Police Arrest About 500 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge  —  In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested about 500 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

Herman Cain communications director resigns  —  Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - The communications director for Herman Cain's presidential campaign has resigned, CNN has learned.  —  Ellen Carmichael told CNN on Saturday her decision is firm but not yet finalized.  —  “I have resigned but the paperwork's not final,” Carmichael said.

Christie Team Assessing How Fast a 2012 Campaign Could Be Mounted  —  WASHINGTON — Chris Christie's political advisers are working to determine whether they could move fast enough to set up effective political operations in Iowa and New Hampshire in the wake of a relentless courtship aimed …

New Fast and Furious docs released by White House  —  WASHINGTON - Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal.  —  The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent …

The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School  —  School districts hire special investigators to follow kids home in order to verify their true residences.  —  In case you needed further proof of the American education system's failings, especially in poor and minority communities …

Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks  —  (Reuters) - Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year's budget fights, sources told Reuters.

Obama advocates ‘big America’ in speech to gay activists  —  President Barack Obama called for a “big America” in a speech to a major gay rights group Saturday but barely mentioned the biggest issue of all — the legalization of same-sex marriage.  —  “We believe in a big America …

TPM2012  —  Montana GOPer Fears School Lunch Fraud Is Eating Taxpayer Money  —  Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT), who's expected to face Sen. John Tester (D) in the Montana Senate race next year, is worried that some families who receive federally-subsidized lunches may be gaming the system …

How North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia  —  Harold Hamm, discoverer of the Bakken fields of the northern Great Plains, on America's oil future and why OPEC's days are numbered.  —  Harold Hamm, the Oklahoma-based founder and CEO of Continental Resources, the 14th-largest oil company in America, is a man who thinks big.

Hub police arrest 24 in protest vs. B of A  —  Two dozen trespassing protesters were happily hauled off from Bank of America's downtown offices last night in a gesture of civil disobedience against what they say are the leading lender's unfair foreclosure practices.

Bill Clinton wants more credit  —  Among friends and longtime supporters, the 65-year-old looked at ease and spoke lovingly about the aides and Arkansans who helped him get to the White House two decades ago.  —  “We were looking at total meltdown about a week before New Hampshire,” …

Abbas is punished by $200m cut in aid from US  —  Congress makes Palestinians pay for seeking UN recognition  —  The United States Congress has blocked nearly $200m in aid for the Palestinians, threatening projects such as food aid, health care, and support for efforts to build a functioning state.

Obama to Congress: Get your act together and pass jobs bill  —  President Obama used his weekly radio address to urge Congress “to get its act together” and pass his jobs bill.  —  “It's been almost three weeks since I sent the American Jobs Act to Congress - three weeks since I sent …