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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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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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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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Associated Press:
Bachmann: GOP can't have nominee with ‘surprises’
Bachmann: GOP can't have nominee with ‘surprises’
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Iowa yawns at Herman Cain allegations
Iowa yawns at Herman Cain allegations
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Rand Paul On Cain Scandal: It's Getting …
TPM2012 — Rand Paul On Cain Scandal: It's Getting …
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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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The whole world is watching: OWS protester talks about assaults inside the camp
The whole world is watching: OWS protester talks about assaults inside the camp
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Azi Paybarah / Capital New York:
Bloomberg: ‘Plain and simple,’ Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks
Bloomberg: ‘Plain and simple,’ Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks
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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” — Via Ace, skip ahead to 11:30 or so for the key bit. The quote: … The phrasing's slightly ambiguous so it becomes a rorschach test on Cain. If you like him and trust that he has a grasp on policy, you'll think he's referring …
David Jolly / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo, French Magazine, Firebombed — PARIS — The office of a French satirical magazine here was badly damaged by a firebomb early on Wednesday, the publisher said, after it published a spoof issue “guest edited” by the Prophet Muhammad to salute the victory of an Islamist party in Tunisian elections.
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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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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.
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Daniel Hannan / Telegraph:
Financial crisis: Eurocrats are terrified of democracy
Financial crisis: Eurocrats are terrified of democracy
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Ben White / The Politico:
Industry mind meld: What happened to Corzine? - Top story: Europe races to save rescue plan - Cain fiasco keeps boiling - Bowles floats $2.6 trillion debt deal — By Ben White (bwhite@politico.com; Twitter: @morningmoneyben) — INDUSTRY MIND MELD: WHAT HAPPENED TO CORZINE?
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New York Times:
Mr. Corzine's Big Bet — Why did Jon S. Corzine make the risky bets that have now plunged MF Global Holdings into bankruptcy court? We don't know, but the likely explanations are disturbing. — Over the past year, most investors have been fleeing the sovereign debt of Spain, Italy and other euro-zone basket cases.
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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
Perry wasn't drunk at speech, says host
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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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Another “Occupier” Raped, In Baltimore [With Update: Occupier Assaults 14-Year-Old Girl in Dallas] — The Occupier crime wave continues. This time, a young woman was raped in Baltimore. She is now calling for Occupy Baltimore to be raided by police and shut down.
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Steve Stoler / WFAA-TV:
Man arrested for child sex assault at Occupy Dallas camp
Man arrested for child sex assault at Occupy Dallas camp
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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
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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FBI:
North Georgia Men Arrested, Charged in Plots to Purchase Explosives, Silencer and to Manufacture a Biological Toxin … ATLANTA—Frederick Thomas, 73, of Cleveland, Ga.; Dan Roberts, 67, of Toccoa, Ga.; Ray H. Adams, 65, of Toccoa; and Samuel J. Crump, 68, of Toccoa, were arrested today relating …
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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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
House Republicans, keeping the faith — Where are the jobs? — God knows. — After preaching for weeks about the urgency of Washington taking action to create jobs, lawmakers decided to put their mammon where their mouths are. And so on Tuesday evening they descended from the mountaintop …
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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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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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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 …
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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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