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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola  —  A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea became the first person in the city to test positive for the virus Thursday, setting off a search for anyone who might have come into contact with him.
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New York Post:
Doctor who treated Ebola patients rushed to NYC hospital  —  Police officers leave the apartment of Dr. Craig Spencer (left) in West Harlem.  —  The Big Apple may have its first case of Ebola.  —  A 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders physician who recently treated Ebola patients in Guinea …
Fox News:
Patient at New York City hospital tests positive for Ebola, reports say
Discussion: CNN and Instapundit
Sydney Lupkin / ABC News:
Doctor Isolated at NYC Hospital With Ebola-Like Symptoms
Discussion: Hot Air and abc7chicago.com
Jesse / CBS New York:
New York City Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:   Healthcare Worker Taken To NYC Hospital To Be Tested For Ebola
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Gains in Key Senate Races as Gender Gap Narrows  —  In Iowa, Arkansas and Colorado, Democrats' Advantage Among Women Voters Has Diminished  —  In a warning flag for Democrats, recent polls suggest the party is failing to draw enough support from women in three key Senate races—in Iowa …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Federalist
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The Daily Beast:
The Democrats' Closing Argument Needs to Be J-O-B-S  —  There's still time for the Democrats to put GOP opponents on the defensive by saying “I want to rebuild America, and my opponent doesn't.”  —  As Democrats mutter privately that their Senate majority is sinking beneath the waves, their leadership has sent out an SOS.
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Real Party of the Rich
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Politics:
The Democrats' Coming Blame Game
Discussion: Bloomberg, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Politico:
CNN's Carol Costello apologizes for Palin remarks  —  CNN's Carol Costello apologized on Thursday for joking about a police recording of Bristol Palin.  —  “Over the past few days I have been roundly criticized for joking about a brawl involving the Palin family.
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor, liberals give grins and thumbs up to violence against the ‘Right’ women
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Bristol Palin: Yes, I Punched A Guy But He Had It Coming
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
How Independents Could Seize Control of the Senate  —  As the bulk of close election observers have pointed out, the odds favor the Republicans capturing enough Senate seats to make a majority next year.  Of course, it is not a certainty (to any except the election modelers at The Monkey Cage).
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Georgia Senate race statistical tie  —  (CNN) — Democrat Michelle Nunn has a slight 47%-44% edge over Republican David Perdue in the Georgia race for an open Senate seat, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey released Friday.  —  The three-point margin falls within …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Barack Obama, bewildered bystander  —  The president is upset.  Very upset.  Frustrated and angry.  Seething about the government's handling of Ebola, said the front-page headline in the New York Times last Saturday.  —  There's only one problem with this pose, so obligingly transcribed for him by the Times.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
What a Real White House Shake-Up Looks Like
Discussion: Politico and Liberaland
Bloomberg:
Ebola Spreads to Mali as WHO Races to Contain Outbreak  —  Mali became the sixth West African country to report a case of Ebola, opening a new front in the international effort to prevent the outbreak of the deadly viral infection from spreading further.  —  A 2-year-old girl who traveled …
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
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Cari Romm / The Atlantic Online:   Ebola Reaches Mali
Jim O'Sullivan / The Boston Globe:
Baker opens up lead over Coakley in new poll  —  Republican Charlie Baker has opened up a 9-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley, 45 percent to 36 percent, according to a new Globe poll that depicts a far more comfortable advantage than either candidate for governor has enjoyed in months.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sarah Palin endorses ... a Democrat?  —  Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is endorsing independent Bill Walker and Democrat Byron Mallott for governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska.  —  Palin and husband Todd are shown donning Walker-Mallott campaign pins in photos uploaded to the campaign's Facebook page Thursday.
Edgar Sandoval / NY Daily News:
Gov. Christie feels his minimum wage views were misunderstood, while NJ diner waitresses say he lacks empathy  —  The New Jersey governor, speaking at a Garden State diner, explained that most people missed his point — and he's come to accept that.  Waitress Stacey Ellis said his remarks showed zero empathy for workers like her.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Man attacks New York police officers with a hatchet  —  New York (CNN) — A man charged at four New York police officers with a metal hatchet Thursday, hitting two of them at a time of high alert for authorities concerned they might be targeted in the United States and Canada.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck: Not ‘All That Bad’ If McConnell Loses To Grimes (AUDIO)  —  Glenn Beck doesn't think it would be “all that bad for the country” if Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) loses reelection to Alison Lundergan Grimes (D).  —  Less than two weeks before Election Day …
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Alison Grimes doubles down on a 4-Pinocchio claim
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite, ABC News and Fox News
Emily Yoffe / Slate:
Kids from poorer neighborhoods keep coming to trick-or-treat in mine.  Do I have to give them candy?  —  Get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up.  Please send your questions for publication to prudence@slate.com.  (Questions may be edited.)
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
GOP changes tune on cutting Social Security with elections on the line  —  Cutting federal health and retirement spending has long been at the top of the GOP agenda.  But with Republicans in striking distance of winning the Senate, they are suddenly blasting the idea of trimming Social Security benefits.
 
 
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Mark Binelli / Rolling Stone:
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Things Fall Apart
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Lewinsky mistreated by authorities in investigation of Clinton, report says
Discussion: Prairie Weather and CNN
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
As Midterms Near, GOP Leads on Key Issues, Democrats Have a More Positive Image
Geoff McLatchey / Judicial Watch:
Obama Asserts Fast and Furious Executive Privilege Claim for Holder's Wife
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Peter King Slams Doctors On Ebola, Suggests Ebola Went Airborne
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Poll Tax That Wasn't  —  In her dissent, Justice Ruth Bader …
 

 
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