In the Perry camp, sad  —  A prominent Perry supporter emails:  —  Original Message—  From:  —  Sent: Wed 11/9/2011 9:21 PM  —  To: Ben Smith  —  Subject: i'm sad  —  stuck a fork in himself  —  can't decide which is worse Dean scream or Perry oops  —  bourbon for me, i think

Investigator: Herman Cain innocent of sexual advances  —  Private investigator TJ Ward said presidential hopeful Herman Cain was not lying at a news conference on Tuesday in Phoenix.  —  Cain denied making any sexual actions towards Sharon Bialek and vowed to take a polygraph test if necessary to prove his innocence.

Penn State Students Clash With Police in Unrest After Announcement  —  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — After top Penn State officials announced that they had fired Joe Paterno on Wednesday night, thousands of students stormed the downtown area to display their anger and frustration, chanting the former coach's name …

Ford.  Quayle.  Stockdale.  Now, Poor Rick Perry  —  In the long annals of presidential-campaign debating, there had until this evening been three famous-disaster moments:  —  1) 1976, Gerald Ford and Poland.  This one wasn't quite fair.  Ford was trying to make a reasonable point …

BREAKING: State Department Puts Brakes On Keystone XL Pipeline  —  The Department of State is planning to put the brakes on the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Reuters reports.  After seeming to be a foregone conclusion, approval by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …

Cain riffs on defeating Obama: ‘You beat him with a Cain’  —  Herman Cain made his second questionable joke in as many days Thursday, telling a supporter in Michigan who asked the Republican frontrunner how he would beat Obama, “You beat him with a Cain.”  —  Cain was then asked by a reporter …

Obama, Romney Tied In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Cain, Romney Duel For Gop Lead In All Three States  —  One year before the presidential election, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are running neck and neck in Florida …

Jefferson County files largest government bankruptcy in U.S. history  —  BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Jefferson County, facing $4.23 billion in debt and running short of cash, gave up Wednesday on reaching a deal with its creditors and immediately filed the largest government bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Reggie Love, Obama ‘body man,’ to leave White House by year's end  —  Reggie Love, a key member of the Obama entourage, is planning to leave the White House by the end of the year, people close to the administration said.  —  Love, 30, is a popular, gregarious figure in the White House.

WE NEED SOLAR!  —  If you own solar panels you are producing your own electricity by harnessing the power of the sun.  If you sell that electricity back to your local power company you are engaging in a transaction no different from what your local fast food restaurant does.

Police arrest UC Berkeley students, professor over Occupy camp  —  BERKELEY — Moving quickly to quell a protest on the site where the Free Speech Movement was born, UC Berkeley police in riot gear on Wednesday tore down tents and arrested at least seven people who had established an Occupy Cal camp.

Senate votes down measure that would have overturned net-neutrality rules  —  The Senate rejected a bid to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality rules on Thursday.  —  The measure passed the House in April, but failed in the Senate on a vote of 52 to 46.

Gresham bills Occupy Portland for vandalism  —  GRESHAM, Ore. - Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis delivered an invoice to Occupy Portland for $1,546.52 on Wednesday morning.  That's the estimated amount of damage done to two Gresham police cars parked near the Occupy Portland encampment in downtown Portland on Tuesday.

Senate Dems move to repeal DOMA  —  Senate Democrats and backers of gay marriage won a key victory Thursday in their quest to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, but it's unclear where it will go next.  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 along party lines in favor for the Respect …