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9:20 AM ET, October 17, 2011

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Ryan Jones / Israel Today:
Israelis worried by anti-Semitic flavor of ‘Occupy Wall St.’ protests  —  A growing number of Israelis and foreign Jewish groups are expressing concern over the anti-Semitic flavor of some of the “Occupy Wall St.” economic protests in the US.  —  From the 13th century expulsion of Englands Jews …
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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Obama extends support for protesters  —  Barack Obama, US president, offered more support for protesters against the global financial system after a weekend of demonstrations in cities around the world, but called on them not to “demonise” those who worked on Wall Street.
Meredith Hoffman / New York Times:
Occupy Wall Street Trying to Settle on Demands  —  In a quiet corner across the street from Zuccotti Park, a cluster of 25 solemn-faced protesters struggled one night to give Occupy Wall Street what critics have found to be most lacking.  —  “We absolutely need demands,” said Shawn Redden, 35, an earnest history teacher in the group.
The Politico:
Mitt Romney: Too unloved to be inevitable?  —  Mitt Romney has won every Republican presidential debate.  He has outraised all of his primary opponents.  Polls show he's the most competitive candidate against President Barack Obama.  —  And most Republicans still don't want to nominate him.
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David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
DeMint May Endorse Romney
Discussion: GOP 12
Janet Hook / Washington Wire:
Gingrich: Romney's Rockefeller Problem
Discussion: Hot Air and MyFox Boston
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
The Obama bus trip: a political guide  —  President Barack Obama's summer Midwestern bus trek was about reconnecting with disaffected independents, but the North Carolina and Virginia road trip that starts Monday is a more narrowly targeted exercise in 2012 politics.
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Targeting a Few, Crucial States
Discussion: MyFox Boston and The Page
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama is returning to the road this week to press Congress …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and American Power
Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
Journolist 2.0: OccupyDC Emails Show MSM, Dylan Ratigan, Working With Protesters To Craft Message  —  Big Journalism has learned that the Occupy Washington DC movement is working with well-known media members to craft its demands and messaging while these media members report on the movement.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Herman Cain nailed “Meet the Press.”  —  In my opinion, and I was quite critical of Cain after the last debate.  Here's the transcript and video.  I'll add a few comments to this post soon.  —  ADDED: I thought David Gregory really lost his cool early on, as he was questioning Cain about 9-9-9.
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The Caucus:
Cain Says His Deadly Fence Plan Was ‘a Joke’
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Herman Cain defends 9-9-9 proposal, says ‘most people will pay less’ in taxes
Discussion: CNN, Daniel W. Drezner and Power Line
New York Times:
Big Cash Edge Powers Obama in Drive for '12  —  President Obama is exploiting his early lead in campaign fund-raising to bankroll a sprawling grass-roots organization and information technology apparatus in critical general election battlegrounds.  He is doing so even as the Republican …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
The Exasperation of the Democratic Billionaire  —  Real-estate and newspaper mogul Mortimer Zuckerman voted for Obama but began seeing trouble as soon as the stimulus went into the pockets of municipal unions.  —  New York  —  'It's as if he doesn't like people," says real-estate mogul …
Discussion: Don Surber, Paul Krugman and Hullabaloo
Benjamin Wallace / New York Magazine:
What's Up, Spock?  —  He might be a famous Vulcan, but Zachary Quinto has no problem being fully human.  —  Last year, when Zachary Quinto was starring in the Signature Theatre's restaging of Angels in America, he would find himself at Cafe Mogador, near the place where he was staying in the East Village …
CNN:
Porn hackers hit ‘Sesame Street’ YouTube page  —  (CNN) — Hackers appeared to have commandeered the YouTube page of the venerable “Sesame Street” children's show Sunday, reprogramming the page with content brought to you by the letter “X.”  —  The show page was taken offline Sunday afternoon …
 
 
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John Doyle / NY Daily News:
Protecting Lady Liberty: Airport-type security screening finds Statue of Liberty tourists well-armed
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Hollywood Republicans still undecided
Associated Press:
Tunisia Islamists set for big election gains
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
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Video: Communist Party U.S.A. Spokesman Gets Overwhelming Applause from Occupy Chicago
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The Independent:
Revealed: Fox's best man and his ties to Iran's opposition
Wall Street Journal:
74 Arrested as Protesters ‘Occupy’ Times Square
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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