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One of the two former National Restaurant Association employees who filed sexual harassment complaints against Herman Cain received a $45,000 settlement, substantially more than the two or three months' pay Cain recalled, Politico reported on Thursday.

A second piece of President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan is headed for defeat in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.

The video of Hillary Adams being viciously beaten with a belt by her father, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, swept the internet and led to a public outcry. The video goes on for seven and a half minutes and took place in 2004, when Hillary was just 16-years-old. William Adams lashes his daughter on her legs, arms, and buttocks all for downloading music from an illegal website on the family computer.

Antonis Samaras, chief of the New Democracy party, has demanded that snap elections take place within six weeks.

A suicide car bomb was detonated by suspected Taliban insurgents outside a NATO contractors office in the Herat province of Afghanistan.

However, two thirds of union personnel did not even bother to file a ballot.

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday announced the immediate elimination of 9,000 civilian jobs in an effort to reduce expenses, as part of a broader push to lower defense spending.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that it is of “high priortity” to “make everybody safe” in Lower Manhattan, after allegations of sexual assaults at the Occupy Wall Street campgrounds were revealed.

Papandreou also shrugged off persistent calls – by both opposition lawmakers and members of his own ruling Socialist Pasok party – to call new elections.

President Barack Obama implied he will have the final say when it comes to finalizing construction of the highly-contested Keystone XL Pipeline.

Michele Bachmann is calling for the repeal of parts of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, including the extremely popular Medicare and Medicaid programs.

The Obama administration's ongoing headache over Solyndra promises to continue, as a House panel voted to subpoena documents related to the company Thursday, according to Politico. Meanwhile, details emerged that the White House considered bailing out the defunct solar company days before it declared bankruptcy.

Freddie Mac reported a $4.4 billion loss in the third quarter on Thursday and requested $6 billion in additional aid from the U.S. Treasury Department.

A new report by the Daily Mail indicates that the United States and Britain are working together to draft a plan to attack Iran as evidence of new nuclear weapons capabilities in the Middle Eastern country arises.

Bob Barker, former host of popular daytime game show The Price is Right, was on Capital Hill yesterday to protest mistreatment of circus animals.

President Barack Obama's SuperPAC Priorities USA Action has released an ad targeting Mitt Romney.

Abuse of Zambian workers is widespread in mines owned by Chinese companies, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.

Our Greek friends must decide whether they want to continue the journey with us,” Sarkozy said.

Earlier reports indicated that Papandreou would step down and help form a coalition government.

In an effort to curb human exposure to Salmonella in pet foods, the FDA is collecting pet food samples for testing and analysis. The campaign focuses on food sold in big box distributors like PetSmart, PetCo, WalMart, Costco, Sam's Club, and Target, but also includes large grocery chains and pet food manufacturers.

Court rules that CBS does not have to pay wardrobe malfunction fine.

Two other major Dutch banks, ABN AMRO and Rabobank, have already unveiled significant job cuts.

A bipartisan appeal to the Joint Select on the Deficit Reduction -- the super committee -- calls on the committee to consider all options in their effort to cut trillions from the federal deficit.

Howard Archer, chief European and U.K. economist said, The move also suggests that Mario Draghi will not be afraid to make bold decisions.

Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam Gadhafi is thought to hiding in the Sahara Desert, where he could potentially remain undetected for months.

Occupy Wall Street began with a simple act of civil disobedience, but Occupy Oakland's success in disrupting commerce on such a large scale represents an escalation of that tactic and offers a glimpse of the movement's capacity for more-confrontational, direct action.

A government push to rein in the power of building trades unions in Quebec threatens to hamper infrastructure development and impede efforts to tempt investors to the French-speaking province.

Berlusconi has thus far refused to step down, citing that it would be impractical to call new elections in the middle of such a grave economic crisis.

Papandreou will likely propose a coalition government with Lucas Papademos, a former senior official at the European Central Bank, becoming the new Prime Minister.