- The Perry family leased a hunting property with the name “Niggerhead” painted on a rock at its entrance. There are conflicting accounts of how long it took the Perrys to obscure the name.
- House Republicans return to Washington divided.
- A profile of Eric Cantor, Grand Bargain saboteur.
- Bloomberg reports that Koch Industries bribed officials in Africa, India and the Middle East, and sold equipment to Iran.
- How one millionaire swung North Carolina’s elections.
- Florida flouts the RNC, moves its primary to Jan 31 and upends the calendar.
- 700 arrested in Wall Street protests.
- Another liberal attorney general splits with states seeking mortgage fraud settlement.
- Another poll shows Elizabeth Warren statistically tied with Scott Brown.
- One legacy of the U.S. financial crisis: risk aversion.
- And Glenn Beck will launch Liberty Treehouse, a kids show.