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money lead
Tanking gas prices fuel conspiracy talk
(CNN) – Gas prices are near their lowest levels of the decade right now. And it seems like every time there is a huge spike, or plunge, in the price of gas, people have to find some bigger reason behind it.
Because oil equals power.
So what are the masters of the universe up to?
CNN Money's Cristina Alesci takes a look at some of the conspiracy theories out there.
politics lead
2016 attacks begin early
(CNN) – The high stakes midterm elections are just five days away, and the 2016 race for White House will begin just hours after next Tuesday's ballots are cast.
Or has it already started?
Just in the past few hours it seems some possible hopefuls can't contain themselves, unable to hold off any longer.
CNN's Jake Tapper reports.
national lead
Ebola update: Maine can't reach deal with nurse Kaci Hickox
(CNN) - Negotiations over where a Maine nurse can be allowed to go have failed, Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday, and he's going to "exercise the full extent of his authority" to keep Kaci Hickox away from public places.
The state is now saying it doesn't want to confine Hickox, who recently returned to the United States after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone with the organization Doctors Without Borders.
They want the nurse - who has twice tested negative for Ebola and says she feels healthy - to avoid public places such as stores for 21 days. That's the deadly virus' incubation period. Much of that period in her case is already up; it is set to end the second week in November.
national lead
Town manager: People concerned about nurse defying quarantine
(CNN) – Fort Kent town manager Donald Guimond agrees that nurse Kaci Hickox has a right to leave her home, but he echoed the governor's statements that people in the community are worried.
"Folks in our community are concerned about this situation," Guimond said.
Hickox worked in West Africa, the Ebola hot zone, and is now fueling a fierce debate over competing american principles of liberty and security. She is defying orders to remain inside her home in Fort Kent, Maine.
Check out our interview with Fort Kent town manager Donald Guimond above.
politics lead
Struggle for the Senate: 4 of our favorite midterm races
(CNN) – Raindrops on yard signs and angry rude voters. Moldy incumbents and vain self-promoters. Brown paper ballots all tied up with strings. These are a few of our favorite things.
In that spirit - CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" brought in three political gurus to discuss their favorite races around the country.
Check out the top picks from CNN's Peter Hamby, Brianna Keilar, Gloria Borger, and our own Jake Tapper.
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