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10:20 AM ET, October 20, 2014

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Alexander Burns / Politico:
POLITICO poll: Alarm, anxiety as election looms  —  An overwhelming majority of voters in the most competitive 2014 elections say it feels as if events in the United States are “out of control” and expressed mounting alarm about terrorism, anxiety about Ebola and harsh skepticism …
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Obama makes rare campaign trail appearance, people leave early  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, but early departures of crowd members while he spoke underscored his continuing unpopularity.
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
NIH official firm in opposition to travel ban  —  A top official at the National Institutes of Health on Sunday said a travel ban on flights to and from West Africa would only make things worse in the fight against Ebola, pushing back against calls from lawmakers to institute one.
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BBC:
Ebola crisis: Nigeria declared free of virus  —  Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.  —  WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz, speaking in the capital Abuja, said it was a “spectacular success story”.
Wall Street Journal:
The Travel Ban and the New Czar
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Beast
Jamie Dettmer / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS  —  Not only are foodstuffs, medical supplies—even clinics—going to ISIS, the distribution networks are paying ISIS ‘taxes’ and putting ISIS people on their payrolls.  —  GAZIANTEP, Turkey — While U.S. warplanes strike at the militants …
Rachelle Blidner / NY Daily News:
Tennessee state Sen. Jim Summerville arrested for stalking, assault one month after public intoxication charge  —  The outgoing Republican senator was arrested twice this weekend after a Dickson, Tenn., neighbor filed stalking charges and Summerville allegedly threatened her the next day.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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Todd / Tennessean.com:
Jim Summerville faces stalking, assault charges
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Forrest Sanders / WSMV-TV:
State senator Jim Summerville charged with stalking, assault
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Obama Brief  —  The President considers his judicial legacy. … “Of course I drink during the day—I'm way too tired to drink at night.”  —  BUY OR LICENSE »
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ted Cruz / USA Today:
Republican priorities for 2015  —  A GOP led Congress in 2015 will pass a serious agenda, or expose an obstructionist Obama.  —  By all signs, Americans are preparing to send Washington a clear message in the 2014 elections.  —  The question is, will Washington listen?
Discussion: CNN and ABC News
Jonathan Strong / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION QUIETLY PREPARES ‘SURGE’ OF MILLIONS OF NEW IMMIGRANT IDS  —  Despite no official action from the president ahead of the election, the Obama administration has quietly begun preparing to issue millions of work authorization permits, suggesting the implementation …
John Fund / National Review:
The Trouble with Early Voting  —  Early and absentee voting have their place, but they are becoming the rule not the exception.  —  The headline in the Florida's Sun-Sentinel newspaper this weekend says it all: “People Who Vote Before Election Could Decide Outcome of Governor's Race.”
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Gay GOP House candidate: Harassment allegations driven by my sexuality  —  SAN DIEGO — Under fire amid sexual harassment allegations, GOP House candidate Carl DeMaio is saying Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) is behind the “outrageous, despicable, disgraceful, unethical” claims against him.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Dozens Declared Free of Ebola Risk in Texas  —  DALLAS — At least one chapter of the Ebola saga neared a close here Sunday, as most of the dozens of people who had direct or indirect contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola here, had been told by officials …
The Hill:
‘Clinton Democrats’ falling flat  —  Self-proclaimed Clinton Democrats are struggling this election cycle, and not even their powerful namesakes may be enough to save them.  —  Both Bill and Hillary Clinton have tried to turn on their charms to help centrist Democrats in Kentucky and Arkansas.
 
 
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Annabelle Bamforth / Ben Swann Truth In Media:
Watch Keene's Pumpkin Festival Coordinator Physically Confront Reporter Amid Rioting
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Thomas Frank / Salon:
Paul Krugman's sloppy, wet kiss
Jason La Canfora / CBSSports.com:
How Ray Rice could be reinstated to the NFL within a month
Vickie Welborn / Shreveporttimes:
Crude oil spills into Caddo bayou, kills wildlife
Discussion: ThinkProgress, KSLA-TV and Fuel Fix
Dean Schabner / ABC News:
Coast Guard Gets Blood Samples From Health Care Worker Quarantined on Ship
Al Goodman / CNN:
Spanish nurse's aide found to be Ebola-free in third test
Discussion: Agence France-Presse
 Earlier Items: 
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Female voters hold key to midterms
Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
Discussion: Fox News and The PJ Tatler
Agence France-Presse:
Britain threatens Internet ‘trolls’ with two years in jail
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
The Cost of Campaigns  —  Beyond its durable imprint …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
A toxic president  —  Chalk it up to karma, fate or bad luck.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Next - Obama To Sidestep Congress On Iran
James Prichard / Associated Press:
Drunk Michigan Woman Arrested When She Mistakes Jail For A Bar
Discussion: New York Magazine
 

 
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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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