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10:50 PM ET, November 7, 2011

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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Woman: Herman Cain put hand up my skirt  —  Defense attorney Gloria Allred and her client, Sharon Bialek, held a news conference detailing inappropriate sexual behavior by GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain.  Some of the highlights are below.  We'll have more soon.
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The Caucus:
Woman Accuses Cain of Lewd Behavior; He Denies It  —  Updated A Chicago woman alleged on Monday that Herman Cain grabbed her in a sexually aggressive way when she sought his help after losing her job at the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s.  —  Sharon Bialek …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Cain Ties Romney Atop GOP Field  —  Republicans tilt toward position that charges against Cain are not true  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Herman Cain now ties Mitt Romney as the leader for the GOP presidential nomination in USA Today/Gallup polling on Republican preferences conducted Nov. 2-6.
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Allred: Cain offered client ‘his idea of a stimulus package’  —  The Herman Cain scandal finally has a name and a face.  —  Superlawyer Gloria Allred introduced her client, Sharon Bialek, at a press conference in New York Monday afternoon, telling reporters that the woman formerly employed …
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Fresh allegations are tipping point for Herman Cain, Iowa conservatives say  —  Sharon Bialek arrives for her news conference in New York today where she accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of making an unwanted sexual advance against her in 1997.
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Cain emails his list: ‘Media obsessed’ with harassment story  —  As he's contended with the stories about allegations he faced in the 1990s of sexual harassment, Herman Cain has benefited from blasting the press, suggesting media bias and an establishment distrust of his campaign.
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Romney, Cain tied, but there are red flags for both  —  WASHINGTON - Accusations of sexual harassment against Herman Cain haven't cost him his spot at the top of the Republican field in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.  The former corporate CEO is tied with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney at 21% each.
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg:
Cain Denies Claim He Groped Woman  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain denied a former employee's allegation that he groped her after she sought his help in finding a job in 1997.  —  Sharon Bialek, a single mother from Chicago, is the latest woman to accuse Cain …
T. A. Frank / New York Times:
On the Ropes With Herman Cain
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Cain Blasts Media after Fourth Accuser Surfaces
Discussion: Say Anything and Hot Air
Tony Radar / RADAR:
New Woman Accusing Herman Cain Of Sexual Harassment Hires Gloria Allred
CNN:
Cain accuser says candidate groped her in 1997
Ynetnews:
Report: Sarkozy calls Netanyahu ‘liar’  —  Microphones accidently left on after G20 meeting pick up private conversation between US, French presidents.  Sarkozy admits he 'can't stand' Israeli premier.  Obama: You're fed up with him?  I have to deal with him every day!  —  Ynet
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Thumbs down for Occupy, Tea Party in new nationwide poll  —  The Occupy Wall Street movement may be starting to lose its luster with the American public, with four in ten now saying they have an unfavorable view of the protests, a new nationwide UMass Lowell/Boston Herald poll shows.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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Rasmussen Reports:
36% Say Wall Street Protesters Represent Views of Mainstream America, 44% Disagree
BBC:
NoW placed hacking lawyers under surveillance  —  Mr Lewis told Newsnight that he was “devastated” to hear the revelations  —  The News of the World (NoW) hired an ex-police officer early last year to carry out surveillance on two prominent lawyers representing victims of phone hacking, BBC Newsnight has learned.
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Nick Davies / Guardian:
Paper hired investigators to spy on lawyers
Zeke Miller / Business Insider:
Conservatives Launch ‘Not Mitt Romney’ Campaign, Warn Of Dire Consequences If Romney Is The GOP Nominee  —  A coalition of conservatives have launched a campaign against Republican front-runner Mitt Romney's candidacy to prevent him from becoming the GOP nominee next year.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Independents and moderates agree: GOP deliberately sabotaging Obama's jobs policies  —  Ever since Obama began aggressively calling out the GOP for obstructing his jobs policies, insisting that Republicans are “putting party before country,” pundits have ominously warned that he risks alienating …
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Politico's Jonathan Martin snicker at journalism's ‘code of ethics’ [VIDEO]  —  The Society of Professional Journalism's code of ethics is unknown to, and easily dismissed by, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.  On “Andrea Mitchell Reports” Monday, the anchor introduced …
Scott McCabe / Washington Examiner:
Occupy DC becoming increasingly violent, police say  —  Examiner Staff Writer Follow Him @Scott_McCabe  —  Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier on Monday said the Occupy DC protesters have grown violent, and the police department will adjust its tactics to ensure the public's safety.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
msnbc.com:
Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program, which targeted women, young girls and blacks  —  By Michelle Kessel and Jessica Hopper  —  Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she got pregnant after being raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C., in 1967.
Discussion: Jezebel, Pirate's Cove and Shakesville
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette packages.
Discussion: Say Anything, Hot Air and Gothamist
New York Post:
Big labor's backlash  —  All eyes should be on Ohio tomorrow as voters decide whether to roll back Gov. John Kasich's bold public-employee reforms.  Passed this year, the much-needed course correction sharply curtailed collective-bargaining privileges for the state's 350,000 taxpayer-funded workers …
Discussion: National Review
Paul Krugman:
Wishful Thinking And The Road To Eurogeddon  —  Gavyn Davies has a very good piece today offering another way to think about the euromess.  I say “another way to think” advisedly — his analysis of the basics is, as far as I can tell, identical to mine, but he offers a different angle …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Mojo
New York Times:
Should Voting Be Mandatory?  —  Or are there already too many people casting ballots?  —  Understanding Nonvoters … What would happen if everybody voted?  In a careful study from 1999, the political scientists Benjamin Highton and Raymond Wolfinger wrote: “Analyses of survey data show …
Discussion: The Monkey Cage
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Here Comes the Sun  —  For decades the story of technology has been dominated, in the popular mind and to a large extent in reality, by computing and the things you can do with it.  Moore's Law — in which the price of computing power falls roughly 50 percent every 18 months …
Jenny Anderson / New York Times:
National Study Finds Widespread Sexual Harassment of Students in Grades 7 to 12  —  Nearly half of 7th to 12th graders experienced sexual harassment in the last school year, according to a study scheduled for release on Monday, with 87 percent of those who have been harassed reporting negative effects …
Alan Duke / CNN:
Conrad Murray found guilty in Michael Jackson trial  —  Tune in to HLN for full coverage and analysis of the Conrad Murray trial and watch live, as it happens, on CNN.com/Live and CNN's mobile apps.  —  Los Angeles (CNN) — A two-year legal battle over who was responsible …
Barry Joe Stull / KATU-TV:
Police deal with several incidents at Occupy camp  —  PORTLAND, Ore. - Police arrested two people at the Occupy Portland camp Sunday and dealt with several more incidents, including a man who grew angry when a pizza restaurant ran out of breadsticks.  —  Barry Joe Stull, 53 …
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Living a lie  —  Joe Paterno issued a statement yesterday regarding the apparent fact that for 43 years Paterno's PSU program harbored a serial child rapist (Jerry Sandusky joined Paterno's staff in 1966 and was running football camps at PSU for ten-year-old boys as late as 2009).  Here it is in full:
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
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Daniel W. Drezner:
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Discussion: FP Passport and Rod Dreher
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Discussion: A Tiny Revolution
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