Occupy Wall Street protesters stay at $700-a-night hotel  —  Hell no, we won't go — unless we get goose down pillows.  —  A key Occupy Wall Street leader and another protester who leads a double life as a businessman ditched fetid tents and church basements for rooms at a luxurious hotel …

Return of the Reagan Democrats?  Blue-collar voters in Macomb County bolting for the GOP, Free Press poll finds  —  WASHINGTON — Are the so-called Reagan Democrats rising up again in Macomb County, this time to take down President Barack Obama?  —  Three years ago, Obama won blue-collar Macomb …

SUPERCOMMITTEE PLANS TO ADMIT FAILURE MONDAY, LIKELY WITH TERSE STATEMENT: ‘This marriage is over’ — ALL 12 MEMBERS HAVEN'T MET IN WEEKS: Hail Mary offers continue today — Biden bday  —  BACKSTAGE - HOW THE SUPERCOMMITTEE FLUNKED: The supercommittee last met Nov. 1 - three weeks ago!

Man throws aluminum water bottle at UC Berkeley student's face  —  A man threw an aluminum water bottle at a UC Berkeley student Thursday evening on campus, causing minor injuries to the victim's face.  —  At about 5:09 p.m., the female student was approached by a man at …

Yet New York Times Fail: Ross Douthat Department  —  Why oh why can't we have a better press corps?  —  Ross Douthat: … (1) The democratically-elected representatives of the Greek and the Italian people voted to change the prime minister.  They can do that.  That is part of their democratic process.

After Law School, Associates Learn to Be Lawyers  —  PHILADELPHIA — The lesson today — the ins and outs of closing a deal — seems lifted from Corporate Lawyering 101.  —  “How do you get a merger done?” asks Scott B. Connolly, an attorney.  —  There is silence from three well-dressed people …

First Lady Michelle Obama Booed At NASCAR Race  —  First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden were on hand this afternoon at the Homestead-Miami Speedway to Grand Marshall NASCAR's Sprint Cup finale, and to support Joining Forces, an initiative to hire and train veterans.

Aides: ‘Super Committee’ likely to announce failure to reach debt deal  —  Washington (CNN) — Members of the “super committee” charged with coming up with $1.2 trillion in budget cuts are focused on how to announce failure to reach a deal, Democratic and Republican aides confirmed to CNN Sunday.

California campus police on leave after pepper-spraying  —  Are you there?  Send photos to Open Story  —  (CNN) — The University of California at Davis has placed two police officers on administrative leave after video of them pepper-spraying non-violent protesters at point-blank range sparked outrage at school officials.

Ron Paul: ‘Flawed’ US policies led to 9/11  —  Ron Paul said that American policymakers were at least partially at fault for the country being attacked on 9/11 during a discussion of foreign policy on CBS's Face the Nation Sunday.  —  Paul argued that the American military presence in Saudi Arabia …

Center-right wins Spain election  —  (Reuters) - The opposition People's Party (PP) won a crushing victory in Spain's election on Sunday as voters vented their rage on the ruling Socialists for the worst economic crisis in generations.  —  The Socialists conceded a humiliating defeat …

BINNED: Anti-litter poster that was an ‘insult to Muslims’  —  A Labour council was at the centre of a race row last night after printing a leaflet targeted at Muslims that invoked the name of Allah in urging them to stop littering the streets.  —  Bradford City Council was accused …