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9:45 AM ET, November 2, 2011

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New York Times:
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 …
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.
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
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.
Associated Press:
Bachmann: GOP can't have nominee with ‘surprises’
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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Julie Shapiro / DNAinfo.com:
Cafe Laid Off 21 Workers Because of Occupy Wall Street, Owner Says
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York:
Bloomberg: ‘Plain and simple,’ Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks
Jesse / CBS New York:
Milk Street Cafe Owner Sacks 21 Employees As Consequence Of Occupy Wall Street Demonstration
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 A. Papandreou for his surprise plan to call a referendum on the Greek financial crisis.
Discussion: www.thetakeaway.org
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Daniel Hannan / Telegraph:
Financial crisis: Eurocrats are terrified of democracy  —  Greece's prime minister George Papandreou is in the doghouse only because he dared to offer voters a choice.  —  Flames of fury: demonstrators protesting last month in Athens against austerity measures throw petrol bombs at riot police
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
News Analysis: Austerity Faces Political Test in Greek Turmoil
Discussion: Eschaton
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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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
Discussion: The Hill and Weasel Zippers
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.
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]
Discussion: OWS Exposed
Boston Herald:
Rick Perry's giddy speech raises eyebrows, questions  —  FORT WORTH, Texas — A spirited and giggling Texas Gov. Rick Perry showed up to deliver a speech in Manchester, N.H., on Friday and the resulting video became a YouTube hit Monday.  —  His campaign insists Perry was simply “being passionate …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Perry wasn't drunk at speech, says host
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.
Discussion: Ballot Box and Hotline On Call
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
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 …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: ACLU
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
US Marshals turned loose to collect $63,720.80 from Righthaven  —  Looks like it's time to turn out the lights on Righthaven.  The US Marshal for the District of Nevada has just been authorized by a federal court to use “reasonable force” to seize $63,720.80 in cash and/or assets …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Southern Manners on Decline, Some Say  —  ATLANTA — One August night, two men walked into a popular restaurant attached to this city's fanciest shopping mall.  They sat at the bar, ordered drinks and pondered the menu.  Two women stood behind them.  —  A bartender asked if they would they mind offering their seats to the ladies.
 
 
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