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10:05 AM ET, October 2, 2011

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Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge  —  In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
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New York Post:
Wall St. protesters shut down Brooklyn Bridge  —  A horde of Wall Street demonstrators shut down the Brooklyn Bridge for 2 1/2 hours this afternoon, halting traffic and clashing as cops arrested as many as 700 on the famed span's roadway.  —  About 100 cars were left stranded as the loud …
Ray Sanchez / Reuters:
More than 500 arrested in Wall Street protest  —  (Reuters) - Police reopened the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening after more than 500 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking traffic lanes and attempting an unauthorized march across the span.
Discussion: Informed Comment
Sam Baker / Healthwatch:
Supreme Court to hear case on Medicaid rates  —  The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a healthcare case that pits states against the federal government — and Democrats against Democrats.  —  At issue is whether patients and healthcare providers can sue to block states from cutting their Medicaid rates.
New York Post:
‘Disappointing’ turnout at Warren Buffett-headlined Obama fund-raiser  —  Tycoon Warren Buffett, headliner of last night's fund-raiser for President Obama at the Four Seasons, reiterated his advice for a tax on “ultra-rich people who are paying very low tax rates.”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Herman Cain communications director resigns  —  Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - The communications director for Herman Cain's presidential campaign has resigned, CNN has learned.  —  Ellen Carmichael told CNN on Saturday her decision is firm but not yet finalized.  —  “I have resigned but the paperwork's not final,” Carmichael said.
Micheal Flaherty / Wall Street Journal:
The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School  —  School districts hire special investigators to follow kids home in order to verify their true residences.  —  In case you needed further proof of the American education system's failings, especially in poor and minority communities …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks  —  (Reuters) - Democrats want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated in “super committee” deficit-reduction talks, trying to force Republicans to confront an issue at the heart of this year's budget fights, sources told Reuters.
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Christie Team Assessing How Fast a 2012 Campaign Could Be Mounted  —  WASHINGTON — Chris Christie's political advisers are working to determine whether they could move fast enough to set up effective political operations in Iowa and New Hampshire in the wake of a relentless courtship aimed …
Haaretz:
Hamas: ‘Resistance’ against Israel is only option left for Palestinians  —  Hamas leader Khaled Meshal addresses Tehran conference ‘in support of the Palestinian Intifada’; Iranian supreme leader tells conference that UN bid for statehood will fail.  —  Hamas leader Khaled Meshal told …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered  —  Paint Creek, Tex. — In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family's secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted …
Rich Oppel / The Caucus:
Perry Open to Military Intervention in Mexico's Drug War  —  Gov. Rick Perry of Texas spoke to local residents at a town hall event in Hampton, N.H., on Saturday.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas said on Saturday that as president, he would consider sending American troops …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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