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Jesse / CBS New York:
Violence Breaks Out During ‘Occupy Wall Street’ March Toward New York Stock Exchange — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Just a short while after protesters learned they'd be able to stay in Zuccotti Park indefinitely, violence broke out as a group marched away from it.
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City Room:
Cleanup of Zuccotti Park Is Postponed — The cleanup of the Lower Manhattan park that has been occupied by protesters for nearly a month was postponed Friday shortly before it was supposed to begin, averting a feared showdown between the police and demonstrators who had vowed to resist any efforts to evict them from their encampment.
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Geithner: Action against Wall St. coming — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner suggested Friday that a new round of “dramatic enforcement actions” against Wall Street wrongdoing is coming. — “Stay tuned for that,” Geithner said. — Asked on CNBC about the Occupy Wall Street …
Denver Post:
The Colorado State Patrol said 23 people were arrested as police in riot gear moved into the Occupy Denver camp in front of the Colorado Capitol early this morning to dismantle tents and remove debris. — The initial order to disperse came shortly before 3 a.m., but arrests weren't made until after 6 a.m.
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Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Lech Walesa and Al Gore support Wall Street protests; Tea Party leader endorses bailed-out bank abuses — Great news for the real America. One of history's great leaders for jobs, workers and freedom is now supporting the Occupy Wall Street protest. Lech Walesa has now weighed in, big time, for the good guys.
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Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
Reuters's Dizzying Changes to Its Soros-Occupy Wall Street Story — Because of a “technical glitch” and an editor's mistake, Reuters published a story that alleged that George Soros was the secret backer of the Occupy Wall Street protests because he gave money to a group that gave money …
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Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
HIV Positive Protester Says Cop Who Punched Him Should Get Tested — During the chaotic Occupy Wall Street march through the financial district this morning, we witnessed a protester on William Street get punched in the face by a police officer, seemingly without provocation.
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CBS News:
Occupy Wall Street Protests
Occupy Wall Street Protests
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New York Post:
Protesters march on Wall St. after park cleanup postponed, get into scuffle with cops
Protesters march on Wall St. after park cleanup postponed, get into scuffle with cops
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CNN:
‘Occupy’ protests swell nationwide; dozens arrested
‘Occupy’ protests swell nationwide; dozens arrested
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Plates Shifting — I don't want to make too much of this. But something finally dawned on me when I saw the news today that a group of Republican senators were introducing what they called a “real” American jobs bill. Then today Speaker Boehner spoke to President Obama and volubly denied …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Barack Obama calls John Boehner, gets earful — President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday to congratulate him for passing three trade agreements — but ended up getting an earful on the jobs debate. — According to an unusually detailed account released …
A.Killough / CNN:
Anita Perry blames Obama for son's job loss — Pendleton, South Carolina (CNN) - Rick Perry's wife Anita said Friday that she could sympathize with the plight of the unemployed because her son was forced to resign his job to take a more active role on his father's presidential campaign.
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George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Perry Backs Wife's ‘Brutalized’ Remark
Perry Backs Wife's ‘Brutalized’ Remark
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Advance text of Perry's Pittsburgh speech …
Advance text of Perry's Pittsburgh speech …
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MyFox Boston:
Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents — BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The Coast Guard in Boston confirmed that a woman in uniform was harassed and spat upon near Occupy Boston protesters. — The woman was walking to the train and said protesters spit on her twice …
Patrick Hynes / New Hampshire Journal:
Poll: Romney rocking, Cain creeping, Gingrich gaining — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continues to strengthen his commanding position in the New Hampshire presidential primary contest but faces opposition from some surprising challengers, says a new survey conducted by Magellan Strategies on behalf of NH Journal.
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USA Today:
Obama raised $70M during the summer, outpaces GOP rivals
Obama raised $70M during the summer, outpaces GOP rivals
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Romney raises $14.2 million in third quarter
Romney raises $14.2 million in third quarter
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Rabbit-Hole Economics — Reading the transcript of Tuesday's Republican debate on the economy is, for anyone who has actually been following economic events these past few years, like falling down a rabbit hole. Suddenly, you find yourself in a fantasy world where nothing looks or behaves the way it does in real life.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Narayana Kocherlakota: If At First You Fail, Then Fail Fail Again — If you're walking down the street and then you fall into a giant hole, and then you climb 10 percent of the way up the hole, you have two choices. One is to keep climbing until you're not in the hole anymore.
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Joshua Zumbrun / Bloomberg:
Fed's Kocherlakota Says Central Bank's Credibility Hurt by Recent Stimulus
Fed's Kocherlakota Says Central Bank's Credibility Hurt by Recent Stimulus
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Don't Count On Senate Procedure To Save The Affordable Care Act — Sarah Kliff has a wise post noting that contra Mitt Romney, the workings of the budget reconciliation process won't really let him repeal the Affordable Care Act over the objections of a Democratic filibuster.
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Michael Isikoff / msnbc.com:
Sources: Would-be assassin linked elite Iran military unit to drug trade — NBC News National Investigative Correspondent — The Texas suspect charged in the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States claimed in recorded conversations that his Iranian handlers …
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CBS News:
“Unusual” meeting between US, Iran over plot
“Unusual” meeting between US, Iran over plot
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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Huntsman to boycott presidential debate — Las Vegas (CNN) - Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Friday he was skipping next week's Western Republican Presidential Debate out of deference to New Hampshire, which is locked in a political scheduling fight with Nevada.
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
‘Crowdsource’ This: Emails Expose #OccupyWallStreet Conspiracy to ‘Destabalize’ Global Markets, Governments … In keeping with the new media notion of crowdsourcing-enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media when trawling through Sarah Palin's emails-Big Government …
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