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

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Obama faces choice on Keystone pipeline: Big Labor or Big Green  —  President Obama lamented recently that Americans have “lost our ambition, our — our imagination, and — and — our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge.”  There are at least two facts that must be pointed out here.

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 …

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.

132 American Economists Say GOP Jobs Strategy Better Than “Stimulus” for Job Creation in Both Short- & Long-Term  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today released a list of 132 American economists who believe the job creation strategy used in the House GOP Plan for America's Job Creators …

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.

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 …

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 …

Older Americans are 47 times richer than young  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — One of the most basic tenets of the American Dream is being called into question by recent economic data.  Can each new generation do better than the one before it?  —  So far, today's young people aren't off to an encouraging start.

TPMDC  —  Report: Super Committee GOPers Agree To Violate Norquist Pledge...With A Catch  —  Super Committee Republicans are floating a trial balloon that would produce new tax revenue, in apparent contravention of Grover Norquist's taxpayer protection pledge, according to Wall Street Journal editorialist Stephen Moore.

Moore's Law in solar energy  —  In today's NYT, Paul Krugman highlights the subsidy being given to the ‘fracking’ methods of fossil fuel extraction: basically, another example where costs are socialized although, let's face it, the most common example.  The story of an old technology using non-market means …