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7:55 AM ET, October 1, 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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Ronald Kessler / Politico:
Something Is Rotten in the Secret Service  —  And Obama's life is in danger because of it.  —  Behind the rotten culture is arrogance.  After uniformed officers failed to take out 42-year-old Omar J. Gonzalez when he hopped over the fence and ran into the White House …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
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.
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.
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 …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Showing Concern for the President, Even While Criticizing Him  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama must be touched by all the concern Republicans are showing him these days.  As Congress examines security breaches at the White House, even opposition lawmakers who have spent the last six years fighting …
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).
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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WFAA-TV:
CDC: Ebola confirmed in Dallas patient  —  “There is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control  —  DALLAS — A patient in a Dallas hospital was confirmed Tuesday to have the deadly Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday.
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
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
Discussion: Liberal Values and National Review
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
7 Charts That Prove Obamacare Is Working
Melissapamerktla / KTLA:
Mayor of Bell Gardens Fatally Shot in Domestic Dispute; Wife Questioned and Released  —  The mayor of Bell Gardens was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in a dispute with his wife, who was briefly detained, authorities said.  —  A family photograph of Daniel Crespo and his wife, Levette.
Discussion: KFOR-TV and Hinterland Gazette
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Los Angeles Times:
Developing Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot at home; wife released
Discussion: CBS Los Angeles and Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP sets sights on bigger House gains  —  House Republicans have been destined for modest gains in the midterms despite a favorable political environment.  Now, just five weeks until Election Day, the party is raising its ambitions, jumping into Democratic strongholds long thought to be beyond the GOP's reach.
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.
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
How Gary Hart Became the First Political Sex Scandal Casualty  —  In a new book on the 1987 scandal that wrecked Gary Hart's presidential chances, Matt Bai argues that the episode marks the moment when political reporting went tabloid.  —  If Matt Bai becomes the instrument of redemption …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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
 
 
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Agence France-Presse:
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Joey Brown / WAVE-TV:
LMPD: Student shot at Fern Creek Traditional High School
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and KFOR-TV
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The new campus sex puritans
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 Earlier Items: 
James Hohmann / Politico:
Incumbent governors fear wipeout
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why it might be time to sell that Rand Paul stock
Discussion: Hot Air, Firedoglake, ABC News and The Dish
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Holder to depart with 26-percent favorable rating
Brookings Institute:
Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Mitt Romney's Latest Excuse for His 47 Percent Remarks Is a Doozy
Robert Zubrin / National Review:
Obama Betrays the Kurds
Discussion: Shot in the Dark