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Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters — Hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, arresting dozens of people there after warning them that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” …
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J. David Goodman / City Room:
Updates on the Clearing of Zuccotti Park — Overnight, hundreds of New York City police officers cleared Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters and arrested dozens of people, forcing the two-month-old protest that had spawned a movement into a new and uncertain phase.
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Getting Kicked Out Of Zuccotti Park Is Probably Good For Occupy Wall Street — Cops poured into Zuccotti Park to forcibly remove the original Occupy Wall Street encampment. Naturally, people aren't happy. But realistically I think this was the best possible endgame for the group.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Dish
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NYPD raiders roust OWS rabble — Good riddance! — The NYPD arrested 70 protesters as they moved in on Zuccotti Park early this morning and began clearing out the thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters who had taken over the space for nearly two months.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Bloomberg served with temporary restraining order requiring reopening of Zuccotti Park to protesters at 7:50 a.m. — BREAKING: Bloomberg served with temporary restraining order requiring reopening of Zuccotti Park to protesters at 7:50 a.m. | At 6:30 a.m. this morning …
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement — Oakland Mayor Jean Quan (photo: Ella Baker Center) — Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeaway radio program-audio of Quan starts at the 5:30 mark) …
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Hullabaloo, The Raw Story and The Bay Citizen
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NYC, Occupy Wall Street headed into court for legal showdown after Zuccotti Park evictions — Protesters take over public space owned by Trinity Church — An unidentified Occupy Wall Street protestor is wrestled to the ground then hauled off by police. — Hours after baton-wielding …
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Booman Tribune and Jammie Wearing Fools
www.thetakeaway.org:
After Ouster, Occupy Oakland Protesters Return — Police in New York cleared the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park in the early hour of Tuesday morning, in what could possibly a coordinated effort to break up Occupy protests in Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, and, notably, Oakland.
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ThinkProgress, New York Times and Denver Post
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Police Clear Zuccotti Park — Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested in Unannounced Raid — Police brought the two-month-old Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park to an abrupt end early Tuesday morning, as hundreds of officers swept in and cleared out protesters and their tents.
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Metropolis, Indecision Forever, americanthinker.com and Law Blog
Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Occupy Movement Could Declare ‘Victory’ and Scale Back Camps, Founder Suggests
Occupy Movement Could Declare ‘Victory’ and Scale Back Camps, Founder Suggests
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Swampland, Prairie Weather, The Stranger … and The Atlantic Online
NY Daily News:
Judge Lucy Billings, who signed Occupy Wall Street order, is an ACLU veteran
Judge Lucy Billings, who signed Occupy Wall Street order, is an ACLU veteran
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Michelle Malkin and Verum Serum
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Bloomberg: Zuccotti Park closed while city reviews court order
Bloomberg: Zuccotti Park closed while city reviews court order
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Washington Post
nlgnyc.org:
BREAKING NEWS - Judge Orders Protesters Be Allowed Back in Park With Their Belongings
BREAKING NEWS - Judge Orders Protesters Be Allowed Back in Park With Their Belongings
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Gothamist
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Day 59, Occupy Wall Street Camp Is Gone
Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Day 59, Occupy Wall Street Camp Is Gone
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Alison Vekshin / Bloomberg:
U.S. Mayors Crack Down on Occupy Wall Street
U.S. Mayors Crack Down on Occupy Wall Street
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PolitickerNY, BBC, The Agonist and Associated Press
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Did Bloomberg do Occupy Wall Street a favor?
Did Bloomberg do Occupy Wall Street a favor?
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Dems fear Supreme Court will rule against Obama on healthcare reform — Democrats on Capitol Hill are worried that the Supreme Court will rule against President Obama's healthcare reform law. — Over the last couple weeks, congressional Democrats have told The Hill that the law faces danger …
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Scalia and Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers as court takes case — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks to a policy forum in Washington last month. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) — The day the Supreme Court gathered behind closed doors to consider the politically divisive question …
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Washington Monthly, Indecision Forever, Washington Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Jerry Sandusky to Bob Costas in exclusive ‘Rock Center’ interview: 'I shouldn't have showered with those kids.' — By Jessica Hopper — UPDATED: Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, but said he is not a pedophile …
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More Accusations Surface in Penn State Abuse Case — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Close to 10 additional suspected victims have come forward to the authorities since the arrest of the former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky on Nov. 5 on 40 counts of sexually abusing young boys, according to people close to the investigation.
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Sandusky lawyer impregnated teenage girl: report
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Charles P. PiercePOSTED / Grantland:
The Brutal Truth About Penn State
The Brutal Truth About Penn State
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Hit & Run, Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway and Deadspin
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Republican Candidates in Four-Way Dead Heat — Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses. — A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent …
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Krugman vs Summers: The debate — I'm glad I found myself in Toronto this evening, because tonight's Munk Debate was illuminating and enjoyable. The motion was that “North America faces a Japan-style era of high unemployment and slow growth”; Paul Krugman was arguing for it, while Larry Summers was arguing against.
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Free exchange
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Solyndra: Energy Dept. pushed firm to keep layoffs quiet until after midterms — The Obama administration urged officers of the struggling solar company Solyndra to postpone announcing planned layoffs until after the November 2010 midterm elections, newly released e-mails show.
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Business Insider, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
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Students Lose Zeal for Aiding Obama Again — LAS VEGAS — For much of the presidential election of 2008, Barack Obama's campaign was Emma Guerrero's life. She was one of a dozen volunteers who showed up at an Obama campaign office here every night, taking time from her studies at the University of Nevada …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
‘Secret farm bill’ primed for passage in debt deal — Lawmakers on the House and Senate Agriculture committees are trying to write a new five-year farm bill through the supercommittee process. — The legislators are using the supercommittee to avoid what would be a more public …
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Cain stumbles on Libya question — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, in the midst of a Midwestern campaign swing, stumbled Monday when answering a question about whether he agreed or disagreed with President Barack Obama's approach to handling the Libyan crisis.
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