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12:00 PM ET, November 2, 2011

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New York Times:
Cain Accuser Got a Year's Salary in Severance Pay  —  WASHINGTON — The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 — a year's salary — in severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain, its chief executive at the time, made her uncomfortable working there …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Attorney says Cain violated deal, allowing accuser to speak  —  The lawyer for one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment said his client may get a chance to speak publicly about the allegations because the GOP presidential candidate violated the confidentiality agreement between the two.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The PJ Tatler
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cain Not Able  —  We have the starchy guy — tall, handsome, intelligent and rich, with a baronial estate — who's hard to warm up to.  And we have the spontaneous guy, who's charming and easy to warm up to — until it turns out that he has an unsavory pattern with young women and a suspect relationship with facts.
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Herman Cain's accuser wants to tell her side of story, lawyer says  —  Win McNamee/GETTY IMAGES - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club October 31, 2011 in Washington, DC.  During a question and answer portion of the program, Cain called the accusations …
Suzanne Garment / The Politico:
Cain reaction: Not by the book
Discussion: CNN
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Cain: ‘Factions’ are out to get me
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Politico
Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
NYC arrest records: Many Occupy Wall Street protesters live in luxury  —  Many “Occupy Wall Street” protesters arrested in New York City “occupy” more luxurious homes than their “99 percent” rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found.  —  For each of the 984 Occupy Wall …
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Reuters:   Occupy Wall Street finds money brings problems too
David Jolly / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo, French Magazine, Firebombed  —  PARIS — The office of a French satirical magazine here was badly damaged by a firebomb early on Wednesday, the publisher said, after it published a spoof issue “guest edited” by the Prophet Muhammad to salute the victory of an Islamist party in Tunisian elections.
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BBC:
Attack on French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo  —  The attack on Charlie Hebdo comes a day after it named the prophet Muhammad as its “editor-in-chief”  —  The offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb, French police say.
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
French magazine offices petrol-bombed after it prints Muhammad cartoon
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
“Peace Through Strength, And Clarity:” Cain Says He Believes China May Have Nukes One Day In the Future  —  Update: Wait, Did He Just Misspeak?  Did He Mean Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers?  —  I'm sure this is charming, or something. … That's actually cut a bit.  The full quote from the PBS transcript:
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Boston Herald:
Rick Perry's giddy speech raises eyebrows, questions  —  FORT WORTH, Texas — A spirited and giggling Texas Gov. Rick Perry showed up to deliver a speech in Manchester, N.H., on Friday and the resulting video became a YouTube hit Monday.  —  His campaign insists Perry was simply “being passionate …
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Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Gets a Bump in New Quinnipiac Poll  —  A new Quinnipiac University poll released early Wednesday shows a significant bump over the past month for President Obama and his party, while businessman Herman Cain leads former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the Republican primary …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Campaign 2012: Welcome to the slugfest
A.Killough / CNN:
Poll: Cain pulls ahead of Romney
New York Times:
Mr. Corzine's Big Bet  —  Why did Jon S. Corzine make the risky bets that have now plunged MF Global Holdings into bankruptcy court?  We don't know, but the likely explanations are disturbing.  —  Over the past year, most investors have been fleeing the sovereign debt of Spain, Italy and other euro-zone basket cases.
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Ben White / The Politico:
Industry mind meld: What happened to Corzine?  - Top story: Europe races to save rescue plan - Cain fiasco keeps boiling - Bowles floats $2.6 trillion debt deal  —  By Ben White (bwhite@politico.com; Twitter: @morningmoneyben)  —  INDUSTRY MIND MELD: WHAT HAPPENED TO CORZINE?
Robert Booth / Guardian:
Julian Assange loses extradition appeal  —  High court judges rule the WikiLeaks founder should face accusations of rape in Sweden  —  The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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BBC:
Wikileaks' Julian Assange loses extradition appeal
Discussion: msnbc.com and US Politics
Phil Mattingly / Bloomberg:
Lawmakers to Propose Transaction Tax for Financial Firms Modeled on Europe  —  Two U.S. lawmakers will introduce measures to impose a transaction tax on financial firms that resembles a proposal released by the European Union.  —  Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, and Representative Peter DeFazio …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Case Against David Brooks, Man of the Privileged Few  —  I don't think it's too strident to demand at this point that David Brooks be hauled up before a jury consisting of everyone else in America and forced to defend himself against several million counts of being an insufferable twat in a public place.
New York Times:
Greek Cabinet Backs Call for Referendum on Debt Crisis  —  ATHENS — With the government teetering on the verge of collapse, the Greek cabinet offered its full support early Wednesday to Prime Minister George A. Papandreou for his surprise plan to call a referendum on the Greek financial crisis.
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Daniel Hannan / Telegraph:
Financial crisis: Eurocrats are terrified of democracy
FBI:
North Georgia Men Arrested, Charged in Plots to Purchase Explosives, Silencer and to Manufacture a Biological Toxin … ATLANTA—Frederick Thomas, 73, of Cleveland, Ga.; Dan Roberts, 67, of Toccoa, Ga.; Ray H. Adams, 65, of Toccoa; and Samuel J. Crump, 68, of Toccoa, were arrested today relating …
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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Dismal Tale of Arrest for Tiniest of Crimes  —  The arresting officer came by the cell, Samantha Zucker said, to make snide remarks about finding her with a friend in Riverside Park after its 1 a.m. closing.  —  For instance:  —  “He was telling me that I needed to get a new boyfriend …
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
LGBT groups withhold support from education bill  —  Several LGBT organizations say they “do not support” the Senate version of education reform legislation as it currently stands due to the lack of protections for LGBT students and what they say is a rollback of federal accountability for schools.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
House Republicans, keeping the faith  —  Where are the jobs?  —  God knows.  —  After preaching for weeks about the urgency of Washington taking action to create jobs, lawmakers decided to put their mammon where their mouths are.  And so on Tuesday evening they descended from the mountaintop …
 
 
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Soren Dayton / RedState:
FBI arrests 8 in Florida for absentee ballot fraud
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Paul Anast / Telegraph:
Greek military leadership changes spark opposition outcry
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
David Catanese / The Politico:
Heitkamp telling Dems she's running for Senate
Discussion: Hotline On Call and KFYR-TV
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The whole world is watching: OWS protester talks about assaults inside the camp
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Deficit Panel Is Warned That It Must Not Fail and Is Urged to Compromise
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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Nelson still pondering re-election decision
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Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama 'can't wait' to fight Romney
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
US Marshals turned loose to collect $63,720.80 from Righthaven
Discussion: TalkLeft
Wall Street Journal:
A Partisan Test for Voter Laws
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Haaretz:
Netanyahu trying to persuade cabinet to support attack on Iran
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Another “Occupier” Raped, In Baltimore [With Update: Occupier Assaults 14-Year-Old Girl in Dallas]
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Kim Severson / New York Times:
Southern Manners on Decline, Some Say
 

 
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