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1:40 PM 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.
The Politico:
Sources reveal new details about Cain allegation  —  The details put a woman's account even more sharply at odds with Cain's.
Peter H. Stone / iWatch News:
Koch-related group is reviewing financial transactions with Cain aide's charity  —  GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain Carolyn Kaster/AP  —  The conservative grassroots goliath, Americans for Prosperity, has confirmed that it had financial transactions with at least one charity …
Wesley Pruden / Washington Times:
Herman Cain and innuendos
Discussion: American Spectator
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Political Class Clowns
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Woman Said to Have Felt Hostility at Work After Complaining About Cain
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Cain camp considering legal action against Politico
Reuters:
Herman Cain allegation: Sources reveal new details
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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Fars News Agency:
Iranian Demonstrators Voice Support for Occupy Wall Street Protests  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- Participants in the countrywide November 4th rallies voiced support for the Occupy Wall Street protests in the US and other anti-capitalism movements in the West, and cautioned the White House to stop ignoring the demands of the American people.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Palin slams ‘entitled’ Occupy Wall Street protesters  —  Sarah Palin blasted the Occupy Wall Street protest movement on Thursday night for wanting the same thing they protest: A government bailout.  —  “The nation's dividing line today is how you answer this question: Are you entitled to other people's money?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Sarah Palin: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ wants a bailout
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Associated Press:
Palin: Wall Street protesters seeking bailout
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Raw Story
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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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.
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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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 …
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 …
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Saying Life Begins at Conception Is ‘Extreme and Radical’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.), chair of the Democratic National Committee, said Thursday that for states to enact constitutional amendments that say human life begins at conception is “an extreme and radical step.”
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.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Biased BBC
JSOnline:
Assembly committee votes to allow concealed guns  —  By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison — Assembly Republicans voted Thursday morning to allow concealed guns on the body's floor and in its public viewing galleries.  —  The policy passed 5-3 on a party line vote.
The Hamilton Project:
Unemployment and Earnings Losses: The Long-Term Impacts of The Great Recession on American Workers  —  The labor market has shown another month of growth, according to today's employment report.  Payroll employment increased by 80,000 jobs in October; private sector employment was up by 104,000 …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Economix
Katy Stech / Wall Street Journal:
Dippin' Dots Files for Bankruptcy  —  The future of ice cream is having trouble surviving today.  —  Dippin' Dots Inc., the self-described “ice cream of the future,” filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Paducah, Ky., near its headquarters …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
BBC:
Greece PM Papandreou faces knife-edge confidence vote  —  Mr Papandreou addressed parliament on Thursday after the opposition (left) walked out  —  Greece's PM George Papandreou is set to face a crucial no-confidence vote, with the outcome on a knife-edge.
 
 
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Senate blocks $60 billion infrastructure plan, another part of Obama jobs bill
Joseph Lawler / American Spectator:
Romney Hints at Medicare Reform Strategy
Jennifer Martinez / The Politico:
Google mulls divorcing Chamber of Commerce
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Who lost Iraq?  —  Barack Obama was a principled opponent …
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST and Betsy's Page
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Deficit Reduction Committee Gets Warnings From Left and Right
Reuters:
Groupon raises $700 million in massive IPO
 Earlier Items: 
The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: msnbc.com and The Politico
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
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Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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