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8:35 AM ET, October 31, 2011

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The Politico:
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Politico
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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CBS News:
“Face the Nation” transcript: October 30, 2011
Discussion: Althouse and Wonkette
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.
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Cain jabs smoking, Planned Parenthood, George Bush
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Cain: I'm “pro-life from conception, period”
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Gawker and Washington Post
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post:
Screw U.  —  It's officially a crisis.  Student loan debt has hit the $1 trillion mark, exceeding Americans' total credit card indebtedness.  Unemployed graduates with huge loan balances are camping out in “Occupy” camps — the Hoovervilles of our age — around the nation.
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 …
Discussion: The Page and www.thetakeaway.org
CEPR:
Washington Post Discards All Journalistic Standards In Attack on Social Security  —  News outlets generally like to claim a separation between their editorial pages and their news pages.  The Washington Post has long ignored this distinction in pursuing its agenda for cutting Social Security …
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Paul Krugman:
Social Security Bait And Switch, A Continuing Series
 
 
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
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Let Children Vote  —  Via Jonathan Bernstein, Sally Kohn writes …
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