Cain's support dips after sex accusations: poll  —  (Reuters) - Allegations that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain sexually harassed women in the 1990s have begun to damage his bid for the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.  —  The poll showed the percentage of Republicans …

Post reporter spends an in'tents' night amid anarchy in Zuccotti Park  —  The cheap walkie-talkie crackles inside a crowded downtown McDonald's, stopping the gathered mass mid-sip from their Kombucha bottles and cups of corporate coffee.  —  “There's a situation,” a vagabond gumshoe dubbed …

Our Reckless Meritocracy  —  HERE is a story about the promise of America.  A boy grows up in rural Illinois, the grandson of a farmer who lost everything in the Great Depression.  He goes to his small-town high school and then attends his state university, where he walks onto the basketball team and graduates Phi Beta Kappa.

VIDEO: Oakland Police Shoot Protester With Rubber Bullet As He Films Them  —  Video has emerged of Oakland police using a rubber bullet to shoot a protester as he was filming them.  The incident apparently occurred after midnight on November 3rd, the night after the general strike activists had called for.

Ex-Pelosi aide's turnabout work  —  Even by the revolving-door standards of Washington, this one has heads spinning: The Democratic staffer who was Nancy Pelosi's messaging guru during the health care debate is now working for a group led by the law's most powerful opponents.

More Retailers Attack at ‘Black Midnight’  —  Doors to Open Hours Earlier to Get Jump on Competition  —  Holiday shoppers, say hello to Black Midnight.  —  Best Buy Co. is joining the list of big store chains opening at midnight after Thanksgiving this year in hopes of getting a jump on the competition …

Two Ways Of Looking At The Job Market In March 2010  —  Here's the way I think the Obama administration saw it:  —  That's a steep downturn at the end of the Bush administration followed by a sharp recovery.  Verdict: Our crisis intervention measures worked, and the conditions for future growth are set.

Head and Body Lice Outbreak Announced at #Occupy Portland Squatters Camp (Video)  —  Can we join?... Please, please, please!  —  A lice outbreak was announced at the #Occupy Portland squatters camp this weekend.  —  Head AND Body lice.  —  Hat Tip South Texian

If Jerry Sandusky allegations are true, Penn State and Joe Paterno deserve part of the blame  —  After what allegedly happened to “Victim 2,” a boy estimated to be 10 years old, in the same room where Penn State football players shower, it's near impossible to keep reading the grand jury's report.

What caused the financial crisis?  The Big Lie goes viral.  —  I have a fairly simple approach to investing: Start with data and objective evidence to determine the dominant elements driving the market action right now.  Figure out what objective reality is beneath all of the noise.

Rediscovered 2004 Senate ad shows Obama pitching similar rhetorical themes  —  A rediscovered video from Barack Obama's 2004 Senate race shows him road-testing his current rhetorical techniques, pitching far-left policies, and depicting business and the marketplace as negative forces.

It's not about serving the rich, Boehner says  —  House Speaker John Boehner disputes the notion that Republicans are “servants of the rich.”  —  “That's very unfair,” Boehner said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's “This Week.”  “Listen, I come from a family of 12.  My dad owned a bar.

Rick Perry's parents say their son is strong medicine needed by a sickly nation  —  Rick Perry has no bigger suppporters than his parents, Amelia and Ray Perry of Paint Creek, Texas.  —  of  —  sfarwell@dallasnews.com  —  PAINT CREEK, Texas — Rick Perry may be the 61-year-old governor of Texas …