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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 …
The Caucus:
Cain Admits Being Accused of Harassment — 11:31 a.m. | Updated Herman Cain acknowledged on Monday that he was accused of sexual harassment while running the National Restaurant Association, but said he was innocent. — Speaking on Fox News before an afternoon speech at the National Press Club …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Cain Says ‘Herman Is Going to Stay Herman’ as Allegations Swirl — The former restaurant association executive said he'd been “falsely accused” but remained unflappable at an appearance in D.C. — Facing the most serious challenge yet to his improbably successful presidential campaign …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain acknowledges harassment accusations
Herman Cain acknowledges harassment accusations
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The Oppo Dump on Herman Cain Begins in Earnest
The Oppo Dump on Herman Cain Begins in Earnest
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cain: “I was falsely accused” of sexual harassment at trade group
Cain: “I was falsely accused” of sexual harassment at trade group
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Herman Cain: I “never sexually harassed anyone”
Herman Cain: I “never sexually harassed anyone”
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain responds to sex harassment allegation
Cain responds to sex harassment allegation
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Coulter: Politico's Smear Of Cain Shows Liberal Media “Terrified Of Strong, Conservative, Black Men”
Coulter: Politico's Smear Of Cain Shows Liberal Media “Terrified Of Strong, Conservative, Black Men”
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Politico's Martin Dodges Question On Cain Details
Politico's Martin Dodges Question On Cain Details
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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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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.
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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.
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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,” …
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Rakes In Wall Street Donations While Calling Occupy Protesters A ‘Mob’
Cantor Rakes In Wall Street Donations While Calling Occupy Protesters A ‘Mob’
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Roll Call
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.
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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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Tiffany Kary / Bloomberg:
MF Global Files for Bankruptcy Protection
MF Global Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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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 …
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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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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.
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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
Medicine Shortages Addressed in Obama Executive Order
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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.
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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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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.
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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 …
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