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4:50 PM ET, November 10, 2011

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Nate Schweber / New York Times:
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 …
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Michael Hurley / NESN.com:
Jerry Sandusky Rumored to Have Been ‘Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors,’ Says Mark Madden  —  In April, Pittsburgh radio host Mark Madden wrote a story revealing Penn State for much of the cover-up of Jerry Sandusky's alleged child rape that has been exposed in the past week.
A+K:
Twitter Management  —  Up until today, I have posted virtually every one of my tweets on my own, but clearly the platform has become too big to be managed by a single individual.  When I started using twitter, it was a communication platform that people could say what they were thinking …
John Scalzi / Whatever:
Omelas State University  —  These things should be simple:  —  1. When, as an adult, you come come across another adult raping a small child, you should a) do everything in your power to rescue that child from the rapist, b) call the police the moment it is practicable.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Pa. senators no longer support Joe Paterno for Medal of Freedom
Discussion: The Politico
ESPN:
Mike McQueary will coach on Saturday
Mark Viera / New York Times:
Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Is Fired
Mike Paluska / CBS Atlanta 46:
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.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Cain's Lawyer On Accusing: ‘Think Twice’  —  L. Lin Wood, the lawyer hired by the Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain to fend off sexual harassment accusations, has warned that any other women who might be considering coming forward with similar allegations “should think twice.”
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cain's fundraising surges past $9 million
Discussion: CNN and GOP 12
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
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.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House thinks Obama has regained ‘upper hand’ with GOP on economy
Discussion: The Politico
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama's Influential Mideast Envoy to Resign
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama's Middle East envoy to step down
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Perry: 'If we're electing the debater in chief, don't elect me'  —  Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, looking to bounce back from a recent debate gaffe, doubled down in his own defense Thursday by admitting debating is not his strength.  —  “If we're electing the debater in chief …
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
When Rick Perry Remembered: How His ‘Oops’ Was Supposed To Sound
Discussion: GOP 12 and Wonkette
New York Times:
‘Oops’ From Perry at Republican Presidential Debate
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich mocks Perry over ‘oops’ moment at Detroit campaign stop
Discussion: Hot Air
David Weigel / Slate:   Newt Hits Perry on the Way Down
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
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
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Perry implodes; Update: Campaign is over, says top fundraiser
Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
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 …
Discussion: CBC News and The Huffington Post
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JoAnne Allen / Reuters:
State Dept eyes rerouting Keystone XL pipeline
New York Times:
U.S. Delays Decision on Pipeline Until After Election
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich gets a super PAC  —  Jonathan and I mentioned in our story this morning that a new, pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC - Solutions 2012 - launched around the time of the GOP presidential debate last night.  Charlie Smith, a former College Republicans chairman, is heading it up and made the case …
Discussion: Hot Air and Daily Kos
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Group launches super PAC to aid Gingrich
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Taylor Marsh
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Anti-Cain hoax exposed  —  Yesterday I saw a lengthy thread at Memeorandum about a “HermanCainPAC” website which had a large cover story calling Karen Kraushaar an “ugly bitch.”  Here's the screenshot:  —  The website looked real, with a donate page and so on.
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A.Killough / CNN:
First on CNN: Kraushaar won't do news conference without other accusers
Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
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 …
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Larry Margasak / The Huffington Post:
DOMA Repeal Bill Clears Senate Judiciary Committee Vote
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
REMINDER: Cain's ‘Princess Nancy’ Remark Not An Isolated Incident  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, who has spent the last two weeks denying multiple sexual harassment and assault charges, was roundly criticized in last night's debate for referring to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as “Princess Nancy.”
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cain riffs on defeating Obama: ‘You beat him with a Cain’
Discussion: CNN
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Fire Eric Holder  —  It's tempting to get distracted with the horse race aspect of electoral politics during a primary season.  But as pundits talk about “who's up and who's down” in the 24 hour news cycle, we must keep our eye on the ball with the Obama administration.
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Senate defeats Rand Paul measure to curb EPA pollution rule  —  The Senate on Thursday blocked Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) bid to kill new EPA power plant pollution rules.  —  In a 41-56 vote, lawmakers thwarted Paul's resolution to overturn the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule …
Quinnipiac University:
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 …
Matt Krupnick / Mercury News:
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.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
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 …
The Politico:
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.
 
 
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Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Resenting Israel, Not Netanyahu
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Betsy's Page
Robert Frank / Wall Street Journal:
Food Fight: Top Chef's Roast of Bankers Lands Him in Hot Water
Frank Mungeam / KGW-TV:
Gresham bills Occupy Portland for vandalism
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Senate votes down measure that would have overturned net-neutrality rules
Discussion: The Politico
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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