Here are some of the latest updates on the evolving-but-still-going-strong Occupy movement:
--Last
night in New York City, hundreds of OWS protesters marched in midtown
to protest outside the venue for President Obama's $1,000-a-plate
fundraiser. According to Gothamist,
the protest was peaceful, but then "after the protesters arrived near
the hotel, they were suddenly penned in by police, told they were in a
'frozen zone' and not permitted to leave until after the president
departed."
--Meanwhile, a group of reporters covering the protests outside the Obama fundraiser say they were turned away
by the NYPD -- despite having recently sent the department's deputy
commissioner a letter reminding him that journalists are allowed to
cross police lines. Read more 
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