Grimes Sues McConnell Over ‘Despicable’ Voter Mailers  —  The campaign of Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has filed a lawsuit to stop Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign from distributing a mailer that it says amounts to illegal voter intimidation tactics.

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.

Races I'll Be Watching On Election Night  —  Senate polls in individual states have moved around...but the Meta-Margin and the average seat count have stayed stable.  Nonetheless, the crystal ball is cloudy.  Why is that?  The Midterm Polling Curse.  Spoooooky!

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.

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 …

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,” …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Judge in Maine Eases Restrictions on Nurse  —  FORT KENT, Me.  — In a victory for a nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, a judge in Maine on Friday rejected arguments by the state that her movements should be firmly restricted, praising her “compassion” even as he acknowledged the public's fears about the virus.