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6:50 PM ET, October 11, 2015

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CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump still leads, Ben Carson in second  —  The race for the GOP nomination  —  Donald Trump continues to lead the field nationally in the race to become the Republican nominee for president.  Twenty-seven percent of Republican primary voters support Trump …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Republicans' Ugly Revolt  —  OVER the last two decades, through Bob Dole and George W. Bush and John McCain and Mitt Romney, it has become an article of faith that the Republican presidential nominee is a person blessed by, or acceptable to, the party's establishment, meaning the elders …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney's path to GOP nomination eludes Jeb  —  On paper, Jeb Bush's 2016 campaign mirrors Mitt Romney's 2012 efforts, but Bush faces a far steeper climb to the nomination, political watchers say.  —  With three popular outsider candidates leading the race, rising establishment contenders …
Discussion: Political Wire and Progress Pond
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Back in the pack, this is not the campaign Chris Christie envisioned
Discussion: Bwog
David Edwards / Raw Story:
ABC host destroys Bobby Jindal's ‘no-fly zone’ plan with four simple words: 'ISIS doesn't have aircraft'  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said over the weekend that he had a plan to defeat ISIS using “no-fly zones” …
Ryan Martin / Indianapolis Star:
Indy woman uses medieval combat training, sword to stop intruder  —  Rule No. 1: Don't break into the home of a woman with medieval combat training.  —  CONNECT  —  When a man broke into Karen Dolley's home on Thursday night, her training in medieval combat came in handy.  So did her sword.
Edward Klein / New York Post:
Clinton's camp says she ‘could have a serious meltdown’  —  U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton  —  Hillary is furious — and while Clinton advisers think that may save her, it's making the lives of those who work for her hell.  —  “Hillary's been having screaming …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Althouse
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
DNC Chair: Republicans Are Saying 'Yeah, Let's Kick Women ... Out Of This Country' [VIDEO]  —  Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz told CNN's Dana Bash Sunday that all of the remaining Republican presidential candidates are trying to “out-Trump Donald Trump” and are saying, “yeah, let's kick women.
Agence France-Presse:
Trump: I sometimes carry a gun  —  Washington (AFP) - Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he sometimes carries a gun to protect himself, after a spate of shootings at colleges ramped up debate about firearms in the United States.  —  The revelation is likely to spark …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Asian Advantage  —  THIS is an awkward question, but here goes: Why are Asian-Americans so successful in America?  —  It's no secret that Asian-Americans are disproportionately stars in American schools, and even in American society as a whole.  Census data show that Americans …
Sarah Boxer / The Atlantic:
The Exemplary Narcissism of Snoopy … It really was a dark and stormy night.  On February 12, 2000, Charles Schulz—who had single-handedly drawn some 18,000 Peanuts comic strips, who refused to use assistants to ink or letter his comics, who vowed that after he quit, no new Peanuts strips would be made …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Wanted: a Tea Party Speaker  —  IN an earlier, cozier Washington, D.C., John Boehner could have been the kind of House speaker whose memory is held dear by high-minded chin strokers on Sunday morning television programs: An icon of sadly bygone bipartisanship, a cutter of the grandest bargains, a man who, by God, made legislation move.
Discussion: National Review and Daily Kos
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
2 Outside Reviews Say Cleveland Officer Acted Reasonably in Shooting Tamir Rice, 12  —  Two outside investigators looking into the death of Tamir Rice have concluded that a Cleveland police officer, Tim Loehmann, acted reasonably in deciding last year to shoot when he confronted …
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
GOP staffer fired from the House panel investigating Benghazi attacks  —  A Republican staffer from the House Select Committee on Benghazi has been fired after he says he developed concerns about the politicized nature of the panel's investigation.  —  The criticism from an experienced …
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CNN:
Ex-staffer: Benghazi committee pursuing ‘partisan investigation’ targeting Hillary Clinton
 
 
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP hard-liners seek more power by changing rules. That could mean more chaos.
Patrick Temple-West / Politico:
Trump calls German chancellor's immigration moves ‘insane’
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Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Ben Carson Insists Holocaust Comments ‘Not Hyperbole at All’
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Israeli Ministers Encourage Citizens to Carry Guns to Eliminate the Enemy
Erin Cunningham / Washington Post:
Blasts kill scores at peace rally in Turkey in sign of worsening instability
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Armed Robbery Suspect Tries Using Uber as Getaway Car, Police Say
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