‘Occupy’ to march on N.Y.C. banks  —  Occupy Wall Street protesters will march to five banks in Manhattan on Friday and deliver thousands of letters to the companies — in the form of a “mass paper airplane throwing.”  —  According to the plans for the march detailed on the movement's website …

Exclusive: Bill Daley, unplugged  —  It is a sunny day at the White House with bright light streaming through the gauzy curtains that cover the patio doors and many windows of Bill Daley's corner office in the West Wing.  And so I try to find some underlying gloom.

‘Bundlers’ for Obama Have Active Ties to Lobbying  —  WASHINGTON — Despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, President Obama has relied on prominent supporters who are active in the lobbying industry to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid.

TRENDING: Tea party group to Bachmann: Quit the presidential race  —  (CNN) - A tea party group has a surprising and harsh urging for long-time tea party favorite Michele Bachmann: Quit the presidential race.  —  “It's time for Michele Bachmann to go,” reads the first line of a statement from American Majority President Ned Ryun.

Perry's right: Republicans drowning in debates  —  Everyone knows why Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to skip some of the coming Republican presidential debates.  He's a lousy debater, and the biggest single factor in his fall from front-runner to back-in-the-pack has been his poor performance in a number of high-profile debates.

The Path Not Taken  —  Financial markets are cheering the deal that emerged from Brussels early Thursday morning.  Indeed, relative to what could have happened — an acrimonious failure to agree on anything — the fact that European leaders agreed on something, however vague the details …

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — October 2011  —  The October health tracking poll finds a more negative overall public mood about the health reform law, driven largely by changes in support for the law among Democrats.  The poll also asked the public's impressions of the Massachusetts health …

Americans' Migration Patterns Shifting  —  LOS ANGELES — The continuing economic downturn has drastically altered the internal migration habits of Americans, turning the flood of migrants into the Sun Belt and out of states like New York, Massachusetts and California into a relative trickle, an analysis of recent federal data confirms.

Cuomo Urges States to Allow Gay Marriage  —  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, hailed as a hero at a gala dinner for the state's largest gay rights group, issued a passionate plea on Thursday for other states to follow New York's lead and allow gay couples to wed.  —  Mr. Cuomo, who choreographed …

Will Mitch McConnell's stiff-arm keep West Virginia out of the Big 12?  —  The most volatile issue in the Senate right now may not be the super committee's fight over budget cuts or the continued bickering over President Obama's jobs plan.  —  It's a subject far more personal …

Economy in U.S. Surpasses Pre-Recession Level  —  The value of goods and services produced in the U.S. surpassed its pre-recession level after 15 quarters, taking three times longer than the average for 10 previous recoveries since World War II.  —  Gross domestic product expanded …

Republicans Nationwide Are Similar in Composition to 2008  —  Remain more likely to be conservative, married, and religious  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The Republican Party in 2011 looks similar, demographically and ideologically, to the Republican Party that nominated John McCain in 2008.

In Ohio, praise and questions for Herman Cain  —  At one point, Hart asked the participants to think back to fifth grade and the types of students they had encountered.  From a list that included descriptions such as “teacher's pet,” “loner,” “hard worker,” “nerd” and “know it all,” …

Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong  —  Financial-risk models got us in trouble before the 2008 crash, and they're almost sure to get us in trouble again  —  When it comes to assigning blame for the current economic doldrums, the quants who build the complicated mathematic financial risk models …

U.S. economy grows nearly twice as fast in 3rd quarter  —  The U.S. economy grew at its fastest clip in a year during late summer as consumers and businesses shrugged off fears of a new recession, according to government data released Thursday that helped drive the stock market to its best day since August.

The devil is in the details and the data  —  For many analysts combing over the three-part deal to restore confidence in the eurozone, the most important things were not what was in the agreement - but what was left out.  —  On almost every major issue, particularly the second €130bn Greek bail …

REPORT: House GOP's ‘Job Creating’ Spending Cuts Destroyed 370,000 Jobs  —  House Republicans took the government to the brink of shutdown last spring by demanding across-the-board budget cuts to many vital programs.  Instead of focusing on job creation, as Americans wanted them to …