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7:55 AM ET, November 15, 2011

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msnbc.com:
Jerry Sandusky to Bob Costas in exclusive ‘Rock Center’ interview: 'I shouldn't have showered with those kids.'  —  By Jessica Hopper  —  UPDATED: Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, but said he is not a pedophile …
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Charles P. PiercePOSTED / Grantland:
The Brutal Truth About Penn State  —  The problem can't be solved by prayer or piety — and it's far more widespread than we think  —  “But you, when you pray, go into your inner chamber and, locking the door, pray there in hiding to your Father ...”  —  It was midway through the pregame prayer session that the gorge hit high tide.
Tim Perone / New York Post:
Sandusky lawyer impregnated teenage girl: report
Discussion: Maggie's Notebook
New York Times:
More Accusations Surface in Penn State Abuse Case
Discussion: Deadspin and Lawyers, Guns & Money
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Republican Candidates in Four-Way Dead Heat  —  Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses.  —  A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent …
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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Herman Cain's Brain Fart  —  I'm not sure how to describe this.  I've seen it described on Twitter as Herman Cain out-Rick Perrying Rick Perry, but it goes so much deeper than that.  —  In this interview, Herman Cain is asked a relatively simple question — at least, to the extent …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Moderate Voice
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Gingrich takes the lead  —  Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP's national polling.  He's at 28% to 25% for Herman Cain and 18% for Mitt Romney.  The rest of the Republican field is increasingly looking like a bunch of also rans: Rick Perry is at 6%, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at 5% …
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain sinks in major realignment of GOP race
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Views on Herman Cain Increasingly Negative
Discussion: Hot Air, Campaign 2012 and The Page
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Gingrich soars, Cain drops
Journalistdee / CNN:
What's behind Gingrich's jump in the polls
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  New National Polls Show Newt Leading In GOP Race (Yes, Really)
New York Times:
Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters  —  Hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, arresting dozens of people there after warning them that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” …
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Don Walker / JSOnline:
Cain stumbles on Libya question  —  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, in the midst of a Midwestern campaign swing, stumbled Monday when answering a question about whether he agreed or disagreed with President Barack Obama's approach to handling the Libyan crisis.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Brutal: Cain blanks on Libya, supports collective bargaining for public employee unions  —  You won't believe me until you click play but this is much worse than Perry's brain lock at the debate last week.  Perry lost his train of thought; Cain doesn't have a train at all here …
Discussion: msnbc.com, Betsy's Page and Instapundit
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Dems fear Obama will lose the case  —  Democrats on Capitol Hill are worried that the Supreme Court will rule against President Obama's healthcare reform law.  —  Over the last couple weeks, congressional Democrats have told The Hill that the law faces danger in the hands of the Supreme Court …
Discussion: The Politico
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Ilya Shapiro / Cato @ Liberty:
Obamacare Is Bigger than Roe v. Wade
Discussion: Power Line and The Other McCain
Andrea Seabrook / NPR:
On Capitol Hill, Rand's ‘Atlas’ Can't Be Shrugged Off … Ayn Rand is best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.  The ideas behind them — her philosophy — have sunk so deeply into our political thought, most people don't even recognize them as her ideas anymore.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama golfs with friend who was arrested in prostitution sting  —  President Obama golfed on Monday with his long-time friend Robert Titcomb, who in May plead no contest to soliciting a prostitute, according to the White House pool report.  —  “The president's fourball at the Mamala Bay Golf Course includes …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Politico
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ABCNEWS:   President Obama Golfing With Pal Nabbed in Prostitution Sting
FRBSF:
Future Recession Risks: An Update … Gathering storms across the Atlantic threaten a U.S. economy not yet recovered from the last recession.  The September Economic Outlook from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) indicates that growth prospects have significantly dimmed …
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Ann Saphir / Reuters:
Chance of 2012 U.S. recession tops 50 percent: Fed paper
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Students Lose Zeal for Aiding Obama Again  —  LAS VEGAS — For much of the presidential election of 2008, Barack Obama's campaign was Emma Guerrero's life.  She was one of a dozen volunteers who showed up at an Obama campaign office here every night, taking time from her studies at the University of Nevada …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Howard Beck / New York Times:
Players Reject N.B.A. Offer and Opt to Disband Union  —  Faced with a deal it could not accept, and a negotiating process that had reached a dead end, the National Basketball Players Association elected to disband Monday afternoon, thrusting the N.B.A. into chaos.
Discussion: Law Blog and Inside TV
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ESPN:
NBA players reject owners' offer
Discussion: Gothamist and WJLA-TV
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Ex-boyfriend of Cain accuser backs her story  —  Dr. Victor Zuckerman said today he backs ex-girlfriend Sharon Bialek's allegation that Herman Cain “touched her in an inappropriate manner.”  —  Zuckerman, a pediatrician, came forward after Cain last week denied knowing Bialek.
Noelle Crombie / Oregonian:
Occupy Portland: Parks employees get first look at deserted Chapman and Lownsdale squares  —  A dozen city employees today plan to finish clearing Chapman and Lownsdale squares of debris and trash so engineers and horticulture experts can survey damage to the parks' structures and trees.
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
CNN Reporter Asks Obama: Are GOP Candidates “Uninformed, Out Of Touch, Or Irresponsible?”  —  “Last night at the Republican debate, some of the hopefuls, they hope to get your job, they defended the practice of waterboarding which is a practice you banned in 2009.
 
 
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Jon Huntsman speaks at Brookings
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Occupy Protesters Interrupt Chamber Of Commerce Health Care Event
 

 
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