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10:45 AM ET, November 14, 2011

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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Chelsea Clinton to Report for NBC  —  NBC is to announce on Monday morning that it has hired Chelsea Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News.  —  The appointment is immediate.  Ms. Clinton will show up at the news division offices oon Monday morning, said Steve Capus …
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Chelsea Clinton to NBC News
Discussion: Via Meadia
The Politico:
Some Democrats refuse to back President Obama  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman was treated like an outcast back in 2008 when he broke from the Senate Democratic Caucus and openly opposed Barack Obama's bid for the White House.  —  Asked last week if he'd back Obama in 2012, the Connecticut independent said, “I don't know what I'm going to do.”
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mr President, it's time to panic  —  A few weeks ago, James Carville, the legendary manager of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, had a choice word of advice for Barack Obama: “panic”.  The president was heading to disaster in 2012 with the same crew of advisers that had led him up this blind alley.
Discussion: Washington Post
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Deal-breaker election looms over supercommittee negotiations
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Deficit Panel Seeks to Defer Details on Raising Taxes  —  WASHINGTON — With a little over a week left to reach a deal, members of the Congressional deficit reduction panel are looking for an escape hatch that would let them strike an accord on revenue levels but delay until next year tough decisions about exactly how to raise taxes.
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Capitol Gains  —  Are members of Congress guilty of insider trading—and does it matter?  —  IN 1995, WHEN Alan Ziobrowski was an associate professor of finance at Lander University, in South Carolina, he found himself at home one night watching “one of those 60 Minutes-type shows.”
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Christine McConville / Boston Herald:
Foes: Elizabeth Warren bombs on Iran  —  GOP blasts candidate's ‘troubling’ stance on nukes  —  Hawkish Republicans opened fire on Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren yesterday, after the Harvard Law professor called for a “nuanced” response to Iran's purported nuclear weapons program.
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Hossein Jaseb / Reuters:
Iran says has detected Duqu computer virus
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Mark Schultz / Raleigh News & Observer:
Police arrest Chapel Hill ‘Occupy’ protesters  —  KATELYN FERRAL - KATELYN.FERRAL@NEWSOBSERVER.COM  —  Police brandishing guns and assault rifles entered a vacant Franklin Street car dealership and arrested a group of demonstrators who had taken over the building Saturday night.
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Wielding Assault Rifles, Police Arrest Chapel Hill Occupiers Of Building Left Derelict By Developer
New York Post:
Ex-cop boots OWS heckler from congressman's swearing-in  —  Meet New York's newest hero.  —  Kevin Hiltunen, a former NYPD officer, yesterday grabbed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator by the collar and dragged him out of a Queens school where he'd been heckling US Rep. Bob Turner at the congressman's swearing-in ceremony.
Wynton Hall / Big Government:
REVEALED: Nancy Pelosi Blocked Credit Card Reform While Investing Millions in Exclusive Visa Stock Offering  —  Former Speaker of the House-and current Minority Leader-Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings …
Dominic Holden / The Stranger …:
Occupy Seattle Disrupts Pro-Occupy Wall Street Forum, Drives Away Supporters  — Occupy Seattle: How to lose friends and alienate people.  —  No sooner had the panel finished opening remarks last night than a woman scampered up onto stage and yelled, “Mic check!”
Discussion: Rod Dreher
Karl Vick / Time:
Intel Source: Israel Behind Deadly Explosion at Iran Missile Base  —  Smoke rises from an explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot outside Tehran, which, according to Iranian officials, killed at least 15 people on Nov. 12, 2011  —  Israeli newspapers on Sunday were thick with innuendo …
San Francisco Chronicle:
(11-14) 07:05 PST OAKLAND  —  Oakland police have arrested about 25 protesters at the sprawling Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall while hundreds of law-enforcement officers square off against demonstrators in the second such raid of the downtown tent city.
GQ:
A Pizza Party with Herman Cain  —  He's the funniest, most outrageous guy on the GOP stage.  And he's got a simple plan to save America.  Yes, that plan is more than a little nutty, and yes, his charm has taken a big hit lately.  But have you met his competition?
Discussion: GOP 12 and The Political Carnival
Bill Keller / New York Times:
How Romney Could Win  —  Election Day is nearly a year off and the first primaries aren't until January, but I'm ready to skip ahead to the main event.  The last serious hope of the Tea Partiers, Rick Perry, and their last not-so-serious hope, Herman Cain, are in campaign death spirals.
Molly Hottle / Oregonian:
3 men claiming to be Occupy Portland protesters arrested in Marion County for possession of explosives  —  Marion County authorities arrested three men, who claimed to be Occupy Portland protesters, during a traffic stop after officers found fireworks and marijuana inside.
Joe Conason / National Memo:
Obama Campaign Chiefs Meet Quietly With Clinton In Harlem  —  President Obama's top political operatives - including campaign chief adviser David Axelrod - traveled from Chicago and Washington to the headquarters of the William Jefferson Clinton foundation in Harlem last Wednesday afternoon …
Discussion: Business Insider
Eric Dash / New York Times:
Banks Quietly Ramping Up Costs to Consumers  —  Even as Bank of America and other major lenders back away from charging customers to use their debit cards, many banks have been quietly imposing other new fees.  —  Need to replace a lost debit card?  Bank of America now charges $5 — or $20 for rush delivery.
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Perry decries, chases gov't spending  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Rick Perry, who bashes federal spending everywhere he goes on the presidential campaign trail, has spent 11 years as Texas' governor asking Washington for money.  —  Perry sought and received $24.2 billion in stimulus funding …
Discussion: The Reaction
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Obama administration to announce effort to expand health-care workforce  —  The Obama administration will announce Monday as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train and deploy health-care workers, part of the White House's broader “We Can't Wait” agenda to bolster the economy after President Obama's jobs bill stalled in Congress.
Katie Roiphe / New York Times:
In Favor of Dirty Jokes and Risqué Remarks  —  QUESTIONS about what Herman Cain did or didn't do after dinners years ago have carried the subject of sexual harassment back into the news.  —  After all these years, we are again debating the definition of unwanted sexual advances …
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Battleground Poll: Economy drags on Obama  —  President Barack Obama's persistently low approval ratings for his handling of the economy and a growing sense that the country is on the wrong track could make him more vulnerable next year than current polls suggest, according …
 
 
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Trump: Endorsement coming soon
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Health Law Puts Focus on Limits of Federal Power
Wall Street Journal:
Technology Rewrites the Fourth Amendment
Reuters:
Portland police arrest over 50 as protest camps cleared
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
GOP support for Perry plummets after debate flub
Discussion: Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
The EPA's Reliability Cover-Up
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Does government regulation really kill jobs? Economists say overall effect minimal.
 Earlier Items: 
A.G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Hispanics Reviving Faded Towns on the Plains
Reuters:
Insight: U.S. readies defenses against Europe spillover
Luke Rosiak / Washington Times:
Fundraisers show little cash for Cain
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Bachmann Says CBS News E-Mail Shows Bias
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Supercommittee needs to ‘bite the bullet,’ says President Obama
Discussion: The Hill and The Politico
Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Gloria Cain speaks out about sexual harassment allegations
Patricia Leigh Brown / New York Times:
Homework and Jacuzzis as Dorms Move to McMansions in California
Discussion: Jezebel, Gawker and Calculated Risk