See the most important news this Sunday

 

How big a threat is the Islamic State?

By Greg Miller and Juliet Eilperin

 

D.C. mayoral race rests on an uninspired electorate

By Marc Fisher and Steve Hendrix

 

A Scottish bet on oil even as wells begin to run dry

By Griff Witte

 

NFL relies on security to protect its shield

By Kent Babb and Adam Goldman

 

Out of options, the dying sit and wait

By Lenny Bernstein

 

• Former Md. governor stops by N.H.
• Harkin and the changing Democratic Party
         
• Lawyers in Boston bomb case seek 2,000 for jury pool
         
• National digest: New video evidence surfaces in Ferguson shooting
• Ad in Senate race in Arkansas shows how to distort an opponent’s vote
         
• Ahead of midterms, Democrats court women voters with economic issues
• Shriver originally in portrait of husband
• Professor pleads guilty to manslaughter in 1995 killing of her alleged rapist
         

• U.N. debates cut in Afghan mission
         
• As U.S. builds a coalition, Iran is left on the outside
         

• World digest: Sept. 13, 2014
• Pakistan political standoff deepens
         
• Survivors in India seethe with anger
  By Annie Gowen
• Ukraine’s prime minister slams Putin; cease-fire under strain
         
• Russian opposition may miss an opportunity
         
• U.S. Embassy in Uganda urges Americans to seek shelter
         

• Islamic State claims beheading of British hostage
  By Griff Witte and Karla Adam
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• Iraq’s plans for force to fight Islamic State meet distrust