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    Cities Losing Patience with Occupy Protesters

    It began as Occupy Wall Street and spread to other American cities. In Lower Manhattan, the Occupy movement defeated an effort to move protesters out of Zuccotti Park, and it's not yet succumbed to the beginning of winter.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    It began as Occupy Wall Street and spread to other American cities. In Lower Manhattan, the Occupy movement defeated an effort to move protesters out of Zuccotti Park, and it's not yet succumbed to the beginning of winter. In temperate Los Angeles, California, the Mayor provided ponchos during a brief rainstorm, but has since said the protests "cannot continue indefinitely." In Oakland, it's been a different story, with a backlash against arrests leading to tear gas and rubber bullets. We get updates from Kate Linthicum of the Los Angeles Times and Justin Elliott of Salon.com.

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      Warren Olney

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Kate Linthicum

      foreign correspondent for the LA Times

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      Justin Elliott

      ProPublica

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    As the US Withdraws Troops from Iraq, What Are We Leaving Behind?
    1. 0:00US Economy Sees Slow but Steady Growth
    2. 7:27As the US Withdraws Troops from Iraq, What Are We Leaving Behind?
    3. 42:21Cities Losing Patience with Occupy ProtestersYou’re reading this
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