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One day after violence, Occupy Oakland protesters march through streets, vote to strike
Several thousand Occupy Oakland protesters met peacefully in Downtown Oakland Wednesday night — the day after clashes with police led to to the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, flash-bang canisters and several arrests and injuries. At about 6 p.m.
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Column: Time to face the facts, Occupiers
The heat is on. About one month has passed since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street protest, led by a group of activists in what they say is a rally against corporate greed and social inequality.
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Occupy Oakland protests escalate
Photo by Elijah Nouvelage. Tuesday night Oakland police in riot gear attempted to disperse protesters gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza citing unlawful assembly. During this removal, tensions flared between the Occupy Oakland gathering and police forces.
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Column: Occupy Wall Street lacks positive solutions
Like the Tea Party, the Occupy Wall Street movement began out of a growing sense of frustration with the way society seems to operate. And this is where similarities between the movements end.
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Occupy Wall Street moves into fifth week
NEW YORK –– Pneumonia and hospitalization were small bumps in the road for one woman with her sights set on changing the world. Channing Creager slept in the rain for the first two weeks of the Occupy Wall Street movement at Zuccotti Park in New York.
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Students occupy Wall Street
As the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations continue in New York City, a number of Princeton U. students have decided to witness the movement firsthand.
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Economist Mankiw discusses financial problems facing nation
Greg Mankiw, an economics professor at Harvard U. and economic advisor to presidential candidate Mitt Romney, discussed the challenges facing monetary and fiscal policy at Princeton U. on Thursday afternoon.
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Column: Bank of America’s downfall is greatly exaggerated
Bank of America Corporation (BAC), the nation's second-largest lender, has been taking a beating in terms of stock value over the past two months, which has lead to some financial experts giving up on the prospects of a stock rebound.
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Obama restructures Jobs Act, outlines plans
After his jobs plan hit a roadblock in Congress, the president hit the road. During a two-day bus tour of North Carolina and Virginia, President Barack Obama urged locals to pressure their congressmen to vote for the American Jobs Act.