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Occupy Oakland: Over 400 arrested in violent protests

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators clashed repeatedly with police, leaving more than 400 people arrested...
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Oakland: police clear 1 'occupy park', warn 2nd

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OAKLAND, California (AP) -- Police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland and arrested more than 50 people, while authorities in Oakland, California, warned Occupy campers that a similar crackdown was coming...
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Rappers take to mic in Oakland Occupy protest

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hip hop heavyweights known as much for their fiery political lyrics as for their bass-pounding beats have been among the thousands marching...
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Power of Angela Davis on display at 'Occupy'

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theGRIO REPORT: Feminist and former Black Panther Angela Davis continues her legacy as a scholar-activist lending her voice to support the 'Occupy' movement that has swept the nation...
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Oakland prepares to be Occupy movement epicenter

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OAKLAND, Calif (AP) - Occupy Oakland participants, elected officials and business leaders expressed optimism that the widely anticipated "general strike" would be a peaceful and even unifying event for a city...
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Oakland tense after police, protesters clash

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OAKLAND, California (AP) - The scene was tense early Wednesday as a crowd of hundreds of protesters dwindled to just a few dozen at the site of several clashes between authorities and supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement a night earlier...
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Police clear Occupy Oakland protesters

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OAKLAND, California (AP) - Television news footage showed numerous people in plastic handcuffs being led away from the Oakland site around 5 a.m...
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