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A Second Accuser Goes Public Against Cain — Karen Kraushaar, one of the two women who settled sexual harassment claims against Herman Cain with the National Restaurant Association, spoke publicly for the first time on Tuesday about her allegations against him.
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Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Karen Kraushaar, second Cain accuser wants ‘joint press conference’ — A second woman — Karen Kraushaar, a communications official at the Treasury Department - has come forward to identify herself as a woman who says she was sexually harassed by Herman Cain.
The Daily:
Another Cain accuser only doing right thing, family and friends say — Herman Cain claims sexual harassment accusations threatening to derail his presidential campaign are a smear campaign. But friends and family of one accuser say she is a principled and dedicated professional who was only trying …
New York Post:
Jobless & shameless gal going for gold — Gold diggers — unite! — Sharon Bialek is 50, out of work and, according to one who knows her, she's a smooth operator living way above her means. From the look of her heavily painted face, she's also soon to be in acute need of a new tub of eyeliner.
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Witness: Cain accuser hugged him during Tea Party meeting a month ago — The Cain Encounter ... They hugged each other backstage in a full embrace like old friends. — She grabbed his arm and whispered in his left ear. — She kept talking as he bent to listen, and he kept saying “Uh, huh.
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Calls Allegations Against Cain “Particularly Disturbing”
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Cain's Image Showing Signs of Decline Amid Allegations
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
First on CNN: GOP senator says Cain should quit if allegations are true
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New York Times:
Herman Cain Goes After Accuser's Credibility
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Herman Cain accuser identified
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The Politico:
For Herman Cain, two named accusers; one flat denial
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The Atlantic Wire:
Every Minute of Cain Accuser Sharon Bialek's Media Blitz
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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Herman Cain: Accuser Sharon Bialek is Lying About Sexual Harassment
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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Cain Camp Questions Bialek's Background
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Republicans offer tax deal to break debt impasse; Democrats dismiss it — Congressional Republicans have offered to increase tax revenue by nearly $300 billion over the next decade through an overhaul of the tax code, a significant concession aimed at breaking a long-standing impasse in negotiations over the federal debt.
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Why The Super Committee Is Heading For Super Catastrophe
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Dan Friedman / NationalJournal.com:
Senate GOP: Willing to Accept Up to $300 Billion in Net Tax Increases
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Mitt Romney as the Nominee: Conservatism Dies and Barack Obama Wins — Mit Romney will not go on Special Report with Brett Baier to answer the tough questions as the other candidates have done. No worries. Conservatives will bitch and moan for a few days and Romney will claim it was a scheduling issue …
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Bill Mears / CNN:
Health care law held constitutional in latest appeals court ruling — Washington (CNN) — The sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama was upheld as constitutional by another federal appeals court Tuesday. — The decision is not part of a half-dozen other appeals pending at the Supreme Court.
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Appeals court backs Obama healthcare law
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
D.C. Court upholds health reform law
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Park — It always helps to put a face to a name, even if it is a bruised and bloodied one. Here is such a face. It belongs to Bruce Fancher, a hobbyist photographer who lives “a few blocks” from the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Lower Manhattan.
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New York Times:
Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno's Exit Amid Scandal — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno's tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials …
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Ellen McGregor / WEWS-TV:
Voter in Cuyahoga County says he was bitten on the nose by poll worker — Man says he got involved in a fight over signs — BROOKLYN, Ohio - A voter in Cuyahoga County told NewsChannel5 he was bitten in the nose by an Election Day rover. — The alleged physical assault happened …
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Patrick B. Pexton / Washington Post:
Post Roast: Jennifer Rubin's retweet — Is a news organization responsible for what its journalists put out on Twitter? And what if those journalists are opinion writers? Those questions came up in October when The Post's Right Turn opinion blogger, Jennifer Rubin, retweeted a controversial tweet …
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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Why do Sarkozy and Obama hate Netanyahu? — Binyamin Netanyahu seems to have been the target of some ugly — if off the record — barbs from President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Speaking privately (they thought) following a news conference in Cannes last week, Sarkozy said …
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TMZ.com:
Heavy D — Dead at 44 — 5:12 PM: An associate of Heavy D's just told us the rapper had pneumonia. — 4:28 PM: Law enforcement tell TMZ ... Heavy D had just returned from shopping and walked up some stairs when he began having trouble breathing. Adam Mills, a designer who was in the building …
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Obama threatens to veto net-neutrality repeal — President Obama will veto an attempt to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality rules if it passes the Senate, the White House said Tuesday. — “The Administration strongly opposes Senate passage of S.J. Res. 6 …
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David S. Addington / The Heritage Foundation:
Obama Couldn't Wait: His New Christmas Tree Tax — President Obama's Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees.
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The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Joe Walsh Melts Down, Screams At Constituents: ‘Dont Blame Banks!...I Am Tired Of Hearing That Crap!’ — Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) erupts at a constituent who asked about the bank lobby — Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) is known for his anti-Obama rhetoric on cable television and his inability to pay his child support payments.
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Steve Randy Waldman / interfluidity:
The negative unnatural rate of interest — David Andolfatto points out that US five-year real interest rates are now negative. Nick Rowe discusses the possibility that the so-called “natural” real interest rate could be negative, referring us to Frances Woolley's discussion of the drag demographics might exert on real returns.
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LAT Blogs / 24 Frames:
Clint Eastwood talks politics: Who's the Democrat he voted for? — Clint Eastwood is such a passionate fiscal conservative that when he married his second wife, Dina Ruiz, in 1996, he included her finances in his own personal deficit-reduction campaign. “My wedding present to her was paying off …
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