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10:05 AM ET, November 1, 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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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 …
New York Times:
Cain Confronts Claim From '90s of Sexual Harassment  —  Herman Cain, a surprise leader in the Republican race for the presidency, acknowledged on Monday that he had been accused of sexual harassment while chief of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, but he denied wrongdoing …
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 …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
A taste of the medicine  —  I'm finally back after a full day of travel, where I had to rely on CNN and MSNBC on the plane for coverage of the Politico story about Herman Cain.  —  I can't really sort through all the details yet, too much has happened in the last 12 hours.
Discussion: GayPatriot and Instapundit
Fox News:   Herman Cain Explains His Side of Past Sexual Harassment Allegations to ‘On the Record’
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Cain's conflicting accounts
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Herman Cain now says he knew of cash settlement with one woman who accused him of sexual harassment
New York Post:
Occupy ‘ball’ street  —  It's the Autumn of Love!  —  Occupy Wall Street protesters are flocking to nearby health clinics for STD and HIV testing after getting their freak on in '60s-style hookups with crusty strangers, sources told The Post yesterday.  —  “Last week was free love,” …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
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NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protesters' own security detail sets standards for conduct in Zuccotti Park  —  Demonstrators set to eject rulebreakers  —  Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrate Halloween just like everyone else on Monday.  —  Protesters in Zuccotti Park may be free spirits …
Golnaz Esfandiari / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Iran's Basij Launches Website To Cover Occupy Wall Street Movement
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Activists propose ‘shutting down’ candidate offices during Iowa caucuses
DealBook:
Regulators Investigating MF Global for Missing Money  —  Updated  —  Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money has gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the brokerage firm, which is run by Jon S. Corzine …
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Wow, Jon Corzine — Way To Fly Your Company Into A Mountain  —  Well, this one's right up there with the most spectacular CEO disasters ever.  —  Yesterday, 18 months after Jon Corzine took over the helm of MF Global with the goal of building it into a real investment bank, he flew the company into a mountain.
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
Discussion: Don Surber
Kevin Derby / Sunshine State News:
Carrying Water for Obama, Hilda Solis Picks a Fight with the Tea Party  —  With the team behind President Barack Obama targeting the Sunshine State in their bid for a second term in 2012, the White House sent U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to speak to the Florida Democratic Convention on Saturday.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Physician declares Obama to be ‘tobacco-free’ after annual check-up
Discussion: The Politico, JammieWearingFool and CNN
New York Times:
Europe Markets Drop on News of Greek Referendum  —  ATHENS — European markets slid dramatically on Tuesday after Prime Minister George A. Papandreou stunned the continent's leaders with a surprise announcement late Monday that his government would hold a referendum on a new aid package for Greece.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Charts You Must See, Now, About GOP Tax Plans  —  On the off chance that you have not yet seen the post by the Atlantic's Derek Thompson about the impact on different income groups of the Rick Perry tax plan, plus Herman Cain's 9-9-9 proposal, please go see it now.
Richard J. Goldstone / New York Times:
Israel and the Apartheid Slander  —  THE Palestinian Authority's request for full United Nations membership has put hope for any two-state solution under increasing pressure.  The need for reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians has never been greater.
Oliver Pickup / Daily Mail:
The moment man was publicly beheaded in a Saudi Arabian car park for being a ‘sorcerer’  —  Shocking footage has surfaced of a Sudanese man being publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for being a ‘sorcerer’.  —  Crouched on his knees and blindfolded, Abdul Hamid Bin Hussain Bin Moustafa al-Fakki …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
Mike Rosenberg / Mercury News:
Bullet train project nearly triples in cost — $98.5 billion — from earlier projections  —  Faster than a speeding bullet train, the cost of the state's massive high-speed rail project has zoomed to nearly $100 billion — triple the estimate given to voters and more than enough to run the entire state government for a year.
Jonathan Cable / Reuters:
Factory sector contracts at fastest pace in 2 years  —  (Reuters) - The manufacturing sector contracted at its fastest pace in more than two years in October as new orders plummeted, adding to signs that the country is teetering on the brink of recession, a survey showed on Tuesday.
Discussion: Guardian
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Wrong Inequality  —  We live in a polarizing society, so perhaps it's inevitable that our experience of inequality should be polarized, too.  —  In the first place, there is what you might call Blue Inequality.  This is the kind experienced in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston …
Dallas Voice:
Gay man stabbed with broken beer bottle, thrown onto fire in apparent hate crime in Reno, TX  —  Burke Burnett says he was punched in the eye, stabbed with a broken beer bottle and thrown onto a lit burn barrel early Sunday at a party in Reno, Texas.  View more photos of Burnett's injuries below.
P. Solomon Banda / Associated Press:
Homeland Security reviews social media guidelines  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The wave of uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East that have overturned three governments in the past year have prompted the U.S. government to begin developing guidelines for culling intelligence …
Discussion: The Politico and Weasel Zippers
The Hill:
Supercommittee panelists would take hit if they fail to get debt deal  —  Three weeks out with no deal in sight, the risk of failure is mounting for members of the congressional supercommittee on deficit reduction.  —  While President Obama, House and Senate leaders and politically vulnerable members …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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.
Discussion: The Reaction, Hot Air and Balloon Juice
 
 
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Daniel Hannan / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Greece announces a euro referendum - hark what discord follows
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Kate Taylor / City Room:
Seeking a Billionaire's Halloween Treats
Discussion: PolitickerNY and New York Magazine
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Iowa protesters call for national help to ‘occupy’ presidential campaign HQs here
Discussion: The Politico
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Health, abortion issues split Obama administration and Catholic groups
Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Fast and Furious: NRA calls for Holder's resignation — and urges you to do the same
Discussion: Townhall.com
Matt Dinger / Daily Oklahoman:
Occupy OKC participant found dead in tent at Kerr Park
Adweek:
A Year of Tina Brown and Newsweek Still Needs a Savior NewsBeast still hasn't turned around …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Poynter
Cordell Eddings / Bloomberg:
Say What? In 30-Year Race, Bonds Beat Stocks
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Koch / The Huffington Post:
Some of those Making the Laws Are Corrupt, And Some of Those Enforcing the Laws Are Corrupt
Discussion: The Other McCain
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Ex-Aide: Bachmann ‘Out of ... Ideas’
Discussion: Iowa Caucuses and HotAirPundit
ThinkProgress:
President Obama To Create A New National Monument At Fort Monroe In Virginia
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
David Carr / New York Times:
Fighting Over Online Sex Ads
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Blotter
Les Christie / CNNMoney.com:
Home prices heading for triple-dip
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
On the Upper West Side, an anti-Obama draft