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Cain would autograph life amendment  —  Herman Cain tried to clean up the running confusion over his position on abortion last night, but in the meantime opened questions about his grasp of the Constitution.  —  In an interview with David Brody last night, Cain said he'd sign …

Graham: Obama's Iraq, Afghan policies ‘being run out of Chicago’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that key foreign policy decisions by the Obama administration are being made for political reasons.  —  “I would argue Iraq and Afghanistan is being run out of Chicago, not Washington …

About 130 arrested at Occupy Chicago protest  —  (Reuters) - About 130 protesters were arrested at an Occupy Chicago demonstration early on Sunday after they set up tents and refused to leave a public park after closing time, police said.  —  The protests, which have spread across …

The Red State in Your Future  —  Voters around the country are concluding it's better to be red than dead—applying a whole meaning to an old phrase.  If you do not currently live in a red state, there's a good chance you will be in the near future.  Either you will flee to a red state …

They want $lice of the occu-pie  —  Even in Zuccotti Park, greed is good.  —  Occupy Wall Street's Finance Committee has nearly $500,000 in the bank, and donations continue to pour in — but its reluctance to share the wealth with other protestErs is fraying tempers.

Afghanistan would side with Pakistan in war with US, says Hamid Karzai  —  President says Afghans ‘will never betray their brother’ in TV interview aired days after Kabul visit by Hillary Clinton  —  The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has said he would side with Pakistan in the event of war …

Huge turnout in Tunisia's Arab Spring election  —  (Reuters) - Tunisian voters poured into polling stations to vote on Sunday in their country's first free election, 10 months after vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in an act of protest that started the Arab Spring uprisings.

Goldman Sachs Sends Its Regrets to This Awkward Dinner Invitation  —  Bank Withdraws From Fund-Raiser After ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Gets Place at Table  —  Earlier this month, hundreds of New Yorkers received an unusual dinner invitation from the Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union.

McConnell: Layoffs a ‘local’ problem  —  In an interesting policy-political joust Sunday with CNN “State of the Union” host Candy Crowley, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stuck by his assertion that stopping federal funding to stave off local police, teacher and firefighter layoffs …

Autopsy: Qaddafi was killed by shot to head  —  Col. Muammar Qaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years before he was driven from power by revolutionaries.  This week he was captured by rebels; an autopsy reveals he died by a gunshot to the head.  —  Anger In The Arab World

Did The Post story do right by the Koch brothers?  —  The Koch brothers, Charles and David, are the betes noire for liberals, much like George Soros is the bugbear for conservatives.  —  The Kochs own a multinational conglomerate — regarded as the second-largest privately held company in the world …