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Occupy Wall Street Picks Up Steam
Occupy Wall Street is getting increased attention with arrests in Boston and a move to the Upper East Side. Is it a resurgence of America's Left? Does it have the staying power...
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenOccupy Wall Street is getting increased attention with arrests in Boston and a move to the Upper East Side. Is it a resurgence of America's Left? Does it have the staying power to make a difference? Also, Slovakia is posed to block an expanded EU bailout package, billions of cell phones produce so much data that scientists think it will help to predict the future -- automatically.
Banner image: A protester arranges placards during anti-corporations demonstration at the Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2011. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesSlovakia Posed to Block Expanded EU Bailout Package
All of Europe is now focused on Slovakia, a country of 5.5 million people that didn't even exist before 1993. But Slovakia's parliament, in the capital, Bratislava, holds veto power over efforts to bail out Greece and rescue the Eurozone. Peter Spiegel is Brussels Bureau Chief for the Financial Times .
Read the story8 minDoes Occupy Wall Street Have a Future?
Occupy Wall Street has spread to Boston, where Mayor Thomas Menino ordered arrests early this morning, even though he says he agrees with the protesters' issues. In New York today, the action moved from Lower to Upper Manhattan. Is this what America's dispirited Left has been waiting for?
Read the story37 minMining the Internet's 'Big Data' to Predict the Future
The Internet, social media and billions of cell phones are producing what scientists call "big data," information in such huge quantities that it might be useful for predicting political crises, economic instability and disease pandemics.
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