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.

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.

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.

Ohio Voters Reject Republican-Backed Union Limits  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.