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10:10 AM ET, November 17, 2011

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NY Daily News:
Zuccotti Park protester Nkrumah Tinsley arrested after threatening to burn down city  —  Urges Molotov coctail strike on Macy's  —  Nkrumah Tinsley was busted after his rant went viral on YouTube.  —  A protester was arrested in Zuccotti Park Wednesday after he threatened to fire bomb the city …
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CBS News:
Wall Street on guard for Occupy day of action  —  Mounted New York police officers are seen near the front of the New York Stock Exchange Nov. 17, 2011, in New York.  (WCBS-TV)  —  Occupy Wall Street Protests  —  NEW YORK - Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy movement …
Discussion: The Reaction
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
San Francisco police arrest 100 in Bank of America protest  —  Officers end four-hour standoff after Occupy movement demonstrators, mostly UC students, take over a bank lobby in San Francisco's financial district.  —  A bank employee is surrounded by protesters who took over a Bank of America branch in San Francisco.
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
What Occupy Wall Street Has Taught Me
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo:
Kent State Victims Unpopular by David Atkins
Opinionator:
Lightning Round  —  David Brooks: Gail, there have been a lot …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Texas College GOP Leader: Obama Assassination ‘Tempting’  —  Hours after Pennsylvania State Police arrested a 21-year-old Idaho man for allegedly firing a semi-automatic rifle at the White House, the top student official for the College Republicans at the University of Texas tweeted that the idea …
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
White House shooting suspect arrested in Pa.
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
EXCLUSIVE: Perry challenges Pelosi to debate  —  Rick Perry sent a letter today to Nancy Pelosi, challenging her to a public debate next week.  —  Perry, in the letter:  —  “I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo.
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Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Perry challenges Pelosi to debate part-time Congress plan
Richard S. Dunham / Rick Perry 2012 Campaign …:
Perry funds dry up after gaffes and dip in polls  —  2,994  —  WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign fundraising has gone into a tailspin as a result of poor debate performances and plunging poll numbers, jeopardizing his position as the best-funded Republican presidential candidate of 2012.
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Cain: It's Not ‘Practical’ To Attack Iran Because It Has Mountains  —  Herman Cain has had a bad week when it comes to foreign policy — or rather, a bad entire campaign.  But one of Cain's most embarrassing foreign policy moments came this week after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asked him if he agreed with President Obama on Libya.
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Thomas Walkom / Toronto Star:
Canada faces grim choice over nuclear showdown in Iran  —  As the nuclear crisis over Iran heats up, Canada is veering toward a dangerous place.  —  Israel is again contemplating a military attack on Iran to prevent its developing atomic weapons.  This time it's not clear …
Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
GOP supercommittee members' tax plan gives party an identity crisis  —  Growing Republican support for raising taxes to help reduce the deficit has prompted a GOP identity crisis, sparking a clash within the party over whether to abandon its bedrock anti-tax doctrine.
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David Weigel / Slate:
Supercommittee Republicans Get Ready to Fail
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
GOP leader bucks party on taxes
David Weigel / Slate:
Fox Poll: GOP Voters Rush to Newt, Trust Him With Nukes  —  ROCHESTER, MI - NOVEMBER 09: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during a debate hosted by CNBC and the Michigan Republican Party at Oakland University on November 9, 2011 in Rochester, Michigan.
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James Q. Lynch / KCRG-TV:
ISU/Gazette/KCRG Poll: GOP Caucus Still Anyone's Game  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — With fewer than 50 days until Iowa's first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses, the race appears to be up for grabs based on the results of an Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll of likely caucus-goers.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Gingrich and Romney Top GOP Nominee Picks
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Re-election Strategy Is Tied to a Shift on Smog  —  WASHINGTON — The summons from the president came without warning the Thursday before Labor Day.  As she was driven the four blocks to the White House, Lisa P. Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, suspected that the news would not be good.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hotline On Call
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gingrich says ticket of Gingrich-Cain could happen in 2012  —  Newt Gingrich said a Gingrich-Hermain Cain ticket would be “a real possibility” if he won the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Speaking in an interview with Newsmax magazine, in response to the prospect of a Gingrich-Cain ticket …
Keith Laing / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers say nation not safer after decade with TSA  —  Reps. John Mica (R-Fla.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.) want to give the Transportation Security Administration a series of drastic reforms for its birthday this week.  —  Days before the 10th anniversary of the TSA's founding …
Reid Pillifant / Capital New York:
Jonathan Gruber, a key intellectual architect of President Obama's overhaul of the American health care system, is a little frustrated.  —  “I'm frustrated that the future of the American health care system rests in the hands of one or two of these unelected people who might make the decision based …
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Conservative celebs mostly not yet committed for 2012  —  Celebrities on the right are largely staying on the sidelines in the 2012 presidential race, while liberals in Hollywood are lining up behind President Obama's reelection bid.  —  In many ways, the conventional wisdom of the left …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz accuses GOP of rigging elections with ‘suppression laws’  —  Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) on Wednesday night said Republican governors and legislatures are purposefully pressing for the enactment of voter identification laws in order …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ted Marzilli / YouGov - BrandIndex:
Cain's Candidacy Splits Pizza Scores  —  Allegations of inappropriate behavior recently leveled against Herman Cain seem to be impacting consumer perception of his former company, Godfather's Pizza.  More interestingly, however, is that the brand perception changes are playing out along party lines in the US.
Discussion: The Politico and The Caucus
Dakin Campbell / Bloomberg:
U.S. Banks Face Contagion Risk From European Debt  —  U.S. banks face a “serious risk” that their creditworthiness will deteriorate if Europe's debt crisis deepens and spreads beyond the five most-troubled nations, Fitch Ratings said.  —  “Unless the euro zone debt crisis is resolved …
 
 
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Kathleen Sebelius / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama: Congratulations to Everyone Taking Part in Today's Great American Smokeout
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A.Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans becoming less optimistic about future
Discussion: Reuters and Taegan Goddard's …
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Blue Dogs break with Dems on balanced-budget amendment
Peter Foster / Telegraph:
Chinese man sets himself on fire in Tiananmen Square
SEIU.org:
SEIU Endorses Barack Obama
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Wall Street Journal:
Benetton Retries Provocation
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Democrats Plan Cemetery Petition Drive to Collect Names to Oust Scott Walker
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Joy Behar To Leave HLN At End Of Year
Discussion: Inside TV and TVbytheNumbers
Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Yes, it's legal for the European Central Bank to save Europe
Daily Mail:
Climate change episode of Frozen Planet won't be shown in the U.S. as viewers don't believe in global warming
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jgalloway / Political Insider:
A House Democrat to sponsor personhood amendment
Laura Hibbard / The Huffington Post:
Julio Artuz, 15-Year-Old Special Needs Student, Records Teacher Verbally Abusing Him (VIDEO)
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Business Wire:
Bank of America Features Malcolm Gladwell in Speaker Series for Local Small Business Owners
 

 
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