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The Secret Service Let an Armed Man into an Elevator With the President
A security contractor with a gun made it onto an elevator with the president in Atlanta, without permission from the Secret Service. He began taking photos and "behaving unprofessionally."
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First Case of Ebola Diagnosed in the U.S.
"This is not Africa," said Zachary Thompson, director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services, "We have a great infrastructure to deal with an outbreak."
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Ukraine Braces for a Winter Without Russian Gas
Days after an EU-brokered deal was set to give Ukrainians access to Russian gas for the winter, Ukrainian officials continue to for fight for a previously agreed upon discount.
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The FCC Ruling May Not Be the End of NFL Blackouts
Fans hate NFL blackouts. The FCC will no longer support them. So why does the NFL want to keep them around?
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'The River Wild' Twenty Years Later: Uncovering Gail's Rafting Journal
Twenty years ago today, director Curtis Hanson and star Meryl Streep would team up for an action/adventure story set on a white-water rafting trip. To commemorate, we dug up Streep's character's journal entries.
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Secret Service Chief Gets a Good Ole Congressional Grilling
It is apparently impossible to explain in a satisfying way how an armed man could burst through an unlocked front door and run through the first floor of the White House before being stopped.
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Catalonia Suspends Independence Campaign...For Now
After a Spanish court blocked Catalonia's independence referendum, the regional Catalan government said Tuesday that it would suspend its planned November vote.
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U.S. Airstrikes Said to Have Nearly Hit American Allies in Syria
According to two moderate rebels, an American airstrike nearly wiped out a command-and-control center run by affiliates of the Free Syrian Army last week.
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Afghanistan Finally Signs Elusive Security Pact With United States
The deal will keep nearly 10,000 American troops in Afghanistan.
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Why Wednesday Could Be Hong Kong's Tipping Point
This weekend's pro-democracy protests may have only been a prelude to what will happen on China's 65th National Day on October 1st.
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The Secret Service Can't Catch a Break (or an Intruder)
The Iraq War veteran who ran into the White House earlier this month made it much farther than the Secret Service initially admitted, The Washington Post reports.
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Who Exactly Underestimated ISIS?
The president's acknowledgement that the U.S. "underestimated" the rise of ISIS raised more questions than it answered.
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ATM Fees Are Officially an Absolute Ripoff
ATM fees rose five percent in the last year to $4.35 per transaction.
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Another Doctor Exposed to Ebola Arrives in U.S. for Treatment
An American doctoring volunteering in Sierra Leone has been brought to the NIH Clinical Center in Maryland after he was exposed to the Ebola virus.
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Where Yes Means Yes: California Passes First Affirmative Consent Law
California Governor Jerry Brown signed the nation's first affirmative consent law on Sunday, meaning that the paradigm of "yes means yes" is now the law of the land at colleges in the Golden State.
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Five Best Monday Columns
Nicholas Burns on the U.S. relationship with India, Edward Luce on Saudi Arabia, Paul Krugman on America's invisible wealth gap, Michael Schuman on the Hong Kong protests, and Jonathan Steele on Assad.
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Spain Is Trying to Stop Catalonia's Independence Vote
The Spanish government is, unsurprisingly, appealing to the courts to stop Catalonia's independence vote from going forward.
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Obama and Boehner Duke It Out in Dueling Network Interviews
The Democratic president and the Republican speaker offered their perspectives on ISIS, the 2014 election campaign, and their respective economic records.
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Human Rights Group: U.S. Airstrike Killed Civilians in Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that American-led airstrikes against targets inside of Syria reportedly hit a grain silo and caused a number of civilian casualties.
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Hong Kong Demonstrators Unveil 'Umbrella Revolution'
Following a weekend of protests, a mass of demonstrators returned to Hong Kong's business district despite a government crackdown. As the Hong Kong markets tumbled, Instagram was blocked on the Chinese mainland.
