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5:25 PM ET, October 31, 2011

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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: Little Green Footballs, Los Angeles Times, Ballot Box, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, THEROOT.COM, Shakesville and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Wire, Right Wing Watch, Ben Smith's Blog, American Prospect, Washington Post, ABCNEWS, CNN, News Desk, The New Republic, Business Insider, The Other McCain, American Spectator, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Swampland, Firedoglake, Erick's blog, News Hounds, Mediaite, Guardian, NewsBusters.org blogs, msnbc.com, Campaign 2012, Big Government, CBS News, nation.foxnews.com, GayPatriot, New York Magazine, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, Boston Globe, Roger L. Simon, Political Mojo, ThinkProgress, Los Angeles Times, The PJ Tatler, 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, Politicons, Matt Glassman, The Atlantic Online, Nice Deb, The Daily Dish, Hot Air, White House Dossier, 2012 Decoded, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, Indecision Forever, Ballot Box, National Review, Iowa Caucuses, The Political Carnival, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Truthdig, Townhall.com, The Enterprise Blog, Poynter, RedState, The Greenroom, Balloon Juice, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Scared Monkeys, The Page, Feministing, Weasel Zippers, Gothamist, The Lonely Conservative, Sky Dancing, Big Journalism, Ed Driscoll, Betsy's Page and The Moderate Voice

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, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gawker, The Crawdad Hole, Hit & Run, The Enterprise Blog and The Other McCain

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, The Caucus, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Swampland, Business Insider, Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …, Don Surber, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Ballot Box, KXAN-TV and National Review

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: National Review, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, The Page, Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, Business Insider, Campaign 2012, Online NewsHour, Daily Kos and GOP 12

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

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

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: The New Republic, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, American Spectator, Washington Post, ABCNEWS, Big Journalism and The Lonely Conservative

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, Campaign 2012, 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

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’ — 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,” …

Discussion: City Room, THEROOT.COM, The Gateway Pundit 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

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

Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers

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

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 and msnbc.com, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: Verum Serum, The Heritage Foundation, Hot Air, Don Surber, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller

Ben Geman / The Hill:
Second Energy Dept.-backed company goes bankrupt

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

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

Los Angeles Times:

Obama's secrets — The Obama administration should rethink its outrageous proposal that would allow the government to lie to citizens about whether documents exist. — One of the most disappointing attributes of the Obama administration has been its proclivity for secrecy.

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation, The Political Carnival, Wake up America and Hot Air

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

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/* and Cafe Hayek

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

On the Upper West Side, an anti-Obama draft — Progressive disgruntlement with elements of President Obama's governance, and with his principled fondness for compromise, has not at any point seemed on the verge of a serious primary challenge, and the most serious potential challengers …

Discussion: Indecision Forever

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, New York Magazine and News Desk

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

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: Don Surber, Pat Dollard and The Greenroom

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

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

Rasmussen Reports:

Wisconsin: Perry 46%, Obama 42% — Barack Obama carried Wisconsin easily in the 2008 presidential election, but he is slightly behind Texas Governor Rick Perry and runs just ahead of two other top Republican hopefuls in Rasmussen Reports' first Election 2012 look at the Badger State.

Discussion: GOP 12, Wake up America and Washington Post

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