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Willie Nelson: It’s time for the rich to pay up
Country music legend Willie Nelson said Wednesday that he is “proud” of the Occupy movement. “Once the people have had enough, they start speaking and they’ll start doing what they’re doing,” Nelson told KSAT’s Paul Venema. “I’m proud of them for doing it.” “I pay my taxes and some of…
Witness: Bialek endured ‘sexual assault’ by Cain
The former boyfriend of one of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s many accusers came forward on Monday to say she had described the incident as a “sexual assault.” At a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred, Louisiana pediatrician Victor Zuckerman, a registered Republican, recalled that he had met Cain in…
WATCH LIVE: Former boyfriend of Cain’s accuser speaks out
A former boyfriend of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s fourth sexual harassment accuser, Sharon Bialek, was expected to speak at a press conference Monday. The event was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast Nov. 14, 2011. …
Herman Cain: God told me to run, ‘I was like Moses’
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says that he was shocked when God told him to run for president. “Before President Obama took office, I never even conceived or thought of running for president,” Cain told a group of Young Republicans in South Carolina Saturday. “It was only after he took…
WATCH LIVE: GOP candidates debate foreign policy
CBS News hosts the Republican presidential candidates for a debate on foreign policy. Watch this live video from CBS News, broadcast Nov. 11, 2011. …
Mayor frees Occupy Burlington protester
Occupy Burlington scored a minor but unexpected victory Thursday when Mayor Bob Kiss personally authorized the release of one demonstrator. Burlington Free Press filmed police just as they were taking 23-year-old Hayley Mason of Burlington, Vermont into custody. “I didn’t cross the [police] line!” she shouted. “Let her go! Let…
WATCH LIVE: PSU abuse witness placed on administrative leave
Penn State Coach Mike McQueary has been replaced on administrative leave, officials said at a press conference Friday. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast Nov. 11, 2011. …
On Veteran’s Day, Romney suggests ‘voucher’ system for vet benefits
At an Veteran’s Day campaign event in South Carolina Friday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hinted that he might introduce “private sector competition” for veterans’ health care and other benefits. Romney told a group of veterans at Mutt’s BBQ in Mauldin that it might be possible to create a “voucher”…
WATCH LIVE: Occupy Wall Street holds Veteran’s Day concert
Joan Baez and others were expected to perform at Occupy Wall Street for Veteran’s Day Friday. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast Nov. 11, 2011. …
Protesters ‘Occupy’ Bachmann campaign event
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann briefly paused a foreign policy speech in South Carolina Thursday as protesters from the Occupy movement interrupted. About 10 minutes into the speech aboard World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, about 30 protesters began chanting. “You capitalize on dividing Americans, claiming that people that…
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