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11:15 AM ET, November 14, 2011

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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Chelsea Clinton to Report for NBC  —  NBC is to announce on Monday morning that it has hired Chelsea Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News.  —  The appointment is immediate.  Ms. Clinton will show up at the news division offices oon Monday morning, said Steve Capus …
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Chelsea Clinton to NBC News
Discussion: Via Meadia
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court sets 5 1/2-hour hearing on health care  —  NOTE TO READERS: This post will be updated frequently over the next hour.  —  Setting the stage for a historic constitutional confrontation over federal power, the Supreme Court on Monday granted three separate cases on the constitutionality …
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CNN:
Supreme Court takes up challenge to health care reform law  —  From Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer  —  Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform law, the court announced Monday.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Health Law
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Obama administration to announce effort to expand health-care workforce
The Politico:
Some Democrats refuse to back President Obama  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman was treated like an outcast back in 2008 when he broke from the Senate Democratic Caucus and openly opposed Barack Obama's bid for the White House.  —  Asked last week if he'd back Obama in 2012, the Connecticut independent said, “I don't know what I'm going to do.”
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mr President, it's time to panic  —  A few weeks ago, James Carville, the legendary manager of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, had a choice word of advice for Barack Obama: “panic”.  The president was heading to disaster in 2012 with the same crew of advisers that had led him up this blind alley.
Discussion: Washington Post
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Deal-breaker election looms over supercommittee negotiations
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Costume Shot Unnecessary, Obama Says
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Deficit Panel Seeks to Defer Details on Raising Taxes  —  WASHINGTON — With a little over a week left to reach a deal, members of the Congressional deficit reduction panel are looking for an escape hatch that would let them strike an accord on revenue levels but delay until next year tough decisions about exactly how to raise taxes.
San Francisco Chronicle:
(11-14) 07:05 PST OAKLAND  —  Oakland police have arrested about 25 protesters at the sprawling Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall while hundreds of law-enforcement officers square off against demonstrators in the second such raid of the downtown tent city.
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insideBayArea:
Occupy Oakland Live Blog: Arrrests, eviction underway,
CBS News:
Congress: Trading stock on inside information?  —  Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information - but should our elected officials be able to use that information to pad their own pockets?  As Steve Kroft reports, members of Congress and their aides have regular access …
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:   Capitol Gains  —  Are members of Congress guilty of insider trading—and does it matter?
GQ:
A Pizza Party with Herman Cain  —  He's the funniest, most outrageous guy on the GOP stage.  And he's got a simple plan to save America.  Yes, that plan is more than a little nutty, and yes, his charm has taken a big hit lately.  But have you met his competition?
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Political Carnival
New York Post:
Ex-cop boots OWS heckler from congressman's swearing-in  —  Meet New York's newest hero.  —  Kevin Hiltunen, a former NYPD officer, yesterday grabbed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator by the collar and dragged him out of a Queens school where he'd been heckling US Rep. Bob Turner at the congressman's swearing-in ceremony.
Christine McConville / Boston Herald:
Foes: Elizabeth Warren bombs on Iran  —  GOP blasts candidate's ‘troubling’ stance on nukes  —  Hawkish Republicans opened fire on Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren yesterday, after the Harvard Law professor called for a “nuanced” response to Iran's purported nuclear weapons program.
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Hossein Jaseb / Reuters:
Iran says has detected Duqu computer virus
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Mark Schultz / Raleigh News & Observer:
Police arrest Chapel Hill ‘Occupy’ protesters  —  KATELYN FERRAL - KATELYN.FERRAL@NEWSOBSERVER.COM  —  Police brandishing guns and assault rifles entered a vacant Franklin Street car dealership and arrested a group of demonstrators who had taken over the building Saturday night.
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Wielding Assault Rifles, Police Arrest Chapel Hill Occupiers Of Building Left Derelict By Developer
Wynton Hall / Big Government:
REVEALED: Nancy Pelosi Blocked Credit Card Reform While Investing Millions in Exclusive Visa Stock Offering  —  Former Speaker of the House-and current Minority Leader-Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings …
Bill Keller / New York Times:
How Romney Could Win  —  Election Day is nearly a year off and the first primaries aren't until January, but I'm ready to skip ahead to the main event.  The last serious hope of the Tea Partiers, Rick Perry, and their last not-so-serious hope, Herman Cain, are in campaign death spirals.
Karl Vick / Time:
Intel Source: Israel Behind Deadly Explosion at Iran Missile Base  —  Smoke rises from an explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot outside Tehran, which, according to Iranian officials, killed at least 15 people on Nov. 12, 2011  —  Israeli newspapers on Sunday were thick with innuendo …
Dominic Holden / The Stranger …:
Occupy Seattle Disrupts Pro-Occupy Wall Street Forum, Drives Away Supporters  — Occupy Seattle: How to lose friends and alienate people.  —  No sooner had the panel finished opening remarks last night than a woman scampered up onto stage and yelled, “Mic check!”
Discussion: Rod Dreher
Joe Conason / National Memo:
Obama Campaign Chiefs Meet Quietly With Clinton In Harlem  —  President Obama's top political operatives - including campaign chief adviser David Axelrod - traveled from Chicago and Washington to the headquarters of the William Jefferson Clinton foundation in Harlem last Wednesday afternoon …
Discussion: Business Insider
 
 
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Support rises for health insurance mandate
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Trump: Endorsement coming soon
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Perry decries, chases gov't spending
Discussion: The Reaction
Wall Street Journal:
Technology Rewrites the Fourth Amendment
Wall Street Journal:
The EPA's Reliability Cover-Up
Katie Roiphe / New York Times:
In Favor of Dirty Jokes and Risqué Remarks
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Does government regulation really kill jobs? Economists say overall effect minimal.
 Earlier Items: 
A.G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Hispanics Reviving Faded Towns on the Plains
Eric Dash / New York Times:
Banks Quietly Ramping Up Costs to Consumers
Reuters:
Insight: U.S. readies defenses against Europe spillover
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Battleground Poll: Economy drags on Obama
Luke Rosiak / Washington Times:
Fundraisers show little cash for Cain
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Bachmann Says CBS News E-Mail Shows Bias
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Gloria Cain speaks out about sexual harassment allegations
 

 
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