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5:00 PM ET, October 31, 2011

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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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Wire, Right Wing Watch, American Prospect, Ben Smith's Blog, Washington Post, ABCNEWS, National Review, CNN, The Other McCain, Business Insider, The New Republic, Firedoglake, American Spectator, Erick's blog, Outside the Beltway, Swampland, The Daily Caller, News Hounds, Mediaite, Guardian, msnbc.com, Big Government, NewsBusters.org blogs, Campaign 2012, GayPatriot, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, CBS News, New York Magazine, Boston Globe, Roger L. Simon, Los Angeles Times, ThinkProgress, Political Mojo, The PJ Tatler, nation.foxnews.com, Politicons, OpenSecrets.org, US Politics, No More Mister Nice Blog, Truth Wins Out, Wonkette, PolitickerNY, The Crawdad Hole, Don Surber, Pat Dollard, Wake up America, A plain blog about politics, The Raw Story, The Atlantic Online, Nice Deb, Hot Air, Associated Press, Matt Glassman, White House Dossier, 2012 Decoded, Ballot Box, The Daily Dish, Indecision Forever, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall.com, Iowa Caucuses, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Political Carnival, Truthdig, The Enterprise Blog, Poynter, The Greenroom, RedState, News Desk, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Balloon Juice, Scared Monkeys, The Page, Feministing, Daily Kos, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, Big Journalism, Sky Dancing, Gothamist, Ed Driscoll, Betsy's Page, The Moderate Voice, GOP 12, Pundit & Pundette, iOwnTheWorld.com, Towleroad News #gay, The Caucus, The Right Scoop, Booman Tribune and Gawker

First Read / msnbc.com:

NBC confirms one Cain accuser received cash settlement — By NBC's Chuck Todd, Lisa Myers, and Domenico Montanaro — NBC News has confirmed that one woman received a settlement from the National Restaurant Association after complaining about inappropriate sexual conduct by Herman Cain.

Discussion: Ballot Box, Los Angeles Times, THEROOT.COM, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Shakesville, Mediaite and Daily Kos

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

Discussion: Hot Air, Fox News, The Caucus, The Daily Caller, Swampland, Business Insider, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, CNN, Don Surber, Outside the Beltway, Ballot Box, KXAN-TV, National Review, GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …

Business Insider:

AMAZING MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Herman Cain Just Broke Into Song At The National Press Club — Herman Cain may be the only presidential candidate in history to actually benefit from a sex scandal. — Just hours after Politico broke a story about accusations of sexual harassment against Cain …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Gawker, The Crawdad Hole, Hit & Run, The Enterprise Blog and The Other McCain

JSOnline:

State firm's cash to Herman Cain may breach federal campaign, tax laws — Herman Cain's two top campaign aides ran a private Wisconsin-based corporation that helped the GOP presidential candidate get his fledgling campaign off the ground by originally footing the bill for tens of thousands …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress, Washington Wire, Wonkette, Hot Air, Political Mojo, Outside the Beltway, Maggie's Notebook, Public Religion Research …, The Maddow Blog, Campaign 2012, Fox News, msnbc.com, Business Insider and Daily Kos

The Caucus:

Cain Calls Harassment Issue a ‘Witch Hunt’ — Updated Herman Cain called the accusations of sexual harassment against him “a witch hunt” and said he had been falsely accused while the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. — Declaring at the National Press Club that he …

Discussion: Power Line, Associated Press, The Politico, Washington Post, The Impolitic, Ben Smith's Blog, FishbowlDC, ABCNEWS, The New Republic, The Daily Caller, Riptide 2.0, NewsBusters.org blogs, Guardian, PolitickerNY and The Daily Dish

Byron York / Campaign 2012:

Cain details gesture that led to sex accusation — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for the first time has offered a detailed recollection of what led an employee of the National Restaurant Association to lodge a sexual harassment charge against him when he was CEO of the organization.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Page, Talking Points Memo, Campaign 2012, Business Insider, National Review and Online NewsHour

Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:

Politico's Martin Dodges Question On Cain Details — Herman Cain has been taking heat for his response to questions about Politico's story on alleged sexual harassment. But today on Morning Joe, it was Politico's own Jonathan Martin, lead author of the story, who was being evasive about the details of the allegations against Cain.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller, American Spectator, Washington Post, ABCNEWS and Big Journalism

RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Coulter: Politico's Smear Of Cain Shows Liberal Media “Terrified Of Strong, Conservative, Black Men”

Discussion: The Politico, New York Magazine, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Dish, News Desk, National Review and Business Insider

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cain: “I was falsely accused” of sexual harassment at trade group

Discussion: Gawker and The Crawdad Hole

Alexander Burns / The Politico: Herman Cain acknowledges harassment accusations

Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Cain Says ‘Herman Is Going to Stay Herman’ as Allegations Swirl

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:

Occupy Veterans Movement Growing Across U.S. — Since Occupy Wall Street protests have broken out in cities across the U.S. and abroad, support has come from what might seem like an unlikely corner: war veterans. — But two of the highest-profile protesters — each from opposite ends of the country — had served in wars.

Discussion: About.com US Liberal Politics, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Shakesville

Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Boehner: I get OWS ‘frustrations’

Discussion: City Room, THEROOT.COM, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Occupy Wall Street doesn't reflect American sentiment, Sen. Lieberman says

Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers

Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
‘Occupy Wall Street’ seeks to trademark the brand

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, Weasel Zippers and Gawker

New York Post:
OWS camp gets really commie-cal

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Big Government and JammieWearingFool

Harry Siegel / NY Daily News:

At Occupy Wall Street central, a rift is growing between east and west sides of the plaza — The Wall Street protesters determined to “Occupy Everything” now find themselves, in a sense, occupied — The Wall Street protesters determined to “Occupy Everything” now find themselves, in a sense, occupied.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Volokh Conspiracy, Wake up America, Gothamist, Hullabaloo, Althouse, ThinkProgress, The Crawdad Hole and JammieWearingFool

David Frum / CNN:

How tea party could drive GOP to disaster — Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, was a special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002. He is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” and is the editor of FrumForum.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Agonist, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Mahablog and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Limits National Media Exposure With Frontrunner Strategy

Discussion: Daily Kos, Big Journalism, Washington Monthly, GOP 12, msnbc.com and Don Surber, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Geman / The Hill:

Second Energy Dept.-backed company goes bankrupt — A Massachusetts company that received a $43 million Energy Department loan guarantee last year filed for bankruptcy Sunday, a step certain to fuel criticism of federal green energy financing in the wake of the solar company Solyndra's collapse.

Discussion: CBS News, CNN, Bloomberg, Michelle Malkin, NewsBusters.org, Guardian, New York Times, Big Government, The Heritage Foundation, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative and The Hill

Reuters:
Beacon Power bankrupt; had U.S. backing like Solyndra

Discussion: Verum Serum, Hot Air, Don Surber, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Business Insider

AnnArbor.com News:

Mass exodus? University of Michigan tries to fight domestic partner benefits ban as employees think of looking elsewhere — Andries Coetzee, left, and his partner Gary Woodall stand outside of their home in Ann Arbor on Friday. Woodall may lose his health care coverage if the bill proposing …

Discussion: Gay Politics, ThinkProgress, Associated Press and Balloon Juice

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 …

Discussion: Modeled Behavior, Prairie Weather, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Cafe Hayek and Bark Bark Woof Woof

Jasmine Coleman / Guardian:

World's ‘seven billionth baby’ is born — Danica May Camacho, a girl born in Philippine capital Manila, is chosen by UN to symbolically mark global population milestone — The world's seven billionth baby has been born in a packed government-run hospital in the Philippines.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, iOwnTheWorld.com, msnbc.com, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:

Michelle Obama approval remains high, but down slightly from previous months — Voters' approval First Lady Michelle Obama remains high but a new poll found that her approval ratings have fallen slightly. — According to the Marist Poll released Monday, 63 percent of Americans hold …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CNN

Vanity Fair:

The December 2011 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll — America's dogs aren't the only ones who would miss the mailman. But we're happy to skip dinner in the dark. — Kindness: that's the leitmotif of this month's poll. The kindness might not be immediately evident in each case …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Wonkette and Weasel Zippers

RealClearPolitics Video Log:

Limbaugh: Politico Story An “Unconscionable Racially Charged Attack” — Rush Limbaugh opines on the Politico article accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the 1990s. Cain responded to the charge earlier today. Transcript from Limbaugh's opening monologue: The Politico …

Discussion: Business Insider and The PJ Tatler

WTVR-TV:

Police break up Occupy Richmond protests — RICHMOND, VA (WTVR-TV) - Police cleared out the public park in downtown Richmond where members of Occupy Richmond were camped since October 15. — At 1 a.m., Halloween morning, police on foot and on horseback told Occupy Richmond demonstrators to leave Kanawha Plaza.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CBS News, Pixiq and The Raw Story

Ann Compton / ABCNEWS:

Obama to Sign Prescription Drug Executive Order — Using the legal force of an executive order, President Obama is taking action on the health care front as part of his pressure on Congress for action on his jobs plan. — White House officials say at a midday signing ceremony in the Oval Office …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, New York Times and Gawker

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:

2012 presidential debates scheduled in Denver, New York, Florida — Universities in Denver, New York and Florida will host three 2012 presidential debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday. — The commission announced three presidential and one vice presidential debate.

Discussion: CNN

Fox News:

U.S. Will Withhold Funds For U.N. Agency After Vote to Grant Membership to Palestinians — The United States will not pay $60 million to a U.N. cultural and educational agency after it voted Monday to accept the Palestinian mission as a full member, triggering a U.S. requirement to cut off funds.

Discussion: Pat Dollard and The Greenroom

Carolyn N. Lerner / New York Times:

A Law Misused for Political Ends — THE federal agency I lead, the United States Office of Special Counsel, enforces a law that is broken and needs to be fixed. — The law, the Hatch Act of 1939, was intended to keep improper politics out of the federal workplace.

Discussion: The Politico