhu / The Atlantic Online:
How Serious Is the Supreme Court About Religious Freedom?
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
This Is What's the Matter With Kansas