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10:10 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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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
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.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Coulter: Politico's Smear Of Cain Shows Liberal Media “Terrified Of Strong, Conservative, Black Men”
Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Cain fires back at report alleging sexually inappropriate behavior
Discussion: The Politico and ABCNEWS
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 …
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 …
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Thomas Lane / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Perry's “Passionate” Speech Raises Eyebrows (VIDEO)
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.”
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
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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.
Andrew Pollack / New York Times:
Concerns Are Raised About Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes  —  These mosquitoes are genetically engineered to kill — their own children.  —  Researchers on Sunday reported initial signs of success from the first release into the environment of mosquitoes engineered to pass a lethal gene …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
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
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
U.S. had advance warning of abuse at Afghan prisons, officials say
Discussion: emptywheel
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
Washington Post:
No time for a corporate tax ‘holiday’  —  ADEMONSTRABLY BAD idea in pursuit of a possibly worthy goal is still a bad idea.  In this instance, the demonstrably bad idea is giving corporations a federal tax break — make that another tax break — on “repatriated profits,” money they earn overseas and bring home.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Cain Smears Planned Parenthood: Accuses Group of ‘Genocide,’ Says Its Goal Is To ‘Kill Black Babies’  —  Today on Face The Nation, GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain claimed that Planned Parenthood wants to “kill black babies” and is part of an organized effort to commit “genocide” against the black community:
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Cain's latest abortion position
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
 
 
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Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
As Meeting Approaches, Fed Panel Is Divided on Direction
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Election laws tightening in GOP-run states
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
John / Verum Serum:
My Day at Occupy LA (Part 1)
Discussion: American Power and Pundit Press
Dane Schiller / Houston Chronicle:
Online hackers threaten to expose cartel's secrets
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com and TalkLeft
Financial Times:
Schäuble calls for EU lead on Tobin tax
Discussion: naked capitalism
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
The two halves of the eurozone are locked in a broken marriage
The Independent:
Exclusive: Cover-up at St Paul's
Discussion: Guardian and Truthdig
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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