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Exclusive: 2 women accused Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior — During Herman Cain's tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain …
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain responds to sex harassment allegation — Herman Cain's campaign headquarters has released a response to a story, broken this evening on Politico, that in the 1990s two female employees of the National Restaurant Association “complained to colleagues and senior association officials …
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Cain Edges Perry in New UT/TT Poll … Keywords: - Texas Republican Party, - Herman Cain, - Michele Bachmann, - Mitt Romney, - Ron Paul, - Texas Governor Rick Perry, - 2012 Presidential Race, - Perry for President, - Rick Perry Politics, - UT/Texas Tribune Poll
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Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Cain denies report of sexual harassment — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign denied allegations Sunday that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
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Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Cain fires back at report alleging sexually inappropriate behavior — Herman Cain's campaign is aggressively firing back at a report that says two women left a Washington, D.C. trade group after complaining of sexually inappropriate behavior by the GOP presidential candidate.
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The Politico:
Exclusive: Two women accused Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior — The first woman was identified to POLITICO by a former association board member and her identity was confirmed by two additional sources. — The former board member recalled learning of the woman's departure …
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Maggie's Notebook, Campaign 2012 and Pat Dollard
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Former Campaign Aide Says Cain's Behavior ‘Never Even Bordered on Inappropriate in the Slightest’
Former Campaign Aide Says Cain's Behavior ‘Never Even Bordered on Inappropriate in the Slightest’
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Kim Geiger / Los Angeles Times:
Herman Cain denies allegations of sexual harassment
Herman Cain denies allegations of sexual harassment
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CBS News:
“Face the Nation” transcript: October 30, 2011
“Face the Nation” transcript: October 30, 2011
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Cain's latest abortion position — Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain stiffened his opposition to abortion Sunday, doubling down on past comments that Planned Parenthood is perpetrating genocide against the black community and insisting that he opposes abortion even in cases of rape, incest and life of the mother.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Cain Smears Planned Parenthood: Accuses Group of ‘Genocide,’ Says Its Goal Is To ‘Kill Black Babies’
Cain Smears Planned Parenthood: Accuses Group of ‘Genocide,’ Says Its Goal Is To ‘Kill Black Babies’
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CBS News, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Campaign 2012
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Cain jabs smoking, Planned Parenthood, George Bush
Cain jabs smoking, Planned Parenthood, George Bush
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New York Magazine
Mona Simpson / New York Times:
A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs — I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us.
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry's Unusual Speech Performance (VIDEO) … Republican Presidential Primary , Elections 2012 , Rick Perry , Video , New Hampshire , Back Surgery , Speech , Politics News — WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry raised some eyebrows Friday night …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bombs, Bridges and Jobs — A few years back Representative Barney Frank coined an apt phrase for many of his colleagues: weaponized Keynesians, defined as those who believe “that the government does not create jobs when it funds the building of bridges or important research or retrains workers …
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New York Post:
OWS camp gets really commie-cal — Some 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters saw red yesterday — giving an enthusiastic welcome to a genuine communist. — Alex Callinicos, a professor of European Studies at Kings College in London, announced to his rapt audience, “I am a Marxist.”
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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
Jilian Mincer / Reuters:
Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare — (Reuters) - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings. — It also gave workers a mandate …
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iOwnTheWorld.com and Hullabaloo
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Fears about inequality in income grow — Two-thirds of likely voters say the American middle class is shrinking, and 55 percent believe income inequality has become a big problem for the country, according to this week's The Hill Poll. — Only 14 percent of respondents …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Election laws tightening in GOP-run states — Republicans in states like Florida are making it more challenging to vote or to register others. Democrats say it's an effort to disenfranchise students, the elderly, the poor, the disabled and minorities — and to unseat President Obama.
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New York Times:
Pakistan Spy Agency's Help Sought for Afghan Talks — WASHINGTON — Just a month after accusing Pakistan's spy agency of secretly supporting the Haqqani terrorist network, which has mounted attacks on Americans, the Obama administration is now relying on the same intelligence service …
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