Too Much Violence and Pepper Spray at the OWS Protests  —  The dousing of seated, non-violent students with a chemical agent at U.C. Davis should provoke a call for restraint  —  Police dressed in riot gear at U.C. Davis on Friday afternoon used pepper spray to clear seated protesters …

‘This Week’ Transcript: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel  —  CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST: And Mayor Rahm Emanuel joins us now from Des Moines, Iowa.  Mayor, thank you for being with us.  —  RAHM EMANUEL, CHICAGO MAYOR: Thank you for having me.  —  AMANPOUR: So you gave this speech and the beginning …

BBC's Mr Climate Change accepted £15,000 in grants from university rocked by global warning scandal  —  A senior BBC journalist accepted £15,000 in grants from the university at the heart of the ‘Climategate’ scandal - and later went on to cover the story without declaring an interest to viewers.

Supercommittee likely to admit defeat on debt deal  —  The congressional committee tasked with reducing the federal deficit is poised to admit defeat as soon as Monday, and its unfinished business will set up a year-end battle over emergency jobless benefits and an expiring payroll tax holiday.

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 …

Warren Buffett Tells Congress To Raise Taxes On Wealthy  —  Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., speaks during an interview with Bloomberg Television on the sidelines of the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 8, 2011.

Slandering the Red States, Part VI: Laura Sullivan Responds  —  NPR's Laura Sullivan did a three-part series on Indian children in South Dakota, and the role of that state's Department of Social Services in providing foster care for such children.  The essence of NPR's sensationalized account …

Supercommittee slows to a standstill  —  A Saturday with minimal activity offered little hope that the congressional deficit supercommittee would be able to stave off an embarrassing failure to accomplish its assigned task.  —  The 12-member panel has just five days to approve at least $1.2 trillion …

Romney Shifts in Iowa, Playing to Win Quickly  —  DES MOINES — The answer to one of the great lingering questions about the Republican presidential race has suddenly turned up here along Ingersoll Avenue, where Mitt Romney's Iowa campaign headquarters is opening for business.