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Mike Wise / Washington Post:
If Jerry Sandusky allegations are true, Penn State and Joe Paterno deserve part of the blame — After what allegedly happened to “Victim 2,” a boy estimated to be 10 years old, in the same room where Penn State football players shower, it's near impossible to keep reading the grand jury's report.
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Hutchison: Cain allegations ‘politics as usual’ — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) on Sunday wrote off the allegations of inappropriate behavior made against Republican presidential contender Herman Cain as “politics as usual,” and challenged anonymous sources to come out into the open.
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Hutchison defends Cain, refuses to backtrack on criticisms of Perry — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) refused to backdown from her attacks on Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) and defended Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain from sexual harassment allegations in an interview on CNN on Sunday.
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Fritz Tucker / GlobalResearch.ca:
A Chill Descends On Occupy Wall Street; “The Leaders of the allegedly Leaderless Movement” — On Sunday, October 23, a meeting was held at 60 Wall Street. Six leaders discussed what to do with the half-million dollars that had been donated to their organization, since, in their estimation …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Jon Huntsman: Personhood Movement ‘Goes Too Far’ — Former Utah Governor and GOP presidential candidate Jon Hutsman told Meet The Press' David Gregory this morning that state efforts to declare a fertilized human egg a legal person go “too far,” joining a growing chorus of anti-abortion Republicans …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Rampaging Occupiers Attack 78-Year-Old Woman — We posted video last night in which degenerates from Occupy D.C. stormed the Washington Convention Center where Americans For Prosperity was holding a dinner. In the course of their riot, the Occupiers attacked a 78-year-old woman …
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Michelle Fields / The Daily Caller:
Occupy protest turns violent outside Washington Convention Center
Occupy protest turns violent outside Washington Convention Center
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Pirate's Cove, OWS Exposed, The Right Scoop, Hot Air, American Spectator, Instapundit, The Other McCain and Don Surber
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Occupy Blue Wall Street? — New Yorkers are getting an uncomfortable look at the ugly realities behind what we like to think of as the country's bluest, most European and most enlightened city. A series of trials now underway in the Bronx reveal the harsh truth of embedded corruption …
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Campaign 2012
The Right Scoop:
Full Video: Watch Herman Cain debate Newt Gingrich — ***UPDATE: DEBATE AUDIO IS BAD AFTER 3 MINUTES. WILL RE-UPLOAD. CHECK BACK LATER*** Tonight Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich took part in a debate over entitlement reform. Here's the full debate that runs 81 minutes: —
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New York Post:
Protester throws fit in McDonald's when he can't get free food — This isn't the way to stick it to corporate America. — A Zuccotti Park protester threw a violent fit in a McDonald's yesterday after employees refused to give him free food. — Fisika Bezabeh, 27, ripped a credit-card reader …
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The Jawa Report, americanthinker.com, Gothamist, Pirate's Cove and Tim Blair
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
The $8 Trillion Internet: McKinsey's Bold Attempt to Measure the E-conomy — The Internet — that 200 billion-person, $8 trillion global economy — accounted for 21 percent of GDP growth in the world's largest economies over the last 5 years, McKinsey found in a report released this week.
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Prairie Weather
Bloomberg:
Forty House Republicans Back Revenue Increase to Cut Deficit — Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — Forty House Republicans signaled support for revenue increases, joining 60 Democrats yesterday to urge a congressional supercommittee seeking a $1.5 trillion debt-reduction deal to aim for cuts of $4 trillion.
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Crooks and Liars
Matt Negrin / The Politico:
It's not about serving the rich, Boehner says — House Speaker John Boehner disputes the notion that Republicans are “servants of the rich.” — “That's very unfair,” Boehner said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's “This Week.” “Listen, I come from a family of 12. My dad owned a bar.
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Matthew Goldstein / Unstructured Finance:
MF Global and the rubber check — With the mystery of the missing $600 million in customer funds at MF Global Financial still unresolved, a lot of customers of the failed futures firm are starting to complain about getting bounced checks. — It appears that 10 days ago …
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