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3:45 AM ET, October 31, 2011

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The Politico:
Exclusive: 2 women accused Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior  —  During Herman Cain's tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain …
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain responds to sex harassment allegation  —  Herman Cain's campaign headquarters has released a response to a story, broken this evening on Politico, that in the 1990s two female employees of the National Restaurant Association “complained to colleagues and senior association officials …
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Cain denies report of sexual harassment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign denied allegations Sunday that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
The Politico:
Exclusive: Two women accused Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior  —  The first woman was identified to POLITICO by a former association board member and her identity was confirmed by two additional sources.  —  The former board member recalled learning of the woman's departure …
Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Cain fires back at report alleging sexually inappropriate behavior  —  Herman Cain's campaign is aggressively firing back at a report that says two women left a Washington, D.C. trade group after complaining of sexually inappropriate behavior by the GOP presidential candidate.
Discussion: The Politico
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Cain's latest abortion position  —  Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain stiffened his opposition to abortion Sunday, doubling down on past comments that Planned Parenthood is perpetrating genocide against the black community and insisting that he opposes abortion even in cases of rape, incest and life of the mother.
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Cain jabs smoking, Planned Parenthood, George Bush
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Cain: I'm “pro-life from conception, period”
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Gawker and Washington Post
Mona Simpson / New York Times:
A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs  —  I grew up as an only child, with a single mother.  Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif.  I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us.
CEPR:
Washington Post Discards All Journalistic Standards In Attack on Social Security  —  News outlets generally like to claim a separation between their editorial pages and their news pages.  The Washington Post has long ignored this distinction in pursuing its agenda for cutting Social Security …
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Paul Krugman:
Social Security Bait And Switch, A Continuing Series
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry's Unusual Speech Performance (VIDEO) … Republican Presidential Primary , Elections 2012 , Rick Perry , Video , New Hampshire , Back Surgery , Speech , Politics News  —  WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry raised some eyebrows Friday night …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post:
Screw U.  —  It's officially a crisis.  Student loan debt has hit the $1 trillion mark, exceeding Americans' total credit card indebtedness.  Unemployed graduates with huge loan balances are camping out in “Occupy” camps — the Hoovervilles of our age — around the nation.
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
The Register's Iowa Poll: Herman Cain, Mitt Romney lead GOP pack; Ron Paul third  —  Former business executives Herman Cain and Mitt Romney lead the Republican field in Iowa in an election cycle in which likely GOP caucusgoers favor business experience over elective experience as a qualification for the presidency.
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CBS News:
“Face the Nation” transcript: October 30, 2011
Discussion: Althouse and Wonkette
Jamie Klatell / Ballot Box:
Bachmann touts Iowa straw poll win, downplays importance of Iowa caucuses
Discussion: Iowa Caucuses and The Politico
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Ron Paul wins both tallies at GOP straw poll in Iowa
Jilian Mincer / Reuters:
Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare  —  (Reuters) - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier.  In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.  —  It also gave workers a mandate …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and iOwnTheWorld.com
Dr. David Whitehouse / thegwpf.org:
Best Confirms Global Temperature Standstill  —  Contrary to claims being made by the leader of the Best global temperature initiative their data confirms, and places on a firmer statistical basis, the global temperature standstill of the past ten years as seen by other groups.
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David Rose / Daily Mail:
Scientist who said climate change sceptics had been proved wrong accused of hiding truth by colleague
The Independent:
Exclusive: Cover-up at St Paul's  —  Clerics suppress report on bankers' greed to save church embarrassment  —  A highly critical report into the moral standards of bankers has been suppressed by St Paul's Cathedral amid fears that it would inflame tensions over the Occupy London tent protest.
Discussion: Guardian and Truthdig
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Mark Townsend / Guardian:
Occupy London could be protected by Christian ring of prayer
Discussion: US Politics
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Commerce and Parks, Together At Last  —  Not that Quick Hamburger is the finest example of French cuisine out there, but in terms of my continuing heterodox view of park policy I thought it was interesting that fast food outlets are integrated into the plan of Parc de La Villette along …
Discussion: Eschaton
 
 
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