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7:20 AM ET, October 17, 2014

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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Son Hunter Discharged From Navy Reserve After Failing Cocaine Test  —  Lawyer Pursued Military Service Relatively Late as a Public-Affairs Officer  —  WASHINGTON—Vice President Joe Biden 's son Hunter was discharged from the Navy Reserve this year after testing positive for cocaine …
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden's son discharged from Navy after testing positive for cocaine  —  Washington (CNN) — The Navy Reserve discharged Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter this year after he tested positive for cocaine, U.S. officials confirmed.  —  The discharge of Biden, a 44-year-old lawyer …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
As Dems sweat Iowa, Sen. Tom Harkin sits on millions  —  Cernojevich said that Harkin has headlined more than 20 fundraisers for Braley and attended more than 30 events to raise money for the Senate hopeful and other Iowa Democrats on the ticket.  In addition to a $10,000 donation …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Blitzer Grills Rick Scott: Why Was Crist's Fan an Issue in the First Place?
Discussion: Washington Post
Greg Botelho / CNN:
Nurse may have had symptoms of Ebola longer than first thought  —  Are you on the front lines of Ebola?  We'd like to hear your story.  —  (CNN) — A nurse with Ebola may have shown symptoms of the virus as many as four days before authorities once indicated, meaning that she might …
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The Hill:
Ebola, Wall Street stock slide deepen '14 gloom for Dems  —  The Democrats' midterm prospects took a beating this week as concerns over the Ebola virus and a jittery economy churned up countless grim headlines and darkened an already-dissatisfied national mood.
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Politico:
Obama's Ebola challenge  —  The White House playbook for handling natural disasters is clear cut: Get the president in front of the cameras early, pledge every federal resource for the recovery, make a sympathetic visit to the devastated area and never pass up an opportunity to show who's in charge.
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Most Conservative And Liberal Names In America  —  There's... a pattern.  —  Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed  —  The most conservative and liberal names in America are Doyle and Natasha.  —  Crowdpac, a nonpartisan group, focuses on how money and policy work in politics.
Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio
New York Post:
Alarm after vomiting passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to JFK  —  Demonstrators demand a travel ban outside the White House on Oct. 16 to stop the spread of the Ebola virus.  —  A plane from Nigeria landed at JFK Airport Thursday with a male passenger aboard who had died during the flight …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Everyone In What Looks Like A Group Photo On GOP Governor's Website Is Photoshopped  —  On Gov. Tom Corbett's campaign website.  Update (6:58 p.m.): The Corbett campaign says the “whole website footer graphic” is Photoshopped, including a stock image of a black woman.
Discussion: Philly.com
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Teen mother gives tot to heroin user, then claims son was kidnapped, St. Charles police say  —  • By Susan Weich sweich@post-dispatch.com 636-493-9674  —  ST. CHARLES  • A teen mother who told police someone had kidnapped her toddler really gave her son away to a heroin user, police said.
Tommy Craggs / Deadspin:
How Deadspin F**ked Up The Cory Gardner Story  —  On Wednesday, Deadspin published a story questioning the football bona fides of U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, a Republican who's running for the Colorado Senate seat currently occupied by Democrat Mark Udall.  We f**ked up.
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Insiders Blame Rove for Covering Up Iraq's Real WMD  —  There's one man, some Republicans say, who kept the public from learning about the chemical shells littered around Iraq.  He was Bush's most important political adviser.  —  Starting in 2004, some members of the George W. Bush administration …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Delta CEO: 'You Really Can't Catch Ebola on an Airplane'  —  The entire nation is very concerned about Ebola potentially spreading on airplanes, after one of the nurses with Ebola flew just a day before developing symptoms.  Delta CEO Richard Anderson said today, however, that “you can't really catch Ebola on an airplane.”
Discussion: FOX News Radio
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Iowa Cops Blow Out Tires, Hold Pregnant Woman In Labor At Gunpoint For Speeding To Hospital  —  Police in Iowa used spike strips to stop a pregnant woman in labor who was rushing to the hospital, and then held her at gunpoint.  —  Police in Iowa used spike strips to stop a pregnant woman …
Discussion: NY Daily News and FOX News Radio
Yuval Levin / National Review:
Lessons of the Ebola Crisis  —  In the growing public debate about Ebola, both sides are basically right.  The administration is right that we are not witnessing an outbreak of Ebola and that such an outbreak is unlikely in our highly developed public-health system.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Power Line
Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton subtly swipes at Mitt Romney over auto bailout  —  Washington (CNN) — Hillary Clinton cribbed a page from President Barack Obama's playbook on Thursday by taking a swipe at Mitt Romney's 2008 oped, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.”  —  At an event outside Detroit …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
 
 
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Sean Trende / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
What to Expect From Senate Polls in the Final Days
Discussion: The Dish
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Donald Trump: Ebola-Infected Immigrants Will ‘Just Walk Into The Country’ Over Mexican Border
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher: Yes, I Can Generalize About Muslims
Joshua Holland / BillMoyers.com:
Does Rising Inequality Make a Democracy More Warlike?
Discussion: Firedoglake
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
Turkey Bombs the Kurds
Discussion: The Dish
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The God That Failed  —  Alison Lundergan Grimes is the Todd Akin of 2014.
Discussion: Guardian and Ed Driscoll
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI chief: No concern about terrorists using Ebola
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Talking Points Memo
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘Bulletproof Vest For Boys’: Florida Billboards Put A Twist On Police Brutality
Discussion: Mediaite
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Meghan McCain: My dad hates Rand Paul
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 

 
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Uri Berliner says he is resigning from NPR as he “cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm” NPR's problems

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A Los Angeles ethics agency fines former CBS CEO Les Moonves $15K for misconduct in obtaining confidential police info about a sexual assault claim against him

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An analysis of the gender pay gap in UK media: 76% of the biggest media organizations increased the proportion of women in their top pay tier from 2022 to 2023
 
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