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* Thanks to Wonkette for pointing out that we were on this whole Ruth Baby Ginsburg thing last year. [Wonkette] * Speaking of our legally themed Halloween costume contest, please send us your nominations. [Above the Law] * Salacious allegations about a high-flying investment banker invite comparisons to The Wolf of Wall Street. [Dealbreaker] * […]

Even ghouls and ghosts are innocent until proven guilty. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/APytbnMAxKM/story01.htm

We believe investors are made, not born. And for even the most advanced financial whizzes, ongoing education remains a key part of managing money well. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/Ahw2QebSeRQ/story01.htm

The level of butthurt from Aaron Hernandez’s lawyers is astounding. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/NTY23FtmNjU/story01.htm

* Experts tracing contacts of Ebola-infected girl in Mali Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/j5AzT1uSBrc/idAFL5N0SQ5BN20141031

GENEVA, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The Ebola epidemic has killed 4,951 people out of 13,567 infected in eight countries, the World Health Organisation said on Friday, slightly revising downwards its figures for cases mainly due to “suspected cases in Guinea being discarded”. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/ViQ0_QcCggU/idAFL5N0SQ55J20141031

A prominent accuser of Jonny Dach turns out to have a prostitution problem of his own. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/6giiuBKv4zI/story01.htm

The plastic bag – cheap, strong and light-weight – was designed for the convenience of shoppers, but it is these very attributes that have made it an environmental scourge. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/XUQpCjorkpM/trend-hunter-sacked-radical-moves-against-the-plastic-bag.html

* Contact tracing seen as key to containing outbreaks (Adds detail, background, Guinea economic impact of Ebola) Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/XTXOCrAMyjo/idAFL5N0SQ3VO20141031

September brought signs that North African governments and their regional allies may have embarked on a generalised conflict for control of an atomising Libya – creating a new DRC-type conflict where regional players line up to intervene in a mineral-rich but failing state. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/hW69l9hMUy4/libya-unidentified-aerial-bombardments-drag-region-into-conflict.html