Fox Business debate: Christie, Huckabee bumped from main stage  —  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee have failed to qualify for the prime time Republican debate on November 10, making them the first top-tier candidates to be relegated to the undercard round …

Bush's Rubio attack plan backfires  —  Jeb Bush's decision to attack old friend and new rival Marco Rubio is backfiring, pushing important supporters to criticize the campaign's tactics and driving one of Florida's top fundraisers to officially quit and signal a shift in allegiance to the senator.

Sheriff: UC Merced attacker planned to kill “a lot of people”  —  Sheriff says manifesto indicates attacker was angered over being kicked out of study group  —  Attacker was 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad from Santa Clara  —  Mohammad's plan apparently interrupted by construction worker

Carson: ‘Secular Progressives’ Are Welcome To Ridicule Pyramid Theory  —  Ben Carson is standing by his theory that the Egyptian pyramid theory — that the pyramids were built by the biblical figure Joseph to store grain — which has come under scrutiny since Buzzfeed surfaced a 1998 video of Carson referencing it.

Ben Carson States, Wrongly, That Founding Fathers ‘Had No Elected Office Experience’  —  Ben Carson tried to compare his own lack of political experience to that of the Founding Fathers.  The trouble is, he got his history wrong.  —  In a Facebook post late Wednesday, Mr. Carson …

Bindi Irwin — Judge Rejects ‘DWTS’ Contract ... No Proof Her Dad Died  —  JUDGE REJECTS ‘DWTS’ CONTRACT  —  No Proof Her Dad Died … Bindi Irwin is caught in a tangled legal web ... her “Dancing with the Stars” contract just got rejected because a judge needs proof her dad is dead.

Exxon Mobil Investigated for Possible Climate Change Lies by New York Attorney General  —  The New York attorney general has begun a sweeping investigation of Exxon Mobil to determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how those risks might hurt the oil business.

War On Christmas: Starbucks Red Cups Are Emblematic Of The Christian Culture Cleansing Of The West  —  Before I knew what coffee was supposed to taste like, my friends and I used trot off to my nearest Starbucks almost every day (we thought we were très sophistiqué) after school …

Ben Carson: Trans People Don't Deserve ‘Extra Rights,’ Like Using Bathroom  —  A week after claiming his anti-gay positions didn't make him homophobic, Ben Carson has suggested that transgender people should be segregated to their own separate restrooms.  —  Speaking with Fusion's Jorge Ramos …

Native-born Canadian Ted Cruz has a birther problem  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Ted Cruz is on a roll.  —  The right wing Texas senator gave a strong performance in last week's GOP presidential debate and he is now rapidly lining up key conservative endorsements before the Iowa caucuses.

AP Exclusive: Brown had state workers research oil on ranch  —  2 photos  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown last year directed state oil and gas regulators to research, map and report back on any mining and oil drilling potential and history at the Brown family's private land in Northern California.

Explaining Extreme Events of 2014  —  Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe, drought in East Africa, and stifling heat waves in Australia …

Don't laugh: The Jeb Bush victory scenario  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  The conventional wisdom that Jeb Bush is dead has become so unanimous it's only natural to suspect it's wrong.  —  Yes, the polls are atrocious.  Bush, now seeking traction with a New Hampshire tour …

Tarantino ‘Surprised’ by Backlash to Anti-Brutality Statement  —  In an exclusive televised interview with Chris Hayes on MSNBC's “All In,” director Quentin Tarantino said he was “surprised” by the backlash against comments he made at an anti-police-brutality protest last month.