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8:55 PM ET, October 31, 2011

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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain details gesture that led to sex accusation  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for the first time has offered a detailed recollection of what led an employee of the National Restaurant Association to lodge a sexual harassment charge against him when he was CEO of the organization.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
NBC confirms one Cain accuser received cash settlement  —  By NBC's Chuck Todd, Lisa Myers, and Domenico Montanaro  —  NBC News has confirmed that one woman received a settlement from the National Restaurant Association after complaining about inappropriate sexual conduct by Herman Cain.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Limbaugh: Politico Story An “Unconscionable Racially Charged Attack”  —  Rush Limbaugh opines on the Politico article accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment in the 1990s.  Cain responded to the charge earlier today.  Transcript from Limbaugh's opening monologue: The Politico …
Business Insider:
AMAZING MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Herman Cain Just Broke Into Song At The National Press Club  —  Herman Cain may be the only presidential candidate in history to actually benefit from a sex scandal.  —  Just hours after Politico broke a story about accusations of sexual harassment against Cain …
Rush Limbaugh:
We Should Not be Surprised by the Left's Racist Hit Job on Herman Cain  —  RUSH: You know, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, folks.  After all of these years, none of us should be surprised, but I still am.  Look at how quickly what is known as the mainstream media goes for the ugliest racial stereotypes …
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Cain Edges Perry in New UT/TT Poll … Keywords: - Texas Republican Party, - Herman Cain, - Michele Bachmann, - Mitt Romney, - Ron Paul, - Texas Governor Rick Perry, - 2012 Presidential Race, - Perry for President, - Rick Perry Politics, - UT/Texas Tribune Poll
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Why This Could Be the End of Cain  —  I am willing to give Herman Cain the benefit of the doubt and assume that the sexual-harassment allegation(s) against him was entirely baseless.  —  Here is what troubles me.  Mr. Cain says: “If the Restaurant Association did a settlement …
JSOnline:
State firm's cash to Herman Cain may breach federal campaign, tax laws  —  Herman Cain's two top campaign aides ran a private Wisconsin-based corporation that helped the GOP presidential candidate get his fledgling campaign off the ground by originally footing the bill for tens of thousands …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Revealed: Cain describes hand gesture that led to harassment claim; Update: Small settlement, says Cain  —  File that under “Headlines I never thought I'd write.”  —  Is this really it? … So that was part of it — an exceedingly lame part of it, if Cain's memory is accurate — but maybe not all of it.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Herman Cain at Pillsbury
Discussion: Associated Press and News Desk
The Caucus:
Cain Calls Harassment Issue a ‘Witch Hunt’
Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Va Republican party condemns Loudoun GOP e-mail with an image of Obama shot in the head  —  The Republican Party of Virginia is strongly condemning an e-mail sent by Loudoun County's GOP committee that shows President Obama as a zombie with part of his skull missing and a bullet through his head.
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Obama depicted as zombie in GOP email  —  Virginia Democrats are throwing the flag on a depiction of President Obama as a zombie in an email being circulated by the Loudoun County GOP this Halloween.  —  The image is contained in a mailer inviting Republicans to a Halloween parade in Leesburg …
Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Boehner: I get OWS ‘frustrations’  —  Speaker John Boehner said Monday that he understood the “frustrations” driving the Occupy Wall Street movement - but urged protesters to be peaceful to prevent demonstrations from blowing out of control.  —  “I understand people's frustrations,” …
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Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
Occupy Veterans Movement Growing Across U.S.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Occupy Wall Street doesn't reflect American sentiment, Sen. Lieberman says
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
Rachel Quigley / Daily Mail:
. . And what's wrong with Rick?  Bizarre video shows a ‘rambling, incoherent’ Governor Perry  —  Rick Perry has got people talking - but for all the wrong reasons.  —  The GOP presidential candidate gave a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday night which has prompted concerns from his fans and criticism from his opponents.
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Associated Press:
Palestine becomes member of UN cultural body  —  PARIS (AP) — Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the United States and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
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Josh Levs / CNN:
U.S. cuts UNESCO funding after Palestinian membership vote
AnnArbor.com News:
Mass exodus?  University of Michigan tries to fight domestic partner benefits ban as employees think of looking elsewhere  —  Andries Coetzee, left, and his partner Gary Woodall stand outside of their home in Ann Arbor on Friday.  Woodall may lose his health care coverage if the bill proposing …
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Harry Siegel / NY Daily News:
At Occupy Wall Street central, a rift is growing between east and west sides of the plaza  —  The Wall Street protesters determined to “Occupy Everything” now find themselves, in a sense, occupied  —  The Wall Street protesters determined to “Occupy Everything” now find themselves, in a sense, occupied.
DealBook:
Regulators Investigating MF Global  —  Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money have gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the company's operations as it filed for bankruptcy on Monday, according to several people briefed on the matter.
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Ex-Aide: Bachmann ‘Out of ... Ideas’  —  Michele Bachmann has “run out of money and ideas” and can no longer expect to win in Iowa, her former campaign manager told ABC News on Monday.  —  Ed Rollins, who left the campaign in September, said the Minnesota congresswoman had backed off earlier comments …
Discussion: Iowa Caucuses
David Frum / CNN:
How tea party could drive GOP to disaster  —  Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, was a special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002.  He is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” and is the editor of FrumForum.
Les Christie / CNNMoney.com:
Home prices heading for triple-dip  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The besieged housing market has even further to fall before home prices really hit rock bottom.  —  According to Fiserv ( FISV), a financial analytics company, home values are expected to fall another 3.6% by next June …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Physician declares Obama to be ‘tobacco-free’ after annual check-up  —  President Obama is in good health and is tobacco-free, according to a medical report released by the White House.  —  Obama's examination was performed by Navy captain and Physician to the President Dr. Jeff Kuhlman.
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
ThinkProgress:
President Obama To Create A New National Monument At Fort Monroe In Virginia  —  By Tom Kenworthy, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund.  —  President Obama on Tuesday will for the first time exercise his broad land conservation authority under the 1906 Antiquities Act …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin: Perry 46%, Obama 42%  —  Barack Obama carried Wisconsin easily in the 2008 presidential election, but he is slightly behind Texas Governor Rick Perry and runs just ahead of two other top Republican hopefuls in Rasmussen Reports' first Election 2012 look at the Badger State.
WTVR-TV:
Police break up Occupy Richmond protests  —  RICHMOND, VA (WTVR-TV) - Police cleared out the public park in downtown Richmond where members of Occupy Richmond were camped since October 15.  —  At 1 a.m., Halloween morning, police on foot and on horseback told Occupy Richmond demonstrators to leave Kanawha Plaza.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
On the Upper West Side, an anti-Obama draft  —  Progressive disgruntlement with elements of President Obama's governance, and with his principled fondness for compromise, has not at any point seemed on the verge of a serious primary challenge, and the most serious potential challengers …
Discussion: Indecision Forever
MEMRI:
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: I Will Never Recognize a Jewish State; The Capturing of Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit Was a Good Thing  —  Following are excerpts from an interview with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, which aired on Dream2 TV on October 23, 2011:  —  Mahmoud Abbas: “First of all …
Ed Koch / The Huffington Post:
Some of those Making the Laws Are Corrupt, And Some of Those Enforcing the Laws Are Corrupt  —  Knapp Commission , S.E.C. , Thomas Friedman , Corruption , Nypd Drug Scandal , Nypd Ticket Fixing , Occupy Wall Street , Planting Drugs , New York News  —  What this country needs is a Congress …
Discussion: The Other McCain
 
 
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Discussion: Big Government and Hit & Run
Financial Times:
Greece calls referendum on EU bail-out
Discussion: New York Times and AMERICAN FUTURE
G-A-Y / Good As You:
Video: Bryan Fischer vs. NH's repeal bill. Yes, you read that correctly
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Peter Walker / Guardian:
Dean of St Paul's quits over protest camp
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
DoJ sues over S.C. immigration law
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Debates announced for presidential general election
Discussion: The Hill and Outside the Beltway
David Carr / New York Times:
Fighting Over Online Sex Ads
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Blotter
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Michelle Obama approval remains high, but down slightly from previous months
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CNN
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Chris Matthews On John F. Kennedy: New Book Pulls Back Curtain On ‘Ask Not’ Speech, Nixon Debates And More
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Second Energy Dept.-backed company goes bankrupt
Ann Compton / ABCNEWS:
Obama to Sign Prescription Drug Executive Order