Supreme Court Won't Spare Richard Glossip, Fiscal Shutdown Likelihood Fizzles, NCAA Schools Can't Pay Athletes: P.M. Links

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• The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to spare Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man set to be executed today despite strong evidence suggesting he's innocent. (Read more about Glossip's story here.) 
• Congress is allegedly making progress on avoiding fiscal shutdown, after the Senate passed a continuing resolution Wednesday morning to fund the government next fiscal year at this one's levels. The House is expected to pass a short-term spending bill ahead of the midnight deadline Wednesday evening. 
• The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling allowing NCAA member schools to pay student athletes up to $5,000 per year. 
• Kim Kardashian told Ellen Degeneres Wednesday that her husband Kanye West is "serious" about running for president in 2020. 
• The next Republican presidential debate, set to air on CNBC on October 28, may feature fewer candidates than the previous two debates have.
• New York magazine wonders what happened to Rand Paul? 

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