Confronting the Malefactors  —  There's something happening here.  What it is ain't exactly clear, but we may, at long last, be seeing the rise of a popular movement that, unlike the Tea Party, is angry at the right people.  —  When the Occupy Wall Street protests began three weeks ago …

Reid's ‘nuclear option’ changes rules, ends repeat filibusters  —  In a shocking development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules.

Adding Jobs, but Not Many, U.S. Economy Seems to Idle  —  As an increasing number of economists have warned of a possible dip back into recession, the Labor Department said Friday that American employers added 103,000 net new jobs in September, indicating that the economy is at least not weakening for now.

Moviegoing habits: Republicans vs. Democrats  —  In the Hollywood and politics issue of the The Hollywood Reporter, there's a piece looking at the moviegoing tendencies of Republicans and Democrats.  It focuses on Morgan Freeman's recent comments about the tea party and racism …

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Three Activist Women  —  LONDON — The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded on Friday to three campaigning women from Africa and the Arab world in acknowledgment of their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy and gender equality.

Occupy's pass steams Tea Party  —  City, state OK with lack of permits  —  The Hub's hands-off approach to unpermitted Occupy Boston protests has Tea Partiers up in arms and has even rankled a top civil libertarian who said all groups should be subject to the same rules — regardless of the cause.

Some ‘Occupy Sacramento’ Protesters Lash Out At Questions  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Hundreds of protesters gathered in Cesar Chavez Park on Thursday to stand in solidarity with the growing nationwide demonstrations aimed at corporate greed, but some members of the peaceful event showed hostility …

GOP Candidates Hardly Household Names  —  Interest and Coverage On Par with 2008 Campaign  —  OVERVIEW  —  As in previous Republican presidential campaigns, most Americans (54%) are able to name at least one of the GOP candidates unprompted.  However, smaller percentages name …

France bans ketchup in cafeterias  —  Well, it's allowed with one side dish (guess which one).  But putting it on veal or boeuf bourguignon is now interdit at schools nationwide.  —  Reporting from Paris— First France built a wall around its language to protect it from pernicious Anglo-Saxon invaders.

U.S. Panel Advises Against Routine Prostate Test  —  Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided.

Ex-Gay Advocates Urge Families To Reject Gay ‘Lifestyle’ And ‘Homofascism’ At Values Voter Summit  —  Advocates of ex-gay therapy are out in full force at this year's Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, reinforcing the notion that opposition to LGBT equality is rooted in the false belief that sexual orientation is a choice.

House GOP to attack abortion funding  —  House Republicans next week plan to pass legislation that would close what they say are loopholes that allow last year's healthcare law to be used to provide federal support for abortions.  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) …

Unemployment's here to stay  —  There's no particularly good news in these numbers.  For every glimmer of good news, like the upward revisions to previous reports totaling 100,000 new jobs or so, there's an offsetting piece of bad news, like the broad U6 unemployment rate jumping up to 16.5% from 16.2%.

Warning over France's Islamic suburbs which are becoming ‘separate communities in a divided nation’  —  France's run-down city suburbs are becoming ‘separate Islamic societies’ cut off from the state, a report has warned.  —  Arab communities are increasingly rejecting French values …