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Occupy Wall Street Faces Day Of Truth With May Day Protests

Tuesday is May Day, the international celebration of the workers' movement that for most countries means a day off with most businesses closed. In the United States, where Labor Day is in September, May 1 is a workday like any other. But it may well be a historic date, one way or the other, for the loosely-organized movement against social and economic inequality known as Occupy Wall Street.

Cannibal Shrimp Found In U.S.: Why You Should Be Worried [PHOTO]

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Researchers are concerned after so-called cannibal shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific, Asian and Australian waters have been found in waters off the southeast and Gulf coasts of the United States. Should you be worried they carry diseases or may harm the environment?
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Tribeca Film Festival 2012: 'Una Noche' Is Hauntingly Brilliant

On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, 5-year-old Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a fisherman in the Miami waters. The boy and his mother were fleeing communist Cuba by raft when it sank. His mother, like many who make the dangerous journey, did not survive. Gonzalez lived with relatives in Miami until he was taken at gunpoint by federal agents.
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Alton Hayes, Chicago Teen, Blames Anger Over Trayvon Martin Case For Beating White Teen

Alton Hayes III, an 18-year-old Chicago teen suspected of a violent beating of a white teen last Tuesday, told police that his repressed anger was stemmed from the Trayvon Martin case in Florida. Hayes was charged with a hate crime when he and a 15-year-old attacked and violently beat a 19-year-old white man on April 17 in Oak Park, a suburb near Chicago.
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Howard Johnson To Offer Free Hotel Room To Anyone Named ?Don Draper? After ?Mad Men? HoJo Episode

If your name is legally Don Draper, not only do you have the same name as possibly the most suave ad man in fiction's history, but you could also score yourself a free hotel room at Howard Johnson. The HoJo hotel chain is using the latest episode of Mad Men, where Mr. and Mrs. Draper had a horrific experience during their stay, as a marketing ploy - and an apology - to everyone named Don Draper by giving a free one-night stay in order to boost the brand and revenue.
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Matthew Owens: Angry Mob Beats White Man, ‘Justice For Trayvon’ [VIDEO]

An angry mob brutally attacked a man in front of his house after he told a group of kids to to stop playing basketball on Saturday night. Matthew Owens was hit with bricks, chairs, pipes and paint cans on his own front porch in Alabama by a group of 20 people who reportedly stated, That's justice for Trayvon, after they were done beating Owens to within an inch of his life.

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