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8:15 PM ET, October 29, 2011

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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
What the Costumes Reveal  —  On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party.  The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes.
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Cain tells Paul supporters to ‘be respectful’ during speech  —  (CNN) — Herman Cain spoke to a rowdy crowd of supporters in Alabama Saturday - they just weren't all his.  —  Trying to make a point about foreign policy, Cain was loudly interrupted by spectators in the crowd waving Ron Paul signs and yelling, “That is absurd.”
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
CNN:
‘Occupy’ demonstrators battle wind and cold as storm moves in  —  New York (CNN) — Demonstrators encamped in a Lower Manhattan park faced New York's first snow storm of the season Saturday without the benefit of propane tanks and generators that they had been using to cook food and keep warm.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Paul Krugman:
Denial In Depth  —  Columbia Journalism Review has a takedown of a “study” from American Enterprise Institute purporting to show that inequality hasn't increased, after all.  What's striking is the way AEI doesn't even resort to the usual practice of concocting misleading numbers …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Newshoggers.com
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Population Bomb Epic Fail  —  On Monday, the world's 7 billionth person is expected to be born.  Somewhere.  Look for the media and the usual worn-out handwringers to strike up the usual dirge.  I'm sure Paul Ehrlich has a full dance card for the day.  The “Tom Friedman Random Column Generator” …
Discussion: Public Discourse
Scott Powers / Orlando Sentinel:
GOP getting in way of change, Biden tells Democrats, teachers union  —  (Jacob Langston, Orlando Sentinel / October 28, 2011)  —  Vice President Joe Biden turned a dinner speech to Florida Democrats at Walt Disney World into a pep rally Friday night, blasting Republicans as obstructionists …
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
On jobs, Obama presses Congress with 'we can't wait' message
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Politico
Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Biden: 'We can't win without Florida'
Ynetnews:
Rocket fire rocks south  —  South under fire again in wake of IAF attack in Gaza: Alarm sounds in various southern communities.  Man hit by shrapnel in Gan Yavne; rocket hits school courtyard in Ashdod.  Second barrage targets residential building, one injured.  Islamic Jihad claims responsibility
Discussion: GIYUS and Israel Matzav
Nancy Altman / The Huffington Post:
Message to the 99%: Help Stop the 1% From Using the Super Committee to Rob the American People  —  The 1% is using the super-secret Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (a.k.a. the Super Committee), to reach directly into the pockets of the 99% and steal hundreds of billions of dollars from them.
New York Times:
13 Americans Among Those Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 13 American soldiers were among more than 20 people killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an armored NATO shuttle bus in Kabul on Saturday, a Western military official confirmed.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
West Sees Libya as Ripe at Last for Businesses  —  WASHINGTON — The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO's military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday.  But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli.
Richard Weir / Boston Herald:
Station's users rail vs. Occupy  —  Commuters upset over dirty ‘mess’  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  Commuters and merchants in South Station say they are fed up with Occupy Boston squatters who are hogging electrical outlets and taking sponge baths in bathroom sinks …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool and OWS Exposed
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
MSNBC Analyst: GOP Sees Herman Cain as a ‘Black Man Who Knows His Place’  —  On Martin Bashir's television program this afternoon, Democratic strategist and MSNBC analyst Karen Finney said that Republicans are supporting Herman Cain because of his race:  —  “One of the things about Herman Cain is …
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Report: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters  —  Fights are erupting among Occupy Wall Street protesters, so much so that one corner of Zuccotti Park has emerged where protesters say they won't go for fear of their safety, the New York Daily News is reporting.
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Melanie Trottman / Wall Street Journal:   Unions Look to Protesters for Future Supporters
 
 
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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
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