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12:20 PM 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
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 …
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Cain denies report of sexual harassment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign is denying allegations that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
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 …
New York Times:
Perry Presses for Second Look From Early Voters
Ballot Box:
Cain under scrutiny after report of financial settlements with women
Discussion: The Politico, Wonkette and ABCNEWS
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.
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.
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Palestine vote puts U.S. tech companies in bind  —  Palestinian entry into the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has spurred a behind-the-scenes Beltway tussle over whether punishing UNESCO for granting rights to the Palestinians is worth the cost to other American interests …
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CNN:
U.N. agency approves full Palestinian membership
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Kenneth R. Weiss / Los Angeles Times:
World population hits 7 billion on Oct. 31, or thereabouts
Discussion: World Now and American Power
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 …
Reuters:
MF Global files for bankruptcy after deal unravels  —  (Reuters) - MF Global Holdings Ltd, the futures broker run by former Goldman Sachs chief Jon Corzine, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a tentative deal with a buyer fell apart.  —  The firm's meltdown in less than a week following big bets …
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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 …
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Medicine Shortages Addressed in Obama Executive Order
Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Boehner: I get OWS ‘frustrations’  —  Speaker John Boehner said Monday that he understood the “frustrations” driving the Occupy Wall Street movement - but urged protesters to be peaceful to prevent demonstrations from blowing out of control.  —  “I understand people's frustrations,” …
Reuters:
Beacon Power bankrupt; had U.S. backing like Solyndra  —  (Reuters) - Beacon Power Corp filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, just a year after the energy storage company received a $43 million loan guarantee from a controversial Department of Energy program.  —  The bankruptcy comes about two months …
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Economist:
Nope, just debt  —  The next big credit bubble?  —  NEW YORK |  from the print edition  —  IN LATE 1965, President Lyndon Johnson stood in the modest gymnasium of what had once been the tiny teaching college he attended in Texas and announced a programme to promote education.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNN
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.”
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
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 …
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.
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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Associated Press:
Occupy protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon; in many cities, it's the cold they're fighting
Discussion: CBS New York and The Daily Caller
Olivia Katrandjian / ABCNEWS:
High School Students Crowned America's First Lesbian Homecoming Couple
Mj Lee / The Politico:
John Kline: Obama student loan plan a ‘mistake’
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
Tennessean.com:
Nashville Scene reporter catches own Occupy Nashville arrest on video
Discussion: Gawker, ABCNEWS and Pixiq
Washington Post:
No time for a corporate tax ‘holiday’
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Andrew Pollack / New York Times:
Concerns Are Raised About Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Election laws tightening in GOP-run states
John / Verum Serum:
My Day at Occupy LA (Part 1)
Discussion: American Power and Pundit Press
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Rick Perry's Unusual Speech Performance (VIDEO)
 

 
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