Scenes from yesterday’s official dedication of the new Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial in Washington:

Herman Cain belts out Lennon homage with “Imagine There’s No Pizza”. Watch.

Recalled ex-state senator from Wisconsin arrested for DUI in Wisconsin.

Herman Cain is now saying that his plan to electrocute Mexicans trying to come in illegally over the US-Mexico border was a joke. And now it turns out that back in August — when he was still in Newt/Santorum/Gary Johnson territory — he suggested building a moat filled with alligators. And presumably that was a joke. But how do you know other than by the increasingly hard to spot criterion of objective ridiculousness? Read More

Photos of this weekend’s effort to take #OWS global. Take a look.

A new poll says 7 in 10 New Yorkers broadly sympathize with Occupy Wall Street and think they should be allowed to keep protesting.

GOP says Congressman’s sushi-eating should be off-limits for political ads.

Inspired by video of Herman Cain channeling John Lennon with his rendition of “Imagine There’s No Pizza,” TPM Benjy Sarlin launches the day’s Twitter meme: #HermanCainPizzaJams.

Chinese researchers have developed new Ping-Pong playing robots. To take over the world or possibly just to play ping-ping. Kind of cool video though.

Who has gotten the most positive news coverage among the presidential candidates? The most negative? Take a look.