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October 31, 2011 | | BOMBSHELL Herman Cain’s campaign has denounced a Politico report claiming that two women accused Cain of sexually suggestive behavior when he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. The GOP frontrunner’s staff did not deny the charges outright, but instead attacked the “inside the Beltway media” for “dredging up thinly sourced allegations… [and] casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumors that never stood up to the facts.” According to Politico, Cain allegedly used innuendo, asked personal questions about sex, and made “uncomfortable” physical gestures to the female employees. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz on why Cain is casting himself as a victim. PEACE TALKS One month after the United States accused Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency of supporting terrorism, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging the shady organization to take a lead role in Afghanistan peace talks. Her strategy, which she is calling, “Fight, Talk, Build,” will continue strikes against the Taliban and Haqqani network while at the same time pushing the ISI to get both groups to the negotiating table. The New York Times says, however, that the plan is being met with skepticism—not just within the ISI, but also within the Obama administration. Movements Police had their hands full with Occupy protesters over the weekend, arresting dozens more people Sunday in Austin and Portland. In Portland, police arrested more than two dozen people after they refused to obey a midnight curfew for a park in the city’s wealthy Pearl District. In Austin, 38 people were arrested for setting up a food table outside City Hall, defying a rule issued two days earlier making it illegal to set up food tables between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Meanwhile, Occupy protests in Denver and Nashville regrouped after clashes with police on Saturday. CYBERWAR The hacking group Anonymous may soon take on a group few people have dared to cross: the Mexican drug cartels. Anonymous claims that Los Zetas, one of the most violent cartels, kidnapped one of its hackers at a street protest. The group has demanded the hacker’s release, or else it says it will publish the identities and addresses of cartel associates, including corrupt police officers. Anonymous has asked for the hacker’s release by Nov. 5. World World, meet your seven billionth member: The United Nations has symbolically chosen a Filipina baby, Danica May Camacho, to mark the population milestone. Camacho was born just before midnight Sunday, weighing 5.5 pounds. Some groups have disputed whether or not the world population has hit the seven billion mark, arguing that it is instead more likely to be crossed next year. Nevertheless, the U.N. named Oct. 31 “Seven Billion Day” as a way to highlight the challenges of the world’s growing population. | | 
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