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Cain Accuser Got a Year's Salary in Severance Pay — WASHINGTON — The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 — a year's salary — in severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain, its chief executive at the time, made her uncomfortable working there …
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Herman Cain's accuser wants to tell her side of story, lawyer says — Win McNamee/GETTY IMAGES - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club October 31, 2011 in Washington, DC. During a question and answer portion of the program, Cain called the accusations …
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The Huffington Post:
Ann Coulter On Herman Cain: ‘Our Blacks Are So Much Better Than Their Blacks’ (VIDEO) … Fox News , Herman Cain , Video , Ann Coulter , Ann Coulter Herman Cain , Ann Coulter Herman Cain Harassment , Ann Coulter Our Blacks , Ann Coulter Sean Hannity , Media News
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cain Not Able — We have the starchy guy — tall, handsome, intelligent and rich, with a baronial estate — who's hard to warm up to. And we have the spontaneous guy, who's charming and easy to warm up to — until it turns out that he has an unsavory pattern with young women and a suspect relationship with facts.
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Iowa yawns at Herman Cain allegations — MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - While Herman Cain struggled for a second day in Washington to push back against sexual harassment allegations, the high political drama almost went unmentioned Tuesday in one of the most important courts of public opinion — Iowa.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Rand Paul On Cain Scandal: It's Getting …
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James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Herman Cain accuser wants to talk, her lawyer says
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cain PAC accuses left of ‘high-tech lynching’ in fundraising letter
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New York Times:
Greek Cabinet Backs Call for Referendum on Debt Crisis — ATHENS — With the government teetering on the verge of collapse, the Greek cabinet offered its full support early Wednesday to Prime Minister George Papandreou for his surprise plan to call a referendum on the Greek financial crisis.
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Daniel Hannan / Telegraph:
Financial crisis: Eurocrats are terrified of democracy
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
News Analysis: Austerity Faces Political Test in Greek Turmoil
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Robert Kuttner / prospect.org/blog/beat-press:
Bravo Papandreou! — Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Why is Greece turning down the “bailout”
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Paul Mason / BBC:
Greek referendum is coin-flip on euro exit
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Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
NYC arrest records: Many Occupy Wall Street protesters live in luxury — Many “Occupy Wall Street” protesters arrested in New York City “occupy” more luxurious homes than their “99 percent” rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found. — For each of the 984 Occupy Wall …
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Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama 'can't wait' to fight Romney — The funniest scene in the old hockey movie “Slap Shot” might be the one where the Hanson brothers start a fight with the other team before the game even starts. — Who knew that could be a parable for President Obama's reelection campaign?
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Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Rep. Schweikert to Obama: Stop buying your own books with taxpayer money, please
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Carney distances Obama from looming Keystone pipeline decision
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
“Peace Through Strength, And Clarity:” Cain Says He Believes China May Have Nukes One Day In the Future — Update: Wait, Did He Just Misspeak? Did He Mean Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers? — I'm sure this is charming, or something. … That's actually cut a bit. The full quote from the PBS transcript:
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Cain on China: “They're trying to develop nuclear capability”
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Case Against David Brooks, Man of the Privileged Few — I don't think it's too strident to demand at this point that David Brooks be hauled up before a jury consisting of everyone else in America and forced to defend himself against several million counts of being an insufferable twat in a public place.
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Steve Stoler / WFAA-TV:
Man arrested for child sex assault at Occupy Dallas camp — DALLAS — Dallas police have arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a minor at the Occupy Dallas campsite downtown. — Richard Armstrong, 24, was charged with sexual assault of child and failure to register as a sex offender.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Another “Occupier” Raped, In Baltimore [With Update: Occupier Assaults 14-Year-Old Girl in Dallas]
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Campaign 2012: Welcome to the slugfest — Forget hope and change. President Obama's reelection campaign is going to be based on fear and loathing: fear of what a Republican takeover would mean, and loathing of whomever the Republican nominee turns out to be.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Paul Ryan's Second Act
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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Nelson still pondering re-election decision — Sometime during the Christmas holiday season, Sen. Ben Nelson will make his decision. — Will he be a candidate for re-election next year or will he not? — “I'll sit down with my family to discuss the future,” Nelson said Tuesday during a telephone interview.
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Herman Cain / The Daily Beast:
Jan Brewer's Sleazy Power Grab — Arizona's hyperpartisan governor is trying to impeach her state's redistricting board for trying to loosen Republicans' grip on congressional seats. John Avlon on the unprecedented move. — This is low and cynical even by political standards.
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Phil Mattingly / Bloomberg:
Lawmakers to Propose Transaction Tax for Financial Firms Modeled on Europe — Two U.S. lawmakers will introduce measures to impose a transaction tax on financial firms that resembles a proposal released by the European Union. — Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, and Representative Peter DeFazio …
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opoa.org:
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF OAKLAND FROM THE OAKLAND POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION — Oakland, Ca. — We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment …
BBC:
Attack on French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo — The attack on Charlie Hebdo comes a day after it named the prophet Muhammad as its “editor-in-chief” — The offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb, French police say.
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End ICE Abuse / The Huffington Post:
Trauma Compounded: The Plight of LGBT Immigration Detainees — LGBT Rights , End ICE Abuse , LGBT Prisoners , Prison Rape Elimination Act , Immigration Detention , Immigration Reform , Prison Rape , Latino Voices News … The ACLU recently unveiled government documents obtained through …
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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes — The arresting officer came by the cell, Samantha Zucker said, to make snide remarks about finding her with a friend in Riverside Park after its 1 a.m. closing. — For instance: — “He was telling me that I needed to get a new boyfriend …
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