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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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Outside the Beltway, Biased BBC and OWS Exposed
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Occupy Protesters Down on Obama, Survey Finds — Zuccotti Park in New York's financial district is decked out with posters and signs for the wide array of political viewpoints of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. The six-week-old movement has several Web sites to promote various perspectives.
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News Hounds, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Business Insider and National Review


Unions Look to Protesters for Future Supporters — Union members who descended on Occupy Wall Street encampments armed with tents, food and organizational expertise hope to turn young demonstrators into enduring labor allies, part of a larger effort to rejuvenate the movement's aging ranks.

Occupy Wall St. Sanctioned for Public Masturbation
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The Lonely Conservative


Occupy Wall St. gets dangerous; NYPD threatens to sue rowdy demonstrators who initiate violence
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Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers, City Room and myfoxny.com

What the Costumes Reveal — On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes.
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Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, Business Insider and Boing Boing


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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The Gateway Pundit, The Jawa Report, Big Government, OWS Exposed, nation.foxnews.com and JammieWearingFool


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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Gawker, The Atlantic Online, Making Light and Balloon Juice


13 Americans Among Those Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack — KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 13 American soldiers were among more than 20 people killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an armored NATO shuttle bus in Kabul on Saturday, a Western military official confirmed.
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Jihad Watch, Scared Monkeys and New York Magazine

Station's users rail vs. Occupy — Commuters upset over dirty ‘mess’ — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — Commuters and merchants in South Station say they are fed up with Occupy Boston squatters who are hogging electrical outlets and taking sponge baths in bathroom sinks …
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JammieWearingFool


‘Jersey Shore’ mastermind casting reality show for politicos — WASHINGTON - There is a cliché that has been part of D.C. banter for a number of years: “Politics is showbiz for ugly people.” — Doron Ofir, the casting director behind a number of reality TV juggernauts, says he has never heard of it.

Biden: 'We can't win without Florida' — Vice President Biden said Friday that President Obama cannot be reelected without again winning Florida, a pivotal swing state that carries 29 electoral votes. — The comments, in a speech at the Florida Democratic Party convention …
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JammieWearingFool

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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Outside the Beltway
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IG admits: There were no $16 muffins
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nation.foxnews.com and New York Magazine


West Sees Libya as Ripe at Last for Businesses — WASHINGTON — The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO's military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli.
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LewRockwell.com Blog and Prairie Weather

On jobs, Obama presses Congress with 'we can't wait' message — President Obama pressed his “we can't wait” campaign Saturday, accusing Republicans of stonewalling job-creating proposals. — The White House has begun taking high-profile, unilateral action on measures it says will help the economy.
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The Politico and Weasel Zippers

Mitt Romney, the pretzel candidate — The Republican presidential dynamic — various candidates rise and recede; Mitt Romney remains at about 25 percent support — is peculiar because conservatives correctly believe that it is important to defeat Barack Obama but unimportant that Romney be president.
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The Mahablog, msnbc.com, Booman Tribune, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Politico

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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Washington Post, The New Republic, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Grasping Reality …
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CBPP Destroys Catfood Commission Dems' Plan for Deficit Reduction
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Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Off the Charts Blog

EXCLUSIVE: Romney Snatches Major Social Conservative Endorsement From Perry — Prominent social conservative Maureen Mooney tells WMURPoliticalScoop.com she is endorsing Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, even months after she was among a very small group who flew from New Hampshire to Texas …
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Rick Perry 2012 Campaign … and unionleader.com
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Obama struggling in Wisconsin
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Don Surber, Firedoglake, JammieWearingFool and Campaign 2012