What You Need To Know:
-- In a recent interview with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, President Obama said the Occupy Wall Street protests are "not that different" from Tea Party protests in that both the left and the right "feel separated from their g
Second Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: As Occupy Wall Street enters its fifth week, the movement has grown exponentially to include hundreds of cities across the country and around the world.
Mother Jones has been keeping tabs on the solidarity protests
Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: Occupy Santa Cruz protesters who attempted to close their Bank of America accounts were denied service last week because, according to the branch manager, "you can not be a protester and a customer at the same time."
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Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: Demonstrator Felix Rivera-Pitre, who was involved in a serious altercation with an NYPD officer, spoke out in the aftermath of the incident to insist that he did nothing to provoke Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona's right hook.
"The cop just lunged at me full throttle a
Occupy Wall Street News Update of the Day: A tense standoff between police and Occupy Wall Street protesters was quickly defused as word came down from Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway that Brookfield Properties, owners of Zuccotti Park, have postponed the park cleaning that would have forced
Beautification Project of the Day: Speaking of which, the Occupy Wall Street protest may be coming to abrupt halt.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who recently told demonstrators they were welcome to occupy Zuccotti Park "indefinitely," visited the movement's home base today to tell those present they would have t
Follow Up of the Day: Pretty pink princess Sophia Grace Brownlee tore up the viral video charts last week with her precocious cover of Nicki Minaj’s "Super Bass," so it was only a matter of time before she found herself Ellen, face to face with her idol.
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