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10:55 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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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
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Cain denies report of sexual harassment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign is denying allegations that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
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 …
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Coulter: Politico's Smear Of Cain Shows Liberal Media “Terrified Of Strong, Conservative, Black Men”
Ballot Box:
Cain under scrutiny after report of financial settlements with women
Discussion: Wonkette, The Politico and ABCNEWS
Reuters:
Insight: Did Corzine's risk taking cripple MF Global?  —  (Reuters) - In early April, Jon Corzine was in a tough spot.  MF Global, the company he had run for the previous year, was about to post a fourth-quarter loss, marking its fourth successive fiscal year of red ink.
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Economist:
Nope, just debt  —  The next big credit bubble?  —  NEW YORK |  from the print edition  —  IN LATE 1965, President Lyndon Johnson stood in the modest gymnasium of what had once been the tiny teaching college he attended in Texas and announced a programme to promote education.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNN
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Ann Compton / ABCNEWS:
Obama to Sign Prescription Drug Executive Order  —  Using the legal force of an executive order, President Obama is taking action on the health care front as part of his pressure on Congress for action on his jobs plan.  —  White House officials say at a midday signing ceremony in the Oval Office …
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Medicine Shortages Addressed in Obama Executive Order
New York Post:
OWS camp gets really commie-cal  —  Some 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters saw red yesterday — giving an enthusiastic welcome to a genuine communist.  —  Alex Callinicos, a professor of European Studies at Kings College in London, announced to his rapt audience, “I am a Marxist.”
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bombs, Bridges and Jobs  —  A few years back Representative Barney Frank coined an apt phrase for many of his colleagues: weaponized Keynesians, defined as those who believe “that the government does not create jobs when it funds the building of bridges or important research or retrains workers …
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Fears about inequality in income grow  —  Two-thirds of likely voters say the American middle class is shrinking, and 55 percent believe income inequality has become a big problem for the country, according to this week's The Hill Poll.  —  Only 14 percent of respondents …
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.
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.
Discussion: The Agonist
Reuters:
Beacon Power bankrupt; had U.S. backing like Solyndra  —  (Reuters) - Beacon Power Corp filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, just a year after the energy storage company received a $43 million loan guarantee from a controversial Department of Energy program.  —  The bankruptcy comes about two months …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Limits National Media Exposure With Frontrunner Strategy … Mitt Romney , New York Times , Washington Post , Cnn , Elections 2012 , Republican Primary , Chris Wallace , Dan Balz , Eric Fehrnstrom , Karen Tumulty , Kevin Madden , Manchester Union Leader , Media News …
CNN:
U.N. agency approves full Palestinian membership  —  Paris (CNN) — UNESCO voted Monday to accept a Palestinian bid for full membership, in the first vote on the matter by a U.N. agency.  —  The vote, which required two-thirds approval, passed with 107 votes in favor, 14 against, and 52 abstentions.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Election laws tightening in GOP-run states  —  Republicans in states like Florida are making it more challenging to vote or to register others.  Democrats say it's an effort to disenfranchise students, the elderly, the poor, the disabled and minorities — and to unseat President Obama.
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: iOwnTheWorld.com and Hullabaloo
 
 
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
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Associated Press:
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BBC:
New Israeli air strike into Gaza after ‘ceasefire’
Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
Occupy Veterans Movement Growing across U.S.
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Tennessean.com:
Nashville Scene reporter catches own Occupy Nashville arrest on video
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Clyde Williams Likely to Challenge Rangel for Seat in House
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Washington Post:
No time for a corporate tax ‘holiday’
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Financial Times:
Schäuble calls for EU lead on Tobin tax
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