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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 25, 2014 11:41 AM UTC [GOP Uses Democrats’ Playbook](http://time.com/3426709/2014-midterm-elections-republicans-democrats/) Two years after Democrats held the White House by painting Mitt Romney as a callous plutocrat, Republicans are using the same playbook in a bid for control of the Senate in the midterms, and Hillary Clinton may find herself on the receiving end of such attacks in 2016 [9 Email Rules From a Google Exec](http://time.com/3425368/google-email-rules/) Google executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt shares nine insightful rules for emailing (or gmailing!) like a professional [Apple’s iPhone Headache](http://time.com/3426561/apple-iphone-6-plus-ios-8-problems/) The sale of a record 10 million new iPhones quickly gave way to reports of bent phones and a faulty operating system update that Apple had to pull [U.K. Counter-Terrorism Raid Nabs 9 in London](http://time.com/3429637/u-k-counter-terrorism-police-arrest-9-men-in-london/) Police arrested nine men on Thursday on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and being members of and supporting banned groups. The arrests were not a response to any immediate public safety risk, but part of an ongoing probe into Islamist-related terrorism [Suspect Captured in Case of Missing Virginia Student](http://time.com/3429714/suspect-captured-in-case-of-missing-uva-student/) Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was arrested in the Texas community of Gilchrist, authorities said Wednesday night, less than a full day after police announced they had probable cause to arrest him on charges of abduction with intent to defile Hannah Graham [Sierra Leone Restricts Travel in Bid to Stop Ebola](http://time.com/3429698/sierra-leone-to-cordon-off-3-areas-to-stop-ebola/) More than a third of its population is under quarantine after officials restricted travel into and within three more “hotspots” of Ebola, where 1.5 million people live; Sierra Leone is one of the hardest-hit countries in the outbreak believed to have killed at least 2,900 people [Navajo Nation to Receive $554 Million Settlement From U.S.](http://time.com/3427628/navajo-nation-554-million-settlement-american-government/) The U.S. will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million, the largest agreement won by an American-Indian tribe, settling a 2006 lawsuit by the Navajo Nation that alleged that the American government improperly handled Indian assets for more than five decades [Marathon Bombing Trial Stays in Boston](http://time.com/3427870/boston-judge-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-marathon-bomber-trial-massachusetts/) A defense request to move the alleged Boston Marathon bomber’s trial outside Massachusetts has been denied by a federal judge in Boston, who did not agree with the contention that finding an impartial jury in the state would be impossible [Surfers Beat Billionaire in Landmark California Beach Case](http://time.com/3426864/vinod-khosla-martins-beach-lawsuit/) A California court issued a milestone ruling on Sept. 24 that may restore public access to a beach that requires traveling across privately owned land, the latest turn in a multiyear legal battle that has pitted surfers against venture capitalist Vinod Khosla [AC/DC Has Good News and Bad](http://time.com/3429356/acdc-new-album-rock-or-bust-malcolm-young-retirement/) A statement on the iconic rock band’s website says that their new album, called _Rock or Bust_, will be launching on Dec. 2, featuring 11 tracks recorded in Vancouver. 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