A.M. Links: Carson Gains on Trump in Polls, GOP Prepares for Wednesday Night Presidential Debate, Biden 2016?
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Credit: Todd Kranin Donald Trump still leads among GOP presidential candidates, but Ben Carson is now a close second in the polls.
- Expect a showdown between Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina at tomorrow night's Republican presidential debate.
- Is Joe Biden going to run for president in 2016? Last week Biden had a secret meeting "with one of the most prominent and powerful fundraising stars in the Democratic firmament."
- The suspect in yesterday's fatal shooting of a Mississippi college professor has killed himself after being cornered by police.
- Hungary has closed its border to refugees.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to continue providing military support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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