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12:15 PM ET, November 15, 2011

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New York Times:
Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters  —  Hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, arresting dozens of people there after warning them that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” …
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J. David Goodman / City Room:
Updates on the Clearing of Zuccotti Park  —  Overnight, hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters and arrested dozens of people, forcing the two-month-old protest that had spawned a movement into a new and uncertain phase.
New York Post:
NYPD raiders roust OWS rabble  —  Good riddance!  —  The NYPD arrested 70 protesters as they moved in on Zuccotti Park early this morning and began clearing out the thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters who had taken over the space for nearly two months.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Getting Kicked Out Of Zuccotti Park Is Probably Good For Occupy Wall Street  —  Cops poured into Zuccotti Park to forcibly remove the original Occupy Wall Street encampment.  Naturally, people aren't happy.  But realistically I think this was the best possible endgame for the group.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Bloomberg served with temporary restraining order requiring reopening of Zuccotti Park to protesters at 7:50 a.m.  —  BREAKING: Bloomberg served with temporary restraining order requiring reopening of Zuccotti Park to protesters at 7:50 a.m. |  At 6:30 a.m. this morning …
Wall Street Journal:
Police Clear Zuccotti Park  —  Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested in Unannounced Raid  —  Police brought the two-month-old Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park to an abrupt end early Tuesday morning, as hundreds of officers swept in and cleared out protesters and their tents.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Bloomberg: Zuccotti Park closed while city reviews court order
Discussion: Washington Post
News: News blog:
Occupy Wall Street: police evict protesters - live updates
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:   Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Day 59, Occupy Wall Street Camp Is Gone
New York Post:
Police storm OWS camp, evict protesters
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Political Mojo
Associated Press:
Hundreds of NY police officers clear Occupy Wall St. protesters from Zuccotti Park; 70 arrests
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
Police arrest 70 Wall Street protesters
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Dems fear Supreme Court will rule against Obama on healthcare reform  —  Democrats on Capitol Hill are worried that the Supreme Court will rule against President Obama's healthcare reform law.  —  Over the last couple weeks, congressional Democrats have told The Hill that the law faces danger …
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James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Scalia and Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers as court takes case  —  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks to a policy forum in Washington last month.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)  —  The day the Supreme Court gathered behind closed doors to consider the politically divisive question …
Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare and the Limits of Government  —  When asked if the health law was constitutional, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi sneered, ‘Are you serious?’  Now the Supreme Court has decided it's a worthy question.  —  The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether ObamaCare is constitutional …
Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare Goes to Court
msnbc.com:
Jerry Sandusky to Bob Costas in exclusive ‘Rock Center’ interview: 'I shouldn't have showered with those kids.'  —  By Jessica Hopper  —  UPDATED: Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, but said he is not a pedophile …
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Tim Perone / New York Post:
Sandusky lawyer impregnated teenage girl: report
Discussion: Maggie's Notebook
Charles P. PiercePOSTED / Grantland:
The Brutal Truth About Penn State
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Republican Candidates in Four-Way Dead Heat  —  Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses.  —  A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent …
Felix Salmon:
Krugman vs Summers: The debate  —  I'm glad I found myself in Toronto this evening, because tonight's Munk Debate was illuminating and enjoyable.  The motion was that “North America faces a Japan-style era of high unemployment and slow growth”; Paul Krugman was arguing for it, while Larry Summers was arguing against.
Discussion: Free exchange
Don Walker / JSOnline:
Cain stumbles on Libya question  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, in the midst of a Midwestern campaign swing, stumbled Monday when answering a question about whether he agreed or disagreed with President Barack Obama's approach to handling the Libyan crisis.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
‘Secret farm bill’ primed for passage in debt deal  —  Lawmakers on the House and Senate Agriculture committees are trying to write a new five-year farm bill through the supercommittee process.  —  The legislators are using the supercommittee to avoid what would be a more public …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Students Lose Zeal for Aiding Obama Again  —  LAS VEGAS — For much of the presidential election of 2008, Barack Obama's campaign was Emma Guerrero's life.  She was one of a dozen volunteers who showed up at an Obama campaign office here every night, taking time from her studies at the University of Nevada …
Discussion: The Monkey Cage and Betsy's Page
Tom Coburn, M.D., United States Senator from Oklahoma:
Dr. Coburn Releases Report Exposing Billions in Giveaways for Millionaires  —  (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today released a new report “Subsidies of the Rich and Famous” illustrating how, under the current tax code, the federal government is giving billions …
 
 
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