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Caitlin E. Curran / Gawker:
How Occupy Wall Street Cost Me My Job — Joining the Occupy Wall Street protests has its dangers. You could get pepper-sprayed or end up in handcuffs. Or, as Brooklyn-based journalist Caitlin Curran explains, your boss could see a photo of you holding up a sign at a protest and fire you the next day.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Occupy Wall St. Sanctioned for Public Masturbation — The Occupiers aren't a political movement, they are a crime wave! It started with sexual assault, drug dealing, rioting and attacks on police officers. Now Occupy Madison has been denied a permit because of a history of public masturbation:
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Report: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters — Fights are erupting among Occupy Wall Street protesters, so much so that one corner of Zuccotti Park has emerged where protesters say they won't go for fear of their safety, the New York Daily News is reporting.
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Biased BBC, OWS Exposed and New York Post
NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall St. gets dangerous; NYPD threatens to sue rowdy demonstrators who initiate violence — There are some parts of Zuccotti Park that even the protesters won't go at night. — Police sources said Thursday that several fights have been reported in the park and officers have been warned of …
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Weasel Zippers and City Room
Marjorie Connelly / The Caucus:
Occupy Protesters Down on Obama, Survey Finds
Occupy Protesters Down on Obama, Survey Finds
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National Review, Weasel Zippers, Business Insider, Hot Air and Connecting.the.Dots
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Huntsman: Romney's a ‘perfectly lubricated weather vane’ — (CNN) - Jon Huntsman unleashed new attack lines on two of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination Friday. — The former Utah governor called Mitt Romney a “perfectly lubricated weather vane” and Herman Cain …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Huntsman daughters spoof Cain's smoking ad — (CNN) - Earlier this week Herman Cain said Americans need a sense of humor, and on Friday, a few people took his words to heart: Jon Huntsman's daughters. — Responding to Cain's controversial web ad -where his chief-of-staff, Mark Block …
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Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Weird Smoking Ad Boosts Cain's Cash Haul
Weird Smoking Ad Boosts Cain's Cash Haul
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The Lonely Conservative and The Hill
Pat Grossmith / unionleader.com:
Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally — MANCHESTER - A city woman is accused of pimping a 16-year-old girl she met in Victory Park during the Occupy NH demonstrations. — Justina Jensen, 23, of 341 Hanover St., is charged with felony prostitution.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
George Will column on Mitt Romney: ‘Has conservatism come so far ... for THIS?’ — Playbook has a sneak peek at George F. Will's Sunday column, which fires a shot through the growing GOP establishment consensus that Mitt Romney would be an acceptable, electable nominee:
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Scott Olsen ‘cannot talk’ after injury at Occupy Oakland protest — Iraq war veteran is believed to have sustained damage to speech centre of his brain in injury at Occupy protest on Tuesday — Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured by a police projectile during a protest in Oakland …
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cbpp.org:
Democrats Offer Significant Concessions — Plan Is to the Right of Bowles-Simpson and Gang of Six — The new deficit-reduction plan from a majority of Democrats on the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “supercommittee") marks a dramatic departure …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
CBPP Destroys Catfood Commission Dems' Plan for Deficit Reduction
CBPP Destroys Catfood Commission Dems' Plan for Deficit Reduction
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Aurelius / Pundit Press:
Occupy Madison Loses Permit Because Protesters were “Publicly Masturbating” — Once again, I feel the need to point out that members of the Tea Party never did anything like this. — Occupy Madison has temporarily been denied an extension in their protesting permit because members of the movement violated …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Report of Justice Dept.'s $16 Muffin Greatly Exaggerated — WASHINGTON — The office of the Justice Department inspector general on Friday retracted its much publicized claim that the agency had spent $16 per breakfast muffin at a conference. And it expressed regret for the …
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
IG admits: There were no $16 muffins
IG admits: There were no $16 muffins
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nation.foxnews.com and New York Magazine
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House stands by chief of staff's remarks — The White House on Friday stood by an interview given by Chief of Staff Bill Daley in which he said Democrats have joined Republicans in making it difficult for President Obama to get things done on the economy.
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
House panel set to subpoena W.H. for Solyndra docs
House panel set to subpoena W.H. for Solyndra docs
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Solyndra program to be reviewed by White House
Solyndra program to be reviewed by White House
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Business Insider
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Bachmann accuses Perry camp of ‘stealth’ political attack — (CNN) - Michele Bachmann accused Rick Perry's presidential campaign Friday of a “stealth” political attack - a charge the Texas governor's campaign flat out denied. — “If Gov. Perry has something to say to me …
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HotAirPundit, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Google glitch suggests “Romney can't win” — It appears that Google's mysterious search algorithm has been making a suggestion that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney may not appreciate. — When a Google user types the phrase “Romney can win” into the search engine …
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Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Reuters:
Bank of America revamping debit card fees — (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp, after receiving heavy public criticism for a planned $5 per-month debit card fee, is likely to give customers more ways to avoid the fee, a person familiar with the bank's plans said Friday.
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Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal:
Big Banks Blink on New Card Fees
Big Banks Blink on New Card Fees
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msnbc.com, Crooks and Liars, Gawker and The BLT
Natasha Vargas-Cooper / The Awl:
The Night Occupy Los Angeles Tore Itself In Two — Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, the 300 people who have been occupying the lawn of Los Angeles City Hall for the past three weeks split themselves into two hostile camps. — Occupy LA's decision-making body, the General Assembly …
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New York Times:
Officers Unleash Anger at Ticket-Fixing Arraignments in the Bronx — A three-year investigation into the police's habit of fixing traffic and parking tickets in the Bronx ended in the unsealing of indictments on Friday and a stunning display of vitriol by hundreds of off-duty officers …
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The Atlantic Online and Making Light
Brian Wingfield / Bloomberg:
Boehner Demands $2 Billion for Ohio Plant After Solyndra — House Speaker John Boehner attacked the Obama administration for financing failed solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, saying government shouldn't pick winners and losers. That hasn't stopped him from demanding that the U.S. make a winner …
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ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Michael Moore / MichaelMoore.com:
Life Among the 1% — Twenty-two years ago this coming Tuesday, I stood with a group of factory workers, students and the unemployed in the middle of the downtown of my birthplace, Flint, Michigan, to announce that the Hollywood studio, Warner Bros., had purchased the world rights to distribute …
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Romney Flips To Denial: 'We Don't Know What's Causing Climate Change' — Speaking at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reversed his earlier stance on climate change pollution and rejected man-made global warming.