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Occupy Syracuse prepares for winter's wrath
By Michael Boren
December 8, 2011 - 6:46am
With the arrival of snow and bone-chilling temperatures, Occupy Syracuse campers predict they'll make it through the winter -– but it won't be easy.

Judy Blanco walks around the Occupy Syracuse camp in a heavy, black coat and polka-dot scarf, occasionally pulling the scarf over her mouth to protect her face from the wind.

She's been involved in Occupy Syracuse, part of the national movement calling for an end to the corruption on Wall Street, since early November. The camp itself started Oct. 2. Two months later, the dynamics have changed. Chilly nights are turning dangerously cold as the camp trudges deeper into December.

Traders Occupy Wall Street as US Stocks Surge
By Conor Hurley
November 28, 2011 - 5:36pm
Many stocks gain at least 3 percent due to holiday shopping and optimism about the European debt crisis

The Stock Market had a positive day on Monday amid the Occupy Wall Street Protests that are not only prevalant in New York City, but across the entire nation as well. The surge in stocks on monday have been attributed to a busy holiday shopping weekend which started with Black Friday. 

Supreme Court Upholds Eviction of Occupy Protestors
By Aaron Scheinblum
November 16, 2011 - 12:21pm
The New York Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that protestors may return to Zuccotti Park, but they may no longer camp there.

The park has been the main headquarters for a movement that has spread not only from coast-to-coast, but also across the world.

After New York Police cleared the “residents” from the park early Tuesday morning, attorneys for the demonstrators argued the forced evacuation was unlawful, CNN reports.

State Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman disagreed.

Wall Street Protesters Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge
By Jade Kraszewski
October 3, 2011 - 1:38pm
Police arrested more than 700 people during traffic obstruction on New York's Brooklyn Bridge

The group Occupy Wall Street has been spent the past two weeks occupying Manhattan's financial district to demonstrate against the economic crisis that has overcome the nation.  Protesters hope that by speaking up they will show that they have the ability to create a change, reports Fox News.  After staging various demonstrations, the group started an impromptu march to Brooklyn on Saturday evening.

Arrests were the correct course of action