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11:15 AM ET, November 4, 2011

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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Cain rises in Post-ABC poll despite scandal; most Republicans dismiss allegations  —  Businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are running nearly even atop the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama, Romney Tied Nationally and in Swing States  —  Romney fares better vs. Obama than Perry, Cain  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Registered voters nationally and in 12 key swing states are evenly divided in their preferences for president in the 2012 election between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Cain camp considering legal action against Politico  —  A Herman Cain aide said Thursday that the Cain campaign is considering its legal options over the original Politico story, which revealed that the former head of the National Restaurant Association was accused of sexually harassing at least two women during his tenure in the 1990s.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Woman Said to Have Felt Hostility at Work After Complaining About Cain
Reuters:   Herman Cain allegation: Sources reveal new details
Chip Somodevilla / ABCNEWS:
Cain Shows Initial Resilience in the Face of Controversy
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Lawyer for Cain accuser hopes to release statement Friday
Jana Winter / Fox News:
ACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests  —  Officials with the revamped ACORN office in New York — operating as New York Communities for Change — have fired staff, shredded reams of documents and told workers …
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Sarah Palin: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ wants a bailout  —  Sarah Palin says the Occupy Wall Street protesters are just clamoring for the same “bailout” that the “fat cats” in the financial industry received from the government.  —  “They say, 'Wall Street fat cats got a bailout …
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press and Mediaite
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Palin slams ‘entitled’ Occupy Wall Street protesters
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Jobs report hints at some improvement  —  (Reuters) - U.S. employment rose less than expected in October, but a drop in the jobless rate to a six-month low of 9.0 percent and upward revisions to prior months' job gains pointed to a strengthening labor market.
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Report Shows a Mere 80,000 Jobs Added in U.S. in October  —  The United States had another month of mediocre job growth in October, the Labor Department reported Friday.  —  Employers added 80,000 jobs on net, slightly less than what economists had expected.
DealBook:
As Regulators Pressed Changes, Corzine Pushed Back, and Won  —  Months before MF Global teetered on the brink, federal regulators were seeking to rein in the types of risky trades that contributed to the firm's collapse.  But they faced opposition from an influential opponent: Jon S. Corzine …
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Peter Lattman / DealBook:
Corzine Is Said to Hire Criminal Lawyer  —  Jon S. Corzine has hired Andrew J. Levander, a leading white-collar criminal defense lawyer, according to three people briefed on the matter, as the former New Jersey governor deals with fallout from the collapse of MF Global, the brokerage firm he has run since last year.
Kevin Fasick / New York Post:
Deranged homeless man goes on violent rampage in Zuccotti Park  —  This is the new face of Zuccotti Park!  —  A deranged homeless man who has been squatting among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in lower Manhattan went on a violent, early-morning rampage yesterday, cursing incoherently and kicking down tents.
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Political Class Clowns  —  For a Republican Party that has spent the better part of its presidential campaign proving that most of its candidates are not smarter than a fifth grader, the real scandal around frontrunner-of-the-moment Herman Cain is not what he knows.  It's what he doesn't know.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Tightens Drone Rules  —  The Central Intelligence Agency has made a series of secret concessions in its drone campaign after military and diplomatic officials complained large strikes were damaging the fragile U.S. relationship with Pakistan.  —  The covert drones are credited …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Oligarchy, American Style  —  Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office.  And you know what that means: It's time to roll out the obfuscators!  —  Anyone who has tracked this issue over time knows what I mean.
Richard Kim / The Nation:
The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street  —  This article appeared in the November 21, 2011 edition of The Nation.  —  Recommended by  — First Page - |  - Web Letter (0) - |  - Write a Letter - |  - Take Action - |  - Subscribe Now  —  A few years ago, Joe Therrien …
Reuters:
Groupon raises $700 million in massive IPO  —  (Reuters) - Groupon Inc raised $700 million after increasing the size of its initial public offering, becoming the largest IPO by an Internet company since Google Inc raised $1.7 billion in 2004.  —  The global leader in “daily deals” …
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Mark Gimein / Business Week:
Groupon, Beware: Of 25 Hot IPOs, 20 Tanked Later
Henry K. Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:
Developer with shotgun scared off Oakland rioters  —  OAKLAND — Oakland developer Phil Tagami is used to working behind the scenes to broker some of the biggest deals in town.  Late Wednesday, he was using different persuasive skills - holding a loaded shotgun to scare away rioters trying to get into a downtown building.
Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
Boehner: Debt deal will include new tax revenues  —  House Speaker John Boehner addressed one of the biggest sticking points for the 12 member Congressional “supercommittee” today, acknowledging that any bipartisan agreement will need to include some new tax revenue.
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Report: Ethics panel launches investigation into Rep. Richardson  —  The House Ethics Committee voted Thursday to launch an investigation into Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.), according to a report.  —  The committee is looking into whether the three-term lawmaker pressured her congressional staff …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Mick Gregory / Breitbart.tv:
‘60 MINUTES’ AMBUSHES... NANCY PELOSI?  —  “60 Minutes” challenged Nancy Pelosi on her conflict of interest while Speaker and facilitating financial reform while being involved with credit card companies.
 
 
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Trust Small-Business Owners Most on Job Creation
Discussion: Politicons and The Politico
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Deficit Reduction Committee Gets Warnings From Left and Right
Discussion: Washington Monthly and msnbc.com
The Daily Beast:
So What If Perry Tipped the Press?
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Politico
Rolling Stone:
Mike Bloomberg's Marie Antoinette Moment
Discussion: Truthdig
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Saying Life Begins at Conception Is ‘Extreme and Radical’
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Can Santorum move up?  —  On Friday in Iowa, Republican …
Discussion: The Politico and TBogg
Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Britain poised to provide billions for new rescue package as euro crisis deepens
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Evan Perez / Washington Wire:
Lawmakers Seek Information on ‘Fast And Furious’ Leaks
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Man charged for phone threats against Rep. Eric Cantor's family
Wall Street Journal:
Google Ponders Pay-TV Business
Floyd Norris / New York Times:
Why Not Give Greeks Their Say?  —  The fundamental nature …
Discussion: Balkinization and Felix Salmon
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Politico Is Tawdry  —  Rich, I continue to think the real story …
Discussion: TBogg and Pundit & Pundette
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
For Perry, Private Jets Have Been Key to Public Job
PewResearch.org:
The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Firedoglake
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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