Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters  —  Conservative activists have created a Tumblr called “We are the 53 percent” that's meant to be a counterpunch to the viral “We are the 99 percent” site that's become a prominent symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Trying to restore Senate comity  —  Democrats have one overriding objective this Congress: to create jobs and get our economy back on track.  But our Republican colleagues are so dead set on preventing Democrats from passing job-creating legislation that they have been willing to abuse …

Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences  —  Romney and Cain closely matched near 20%, with Perry at 15%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' support for Herman Cain has surged to 18%, their support for Rick Perry has sagged to 15%, and their support for Mitt Romney remains relatively stable at 20%.

A Nobel for Non-Keynesians  —  People's expectations about government policy make it difficult for officials to affect the economy in the ways they intend to.  —  On Monday the Nobel Committee announced the winners of the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics: Thomas J. Sargent of New York University …

Boston police move in on protesters on Greenway, scores arrested  —  Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to leave a large part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway early this morning.  —  At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue.

Pelosi's disclosure belated in husband's land deal  —  Partner is father of favored envoy  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's husband, a real estate developer and investment banker, stands to make millions of dollars in a previously undisclosed residential real estate project in California …

Belafonte on Herman Cain: ‘Totally False’ and ‘A Bad Apple’  —  Aging crooner Harry Belafonte wants us to know Herman Cain is one “bad apple,” someone for whom prayers weren't created.  —  Belafonte, hitting the talk show circuit to promote his new memoir 'Sing Your Song …

Wisconsin Democrats Start Drive to Recall Governor  —  Democrats in Wisconsin made a long-mulled plan official on Monday night: next month, people will begin collecting signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican in his first year in office whose move to limit collective bargaining rights …

The legacy of Steve Jobs  —  Before reading this, you should know the following: I do not own an iPad, an iPhone, an iPod or a Mac.  I abandoned my typewriter only recently.  In short, I have not enlisted in the digital revolution and have kept my involvement to a desktop computer, e-mail and the Internet.

UK seeing a big rise in poverty, says IFS  —  Falling incomes will mean the biggest drop for middle-income families since the 1970s, says a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.  —  The IFS forecasts two years “dominated by a large decline” in incomes, pushing 600,000 more children into poverty,

Millions to lose unemployment benefits if Congress doesn't act  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Millions of unemployed Americans are waiting for Congress to do something other than trade barbs over their job creation plans.  —  If lawmakers don't act soon, the jobless see their unemployment checks start to disappear come January.