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  • Zuccotti Park after it was cleared by police this morning and cleaned up.
    Stacey Vanek Smith

    In the early hours of the morning, New York City police evacuated Occupy protests from their home in Zuccotti Park, but they say that won't stop them from going on.

  • New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg kicked Occupy Wall Street protesters out of their home base of Zuccotti Park last night. And what happens next could be very important.

  • A cop stands by as protesters are evacuated in New York.
    Stacey Vanek Smith

    Occupy Wall Street set up its protest near New York's financial district on September 17. Estimates have been that 200 people have been living there. Now, New York police have raided the park and report they have arrested 70 people.

  • Occupy Wall Street activists march in downtown Manhattan after police removed the protesters early in the morning from Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011 in New York City.
    Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

    Occupy Wall Street protesters ask a judge to overrule New York's ban on tents in Zuccotti Park.

  • Zuccotti Park after the cleaning.
    Stacey Vanek Smith

    Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Occupy Wall Street can return to Zuccotti Park today — but without tents. The demonstrators want a judge to rule that's illegal.

  • Occupy Wall Street protester David Scorca believes the police action will help energize the movement, not end it.

  • Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted from Zuccotti Park this morning, and police began to tear down tents and dispose of belongings.

  • The mayor of Portland, Ore., is giving demonstrators until midnight Saturday. Oakland's police union wants protesters out too. But organized labor's building inroads.

  • Occupy Wall Street protesters fortify themselves for a long, cold winter. Warm socks, mittens and sturdier tents a part of the survival strategy.

  • The "top 1 percent" is a term being used a lot these days, but who exactly is that demographic?