Protesters rally in Oakland, shut port operations (Reuters)

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• Protesters rally in Oakland, shut port operations (Reuters)
• One million people without power in Northeast storm aftermath (Reuters)
• After Unprecedented GOP Effort, New Voting Laws Could Reshape Electorate in 2012 (Time.com)
• Cain Game: Why Sexual Harrassment Allegations Won't Sink Herman's Campaign (Time.com)
• Drug company CEO sells mansion where girlfriend died (Reuters)
• Occupy protesters set to target busy Oakland port (AP)
• Police investigate Texas judge over video beating (AP)
• Obama administration considered Solyndra bailout (AP)
• Congress honors Japanese-American soldiers (AP)
• Judge hears motions in Beacon Power bankruptcy (AP)
• US Army mum about details of Alaska espionage case (AP)
• AP Exclusive: Third worker says Cain harassed her (AP)
• Obama heads to G-20 amid questions on Greece (AP)
• 1st-degree murder conviction in yoga shop killing (AP)
• APNewsBreak: US brigade in Iraq heading to Kuwait (AP)
• Obama urges Congress to pass transportation bill (AP)
• Louisiana judge pulls permit for truck stop tiger (AP)
• Nevada IHOP shooter feared demons were after him (AP)
• Fed: 4 men got terror ideas from underground novel (AP)

Protesters rally in Oakland, shut port operations (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:55 PM PDT Reuters - Thousands of protesters shut operations at Oakland's port and blocked a major intersection on Wednesday to rally against economic inequality and police brutality, in demonstrations marred by scattered vandalism.

One million people without power in Northeast storm aftermath (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:20 PM PDT Reuters - About 1 million people remained without power in the Northeast on Wednesday after an uncommonly robust and deadly fall snowstorm last weekend pounded a half-dozen states and sparked widespread outages.

After Unprecedented GOP Effort, New Voting Laws Could Reshape Electorate in 2012 (Time.com) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:10 AM PDT Time.com - Last Tuesday, the Obama Justice Department filed a brief arguing that Texas Republicans' proposal to redraw the state's electoral map was explicitly designed to dilute the power of minority voters.

Cain Game: Why Sexual Harrassment Allegations Won't Sink Herman's Campaign (Time.com) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:00 AM PDT Time.com - It's been such a long time since we've had a good, full-blown, as it were, presidential campaign sex scandal that I feel the need to restate my position on such episodes: I never touch the stuff

Drug company CEO sells mansion where girlfriend died (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:53 PM PDT Reuters - An Arizona drug company chief has sold the historic California mansion where his girlfriend was found hanged two days after his son took a fatal fall in the house, his real estate agent said on Wednesday.

Occupy protesters set to target busy Oakland port (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:51 PM PDT AP - Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gathering in Oakland forced a halt to operations at the nation's fifth busiest port Wednesday evening, escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and tent encampments since it began in September.

Police investigate Texas judge over video beating (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:52 PM PDT AP - Police launched an investigation Wednesday into a Texas family law judge whose daughter posted a YouTube video of him savagely beating her with a belt during a tirade several years ago when she was a teenager.

Obama administration considered Solyndra bailout (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:30 PM PDT AP - Days before a solar panel maker collapsed, the Obama administration considered a bailout that would have provided an infusion of cash and a new board of directors, including two directors appointed by the Energy Department.

Congress honors Japanese-American soldiers (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:42 PM PDT AP - Thousands of Japanese-Americans who fought in the fiercest battles of World War II and became some of the most decorated soldiers in the nation's history were given an overdue thank-you from their country Wednesday when Congress awarded them its highest civilian honor.

Judge hears motions in Beacon Power bankruptcy (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:23 PM PDT AP - A Massachusetts company that received a $39 million loan from the Department of Energy before declaring bankruptcy won interim approval Wednesday from a Delaware judge to use cash collateral for the loan to help pay operating expenses during its reorganization.

US Army mum about details of Alaska espionage case (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:11 PM PDT AP - U.S. Army officials in Alaska are withholding details behind the arrest of a 22-year-old soldier suspected of espionage, but they stressed Wednesday there is no connection with the case involving an Army analyst suspected of disclosing secret intelligence to WikiLeaks.

AP Exclusive: Third worker says Cain harassed her (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:04 PM PDT AP - A third woman considered filing a workplace complaint against Herman Cain over what she deemed aggressive and unwanted behavior when she and Cain, now a Republican presidential candidate, worked together during the late 1990s, the woman told The Associated Press on Wednesday. She said the behavior included a private invitation to his corporate apartment.

Obama heads to G-20 amid questions on Greece (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:43 PM PDT AP - The United States has an important role to play in helping guide Europe through its financial crisis, but it is ultimately Europe's problem to solve, the White House said Wednesday as President Barack Obama headed for an economic summit in France.

1st-degree murder conviction in yoga shop killing (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PDT AP - A woman who killed her co-worker in an upscale suburban Washington yoga clothing shop was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday and faces the prospect of life in prison.

APNewsBreak: US brigade in Iraq heading to Kuwait (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:41 PM PDT AP - While all but a small number of U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year, they won't all be home for the holidays as President Barack Obama promised last month.

Obama urges Congress to pass transportation bill (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:34 PM PDT AP - Pressing for passage of the transportation piece of his stalled jobs bill, President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that lawmakers are out of touch and urged them to fall in line with the big majority of the public he said supports him. Even God wants to see the unemployed put back to work, he said.

Louisiana judge pulls permit for truck stop tiger (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:19 PM PDT AP - Leonard Foster peered into the cage holding the 550-pound tiger at the Tiger Truck Stop in Louisiana and snapped one photo after another in awe.

Nevada IHOP shooter feared demons were after him (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - A man who stormed into a Carson City IHOP restaurant with an assault rifle was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia as a teenager and feared demons were after him in the months before he killed four people before ending his own life, according to newly released police information.

Fed: 4 men got terror ideas from underground novel (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:13 PM PDT AP - In the violent underground novel "Absolved," right-wing militia members upset about gun control make war against the U.S. government. This week, federal prosecutors accused four elderly Georgia men of plotting to use the book as a script for a real-life wave of terror and assassination involving explosives and the highly lethal poison ricin.

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