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5:50 pm
Tue November 29, 2011

Occupy Raleigh Finds a New Home

Credit Occupy Raleigh
The new Occupy Raleigh encampment

Occupy Raleigh protesters have set up camp four blocks from the Capital. About 15 to 20 protesters have been camping since Thanksgiving. They're paying $400-a-month for the site owned by Rob Baumgart. Baumgart says it's purely business, but he did sympathize with the protesters.

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Business & Economy
5:45 pm
Tue November 29, 2011

Inside Occupy Raleigh: Part 2

Joseph Huberman

Meet Occupy Raleigh protester Joseph Huberman, a 61-year-old artist and former small-business owner who's now retired.  He's been with the movement since it started.  Hear an interview with Occupy Raleigh protester Joseph Huberman, a 61-year-old artist and former small-business owner who's now retired.

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Business & Economy
5:40 pm
Tue November 29, 2011

Inside Occupy Raleigh: Part 1

Kurt Zehnder

Kurt Zehnder is a 20-year-old Occupy Raleigh protester, and a self-described moderate Republican. He attended Western Carolina for a year before running out of money and dropping out. Now he's waiting tables, saving up for college, and camping out as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Hear an interview with Kurt Zehnder, a 20-year-old Occupy Raleigh protester, and a self-described moderate Republican.

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