World: Four U.S. citizens were killed over the weekend in separate shooting attacks in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. (New York Times)

Nation: Experts say the Republican Party seems poised to win today’s midterm elections, the most expensive in history. (CNN)

State: A plan to build a slaughter house that produces beef jerky could keep Kentucky ranchers from shipping their cattle out of state. (Bowling Green Daily News)

Other: Zenyatta, an unbeaten mare who will compete in the Breeder’s Cup in Louisville this weekend, was expected to arrive in Kentucky today. (Lexington Herald-Leader)