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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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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 …
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Washington Examiner:
Fifth woman raises questions about Cain's behavior — A former employee of the United States Agency for International Development says Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain asked her to help arrange a dinner date for him with a female audience member following a speech he delivered nine years ago.
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Fire Andrea Mitchell! and The Right Scoop
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.
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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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WLS-TV:
Chuck Goudie — More: Bio, Facebook, Twitter, News Team — MUNDELEIN, Ill.) (WLS) — Sharon Bialek, who lives in suburban Mundelein, said Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain reached under her skirt 14 years ago when she was asked him about a job. — In this Intelligence Report: Who is Sharon Bialek?
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Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Cain Blasts Media after Fourth Accuser Surfaces
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Romney, Cain tied, but there are red flags for both
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T. A. Frank / New York Times:
On the Ropes With Herman Cain
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CNN:
Cain accuser says candidate groped her in 1997
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Juana Summers / The Politico:
Sharon Bialek says Herman Cain made inappropriate advances
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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
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Doctor Is Guilty in Michael Jackson's Death — LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson, among the most famous performers in pop music history, spent his final days in a sleep-deprived haze of medication and misery until finally succumbing to a fatal dose of potent drugs provided by the private physician …
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Alan Duke / CNN:
Conrad Murray found guilty in Michael Jackson trial
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Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Joe Frazier, Ex-Heavyweight Champ, Dies at 67 — Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion whose furious and intensely personal fights with a taunting Muhammad Ali endure as an epic rivalry in boxing history, died Monday night. He was 67. — His business representative, Leslie Wolff …
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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Not Mitt Romney, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Daily Dish and The PJ Tatler
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Emmarie Huetteman / The Caucus:
An Aloof Romney in a Plane Encounter
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Mediaite, Indecision Forever, Business Insider and Hot Air
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Voting by iPad in Oregon on Tuesday — Oregon is thinking differently for its special primary election on Tuesday, according to a report that details the state's new iPad voting pilot program. — Some disabled state residents choosing a nominee for the seat left open by disgraced ex-Rep. David Wu …
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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Oregon looks to iPads to help disabled people vote
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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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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 …
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The Monkey Cage
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 …
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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 …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Romney embraces the public option — Rewind the tape two years to November 2009. Liberals had a very clear plan for the health-care system. The way to cut costs, they said, was to pit private insurers against a public insurer — ideally, a public insurer that could use Medicare's bargaining power.
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Top Obama Aide Takes Step Back — WASHINGTON—William M. Daley was hired to help resuscitate Barack Obama's presidency after deep Democratic losses in 2010. Ten months into his tenure as chief of staff, Mr. Daley's core responsibilities are shifting, following White House missteps …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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Say Anything, Hot Air and Gothamist
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 …
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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.
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Jezebel, Pirate's Cove and Shakesville
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 …
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The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Argentina: Tick, Tick, Tick — “You can't stay young forever,” says writer John Helyar, “but nobody ever said anything about immature.” Argentina seems to bent on proving his point; the most cosmopolitan and in some ways most European of Latin American countries is getting older …
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:
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