Democrats Count on Edge With Women to Limit Election Losses  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are nervously counting on an enduring edge among female voters in most states to prevent a Republican rout in Tuesday's elections.  Yet so great is the uncertainty that even before the returns are in …

Political Correctness Is Back  —  The kerfuffle over Bill Maher's invitation to speak at UC Berkeley brings me back to my college days.  And not in a good way.  —  In the late 1980s and early 1990s, campus life featured a depressing sequence of actions and reactions by the right and left on the subject of race.

Walmart Wants You to ‘Shock Your Friends with This Islamic Costume’  —  “Fat girl costumes” are not the only problematic products Walmart is pushing this Halloween.  Qasim Rashid, as spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA has discovered the “Mens Pashtun Papa Costume,” …

Iowa Dems may hold thin edge in early voting  —  Democrats may have an advantage over Republicans in an all-out battle to attract party loyalists who didn't cast ballots four years ago, an exclusive Des Moines Register analysis of absentee voter data suggests.

Veteran to be released from Mexican jail  —  TIJUANA — A Mexican federal district judge in Tijuana on Friday ordered the immediate release of a U.S. Marine veteran behind bars in Baja California on federal weapons charges.  —  Andrew Tahmooressi was on trial for crossing the border …

The Party of Nonvoters  —  Younger, More Racially Diverse, More Financially Strapped  —  With just four days before the midterm elections, the spotlight understandably is focused on the estimated 40% of voting age adults who are expected to show up at the polls next Tuesday.

Austin Police Confirm These Are Cops Making Rape Jokes on Video  —  The Austin, Tex. Police Department is investigating two officers for joking about rape in a dashcam video posted to YouTube earlier this week.  After the video made the local news, APD confirmed the recording is authentic …

FCC ‘Net Neutrality’ Plan Calls for More Power Over Broadband  —  Chairman Tom Wheeler Considers Hybrid Approach to Internet Access  —  WASHINGTON—The head of the Federal Communications Commission is laying the groundwork for expanding the agency's authority over broadband service …

Attkisson exposes C-SPAN-White House dispute  —  Among the juicier tidbits in the new book “Stonewalled” by former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson relates to a tiff between C-SPAN and the White House.  As Attkisson tells the story, C-SPAN eminence Brian Lamb interviewed President Obama on Aug. 12 …

Federal civil rights charges unlikely against police officer in Ferguson shooting  —  Justice Department investigators have all but concluded they do not have a strong enough case to bring civil rights charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager …

These scientific studies show that airport Ebola screenings are largely ineffective  —  The debate over whether the Obama administration should ban flights from Ebola-stricken nations has been raging for weeks, fueled by fears of an outbreak in the United States and a lot of election-inspired finger pointing.