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2:42 AM ET, November 2, 2011

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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 …
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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 …
James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Herman Cain accuser wants to talk, her lawyer says  —  Herman Cain wipes his eye while speaking to the National Press Club Monday (Jason Reed/Reuters)  —  One of Herman Cain's accusers wants to be heard.  —  Her lawyer told the Washington Post Tuesday that she is ready to tell her side …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Herman Cain now recalls ‘couple of other’ items in accuser's complaint  —  Herman Cain once again revised his account of the sexual harassment allegations he battled in the 1990s, saying in a TV interview he recalled there were additional “ridiculous” items in his accuser's complaint, beyond the single incident he detailed Monday.
The Caucus:
Cain Accuser Wants to Tell Story, Lawyer Says
Discussion: The Politico and National Review
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cain PAC accuses left of ‘high-tech lynching’ in fundraising letter
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York:
Bloomberg: ‘Plain and simple,’ Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks  —  Photo via British Prime Minister's Office flickr stream.  — Owners of the park at the center of the Occupy Wall Street protests are losing patience, but what can they do?  —  11:03 am Nov. 1, 20111Add a comment
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Julie Shapiro / DNAinfo.com:
Cafe Laid Off 21 Workers Because of Occupy Wall Street, Owner Says  —  FINANCIAL DISTRICT — Twenty-one restaurant workers lost their jobs last week because of the Occupy Wall Street protests, the cafe owner said Tuesday.  —  Marc Epstein, owner of the Milk Street Cafe at 40 Wall St. …
Jesse / CBS New York:
Milk Street Cafe Owner Sacks 21 Employees As Consequence Of Occupy Wall Street Demonstration
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Politicons
Noreen Malone / New York Magazine:
More and More Homeless People Are Sleeping at Occupy Wall Street Sites
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and New York Times
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Bloomberg: Blame Congress for the Housing Bubble
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Rape, Gropes, and Assaults, Oh My: Mayor Bloomberg, Shut Down Zuccotti Park!
Jordan Bloom / The Daily Caller:
‘Occupy’ coloring book offers songs, poems, Anonymous masks
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
opoa.org:
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF OAKLAND FROM THE OAKLAND POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION  —  Oakland, Ca.  —  We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland.  We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment …
Steve Stoler / WFAA-TV:
Man arrested for child sex assault at Occupy Dallas camp  —  DALLAS — Dallas police have arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a minor at the Occupy Dallas campsite downtown.  —  Richard Armstrong, 24, was charged with sexual assault of child and failure to register as a sex offender.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Another “Occupier” Raped, In Baltimore [With Update: Occupier Assaults 14-Year-Old Girl in Dallas]  —  The Occupier crime wave continues.  This time, a young woman was raped in Baltimore.  She is now calling for Occupy Baltimore to be raided by police and shut down.
Discussion: OWS Exposed
Paul Mason / BBC:
Greek referendum is coin-flip on euro exit  —  I say “while it lasts” because the opposition is mobilising a parliamentary manoeuvre to bring down the government, which may succeed - returning Europe to its status quo of containable trauma.  —  If Greeks reject the 50% controlled default …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Why is Greece turning down the “bailout”  —  Make no mistake about it, the decision to hold a “referendum” is a decision to turn down the deal altogether.  The referendum will never be held.  It is scheduled for January and the current deal, which is not even a worked out deal, won't be on the table by then.
Herman Cain / The Daily Beast:
Jan Brewer's Sleazy Power Grab  —  Arizona's hyperpartisan governor is trying to impeach her state's redistricting board for trying to loosen Republicans' grip on congressional seats.  John Avlon on the unprecedented move.  —  This is low and cynical even by political standards.
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Mary Jo Pitzl / Arizona Republic:
Senate endorses Brewer's removal of redistricting official
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Arlette Saenz / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry on Viral Video: ‘I Felt Good, Felt Great’  —  DES MOINES, IOWA - Texas Governor Rick Perry said he he “felt good, felt great” during a weekend event in New Hampshire.  Video of Perry giving the freewheeling speech went viral this week and was parodied on late night TV …
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Tim Pawlenty's lost chance
Isaac Chotiner / The New Republic:
Did Tim Pawlenty Blow It?
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.
John Stanton / Roll Call:
Republicans Shift Focus From Jobs To God  —  Republicans may be trying to focus their messaging on jobs and the economy — and hammering President Barack Obama for campaigning — but they still have time for some red meat base-baiting on the House floor.  —  To wit: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Impolitic
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:   Biden to Host Cantor for Dinner
Dan Berman / The Politico:
Obama to decide Keystone XL project  —  President Barack Obama indicated Tuesday he'll be making the final call on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that would run from Alberta to Texas.  —  In an interview with Omaha, Neb., station KETV, Obama said the State Department …
Discussion: Tar Sands Action and ThinkProgress
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Carney distances Obama from looming Keystone pipeline decision
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Tar Sands Action
Daniel Wagner / Associated Press:
Official: MF Global admitted using client money  —  WASHINGTON—MF Global, the failed securities firm led by Jon Corzine, admitted using clients' money as its financial troubles mounted, a federal official says.  —  An MF Global executive admitted that to federal regulators in a phone call early Monday …
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Reuters:
MF Global accounts shock leaves clients scrambling
Wall Street Journal:
MF Global's Collapse Draws FBI Interest
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
ProPublica:
U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners  —  Update (11/01): This story has been updated with a comment from The Chertoff Group, from which ProPublica had sought comment before publication.  —  Look for a PBS NewsHour story on X-ray body scanners …
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Michelle Malkin:
Colorado bellwether: Voters reject statewide tax increases  —  Proposition 103, the only statewide tax increase on the November ballot across the country, is going down tonight, according to number-crunchers in my home state of Colorado.  If the results of this massive tax hike referendum …
Discussion: Denver Post
Haaretz:
Netanyahu trying to persuade cabinet to support attack on Iran  —  Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who previously objected to attacking Iran, was recently persuaded by Netanyahu and Barak to support such a move.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Freewayblogger / Tales of the Freewayblogger:
Occupying Overpasses  —  These signs went up in Los Angeles during rush hour on Friday, with at least three of them staying up through the weekend.  By the time they all come down they'll have been seen by at least a half a million people - probably more.  —  The signs were made using cardboard …
cbpp.org:
Republican Plan Contains Minuscule Revenue Increase Alongside Deep Cuts in Medicare and Medicaid  —  The latest proposal by Republicans on the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “supercommittee") contains virtually no new revenue and deep cuts in Medicare and Medicaid.
 
 
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Race, Religion and Same-Sex Marriage
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Kim Severson / New York Times:
Southern Manners on Decline, Some Say
Discussion: Firedoglake and pandagon.net
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Constituent Warns Paul Ryan He Wouldn't Survive Under GOP's Budget: ‘You Might As Well Put A Gun To My Head’
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Perry wasn't drunk at speech, says host
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
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Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
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