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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Cain accuser cites series of ‘advances’; NRA confirms harassment complaint — Attorney Joel Bennett issued a statement Friday afternoon from one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the 1990s, standing by the complaint and confirming that it involved a …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Herman Cain allegation: Accuser breaks silence
Herman Cain allegation: Accuser breaks silence
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Cain Accuser Won't Go Public
Cain Accuser Won't Go Public
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and americanthinker.com
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Attorney: Multiple instances of sexual harassment by Herman Cain
Attorney: Multiple instances of sexual harassment by Herman Cain
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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Cain rises in Post-ABC poll despite scandal; most Republicans dismiss allegations
Cain rises in Post-ABC poll despite scandal; most Republicans dismiss allegations
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
WH rejects subpoena request for Solyndra docs — President Obama's attorney sent a letter to Congressional investigators on Friday, saying the White House would not cooperate with a subpoena requesting documents related to its doling out a $535 million loan guarantee to now bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.
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Fox News:
White House Fires Back at ‘Overbroad’ Subpoena on Solyndra Documents — The White House on Friday all but refused to turn over the documents House Republicans have subpoenaed on bankrupt solar firm Solyndra, firing off a letter saying the request would put an “unreasonable burden …
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Weasel Zippers, Politicons and The PJ Tatler
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
W.H. to House: Solyndra subpoenas seek too much
W.H. to House: Solyndra subpoenas seek too much
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The Hill, Washington Monthly and National Review
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes — Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after Scott Olsen was hurt. He says police beat him with batons — A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries …
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naked capitalism, The Raw Story, Booman Tribune and US Politics
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Tihanna McCleese / KGO-TV:
Second veteran injured in ‘Occupy Oakland’ violence — OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — There are fresh charges of police brutality against a war veteran arrested near an Occupy Oakland demonstration. — The veteran, 32-year-old Kayvan Sabeghi, underwent surgery on Friday for a ruptured spleen.
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The Gateway Pundit
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Deadbeat Rep. Joe Walsh, Who Owes $100k In Child Support, Receives ‘Pro-Family’ Award From Family Research Council — In July, the press learned that Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), a Tea Party freshman in Congress, owed $117,000 in unpaid child support to his ex-wife.
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Crooks and Liars, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Moderate Voice
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Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Rep. Walsh lauded by group for being pro-family, though accused of owing child support
Rep. Walsh lauded by group for being pro-family, though accused of owing child support
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Daily Kos, Wonkette, The Raw Story and Little Green Footballs
Brendan Sasso / Ballot Box:
Gingrich to follow Obama around the country until he accepts debate-challenge — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich promised on Friday evening in Iowa that if he wins his party's nomination, he will follow President Obama around the country until Obama accepts a challenge to participate in Lincoln-Douglas style debates.
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The Politico and CNN
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Cain: ‘I Am The Koch Brothers’ Brother From Another Mother' — Herman Cain may be the billionaire Koch brothers' favorite presidential candidate, with strong ties between his campaign and the wealthy conservative patrons, and Cain hasn't been shy about about showing his love for the pair.
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The New Republic, DeSmogBlog and The Impolitic
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Peter Overby / NPR:
Cain Has Long Ties To Koch Brothers-Linked Group
Cain Has Long Ties To Koch Brothers-Linked Group
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CREW, Gawker, Daily Kos, iWatch News and Prairie Weather
The Politico:
More on POLITICO — Yaaawwwnnn...give it up, Politico. Your Dan Rather-esque hatchet job is falling apart and you've been exposed as the DNC boot licking liberals you truly are. The American people aren't falling for it. You've devolved into a complete laughing stock.
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama's Sarkozy remark offends French — CANNES, France — President Obama came, he saw, he insulted. — “Obama insults Sarkozy,” blared the headline on one French website, taking umbrage at Mr. Obama's wayward remark at the G-20 summit here about the physical appearance of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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JustOneMinute, The PJ Tatler and Weasel Zippers
CBS Denver:
Moore Lashes Out At CBS4 Over Wealth Questions — Filmmaker Visits Occupy Denver Protesters — DENVER (CBS4) - Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore joined a growing crowd at the “Occupy” Denver protest Thursday evening, but his encounter with CBS4 left him fuming when he was asked …
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs, Instapundit and OWS Exposed
The Atlantic Online:
The Ally From Hell — Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional. It hates the democracy next door. It is home to both radical jihadists and a large and growing nuclear arsenal (which it fears the U.S. will seize).
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Danger Room, Political Mojo and Hot Air
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Zachary M. Seward / Metropolis:
Occupy Wall Street Pays $8,000 for a Home on the Web — Occupy Wall Street, seeking a more formal Web presence for the coterie of protesters who have set up camp in downtown Manhattan, is acquiring the domain name occupywallstreet.net for $8,000, according to parties on both sides of the transaction.
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JammieWearingFool, The Jawa Report, Gothamist, Althouse and The Huffington Post
James Crugnale / Mediaite:
Traders From Chicago Board Of Trade Dump McDonald's Applications On Occupy Chicago Protesters — In the middle of an Occupy Chicago teach-in this week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade dumped several sheets of paper on top of the heads of protesters below.
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Sky Dancing, Wake up America and The Lonely Conservative
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Cain Lurves the Race Card … DONATE Email Print Send to Instapaper — You want some race card? Well here is some race card: — That's not messing around. Note that this is not from the Cain campaign but from “Americans for Herman Cain,” a group created to support his candidacy.
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Outside the Beltway and The Atlantic Online
Ezra Klein / New York Review of Books:
Obama's Flunking Economy: The Real Cause — Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President — Harper, 515 pp., $29.99 — Ron Suskind's Confidence Men is not a calm first draft of history. It is not an impartial or unbiased look at the Obama administration's first two years.
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Biased BBC and The Atlantic Online
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Barack Obama's Fatal Error: Monetary Policy
Barack Obama's Fatal Error: Monetary Policy
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Political Mojo
Ben Howe / aglanon's blog:
EPA Chief Lisa Jackson Calls Republicans “Jack-Booted Thugs” [UPDATE: Nope, she didn't.] — [UPDATE (Moe Lane): Turns out that E&E/Greenwire completely took the quote out of context: EPA Director Jackson was sarcastically referring to her own employees with the jack-booted thugs comment.
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nation.foxnews.com, Weasel Zippers and The Politico
OccupyWallSt News:
Occupy Wall Street: Improving Quality of Life for the 99% — The participants of Occupy Wall Street are working for a better quality of life for the 99%. We are everyday Americans who want our voices and every voice to count in the political process. We want policy that looks …
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Nation Now, City Room and Gothamist
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
OWS Protesters Attempt to Storm AFP Defending the American Dream Summit — WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Occupy DC” protesters just attempted to force their way into the Washington Convention Center where the Americans for Prosperity Foundation is holding its Ronald Reagan tribute dinner for the “Defending the American Dream Summit.
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Americans for Prosperity, The Lonely Conservative and Ed Driscoll
Pastebin:
OpCartel Proceeds — The Anon who had been kidnapped last month by the Zetas has been released, although it appears that the Zetas concerned did not know that the individual was the Anon whose release had been demanded by those who instigated #OpCartel. As such, no bargain has been fulfilled.
Matthew Jaffe / ABCNEWS:
U.S. Approaches $15 Trillion Debt Limit — It will be the latest sobering economic milestone that few were hoping to see: The U.S. national debt - any day now - will soar above the $15 trillion mark. — As of this writing, the total debt is $14.97 trillion, so moving beyond the symbolic $15 trillion is a foregone conclusion.
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Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, Politicons and The Lonely Conservative
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Gov. Jan Brewer Can't Explain Her Partisan Political Tampering In Arizona's Redistricting Process — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has been under fire recently for her dramatic political move to interfere with the state's bipartisan redistricting commission. Annoyed that the commission …
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The Huffington Post and Daily Kos
Kieran Nicholson / Denver Post:
Fort Collins man arrested as arson suspect in $10 million downtown fire — A Fort Collins man has been arrested as a suspect in a $10 million fire along Mason Street in downtown Fort Collins. — Benjamin David Gilmore, 29, was taken into custody Thursday night.
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Coloradoan Online and Power Line
French Presidency of the G20:
G20 LEADERS SUMMIT - FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ — Communiqué — 1. We, the Leaders of the G20, met in Cannes on 3-4 November 2011. — 2. Since our last meeting, global recovery has weakened, particularly in advanced countries, leaving unemployment at unacceptable levels.
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Washington Post, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, AMERICAN FUTURE, Guardian and The Source