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2:10 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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain acknowledges harassment accusations
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Daily Kos
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Herman Cain: I “never sexually harassed anyone”
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cain: “I was falsely accused” of sexual harassment at trade group
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Former Campaign Aide Says Cain's Behavior ‘Never Even Bordered on Inappropriate in the Slightest’
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Coulter: Politico's Smear Of Cain Shows Liberal Media “Terrified Of Strong, Conservative, Black Men”
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain responds to sex harassment allegation
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.
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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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Rakes In Wall Street Donations While Calling Occupy Protesters A ‘Mob’
Discussion: 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.
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
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 …
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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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 …
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.”
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
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
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.
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 …
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
 
 
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Congressional calls for Holder's resignation more than double to 17
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Clinton credited with key role in success of NATO airstrikes, Libyan rebels
Clay Risen / The Atlantic Online:
The Problem With Guides to Beer Drinking: There Just Aren't Enough
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
FBI:
Inside the Russian Spy Case
Joshua Miller / Roll Call:
DOJ Approves New South Carolina Map
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Plouffe: Romney ‘has no core’
Josh Kron / New York Times:
American Identified as Bomber in Attack on African Union in Somalia
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ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Michele Bachmann and Bill Gates
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Ann Compton / ABCNEWS:
Obama to Sign Prescription Drug Executive Order
Discussion: New York Times and Gawker
Andrew Pollack / New York Times:
Concerns Are Raised About Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Jilian Mincer / Reuters:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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