Occupy Baltimore demonstrators who spent 10 weeks protesting economic disparity were removed peacefully from a downtown plaza near the Inner Harbor tourist district during a pre-dawn raid Tuesday. Baltimore City police in full riot gear moved into McKeldin Square about ...

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Give the First Amendment — and the nation — a unique gift this holiday season: On Dec. 15, “tweet” your support for this 220-year-old guarantor of our basic freedoms. And don’t stop there. Round out the holidays by making that ...

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WASHINGTON — Dozens of protesters demonstrating against what they call corporate greed in America have been arrested in the District of Columbia. The arrests came as demonstrators from across the country converged on K Street, historically homes to America’s lobbying ...

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City officials have denied Occupy Baltimore’s request for a permit to remain in a downtown plaza where they have been living for two months. Group representatives submitted the application last week to continue a protest with 25 to 300 people ...

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The comparisons have already started — police in Egypt attacking demonstrators with clubs and tear gas, and police in a number of U.S. cities breaking up “Occupy” camps with clubs and tear gas. If you’re a demonstrator in Cairo or ...

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The comparisons have already started — police in Egypt attacking demonstrators with clubs and tear gas, and police in a number of U.S. cities breaking up “Occupy” camps with clubs and tear gas. If you’re a demonstrator in Cairo or ...

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Now occupying McKeldin Square for 50 days, members of the Occupy Baltimore protest are anticipating a plentiful feast for the Thanksgiving holiday. They said that they are accepting all donations, and hope to feed everybody in the camp.

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Occupy Baltimore protestors are re-applying for a permit to remain in a downtown plaza where they have been living for two months. Group representatives submitted the application this week to continue a protest with 25 to 300 people in McKeldin ...

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WASHINGTON — Drenched, blistered and weary, a few dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters arrived Tuesday in the nation’s capital after a two-week, 240-mile march from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. The marchers, many wearing hooded ponchos in a steady rain, ...

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Barack Obama, visiting the home of the nation’s first presidential primary, urged Republicans to support a payroll tax cut next week. Obama argued Tuesday that a failure to extend the tax breaks would hurt middle-class families ...

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