Wall Street protests spread

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Wall Street protests spread
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The "Occupy Wall Street" protests are scheduled
to go on Friday as the grassroots movement
continues to grow, spread to other cities and
grab the attention of the president. Friday marks
the 21st day of the protests, a series of
grassroots demonstrations against income
inequality and corporate greed.
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In Other News

• The PHILLIES play tonight at 837 in the final
  and deciding game of the NLDS playoffs.
• The FLYERS won their opening game by defeating
  the Boston Bruins 2-1.
• A recent study showed that despite the added risk
  of becoming bird food, male crickets give their
  mates priority in crawling into safe burrows when
  predators come hunting for them, researchers
  report. The finding, a first among insects, has
  intrigued biologists looking into the evolution
  of cooperation between the sexes in creatures
  large and small.
• The Afghanistan War is officially America's
  longest war (10 years). The United States invaded
  Afghanistan to crush an al-Qaeda base of
  operations whose leader, Osama bin Laden, oversaw
  the 9/11 terrorist attacks and to make sure
  Afghanistan would not be a haven for Muslim
  terrorists. Joining the United States were forces
  from 48 nations. During the war, the dead have
  included 2,748 coalition servicemembers 1,796
  of them Americans. The effort has cost U.S.
  taxpayers about 450 billion.
• Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah
  Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman will share the 2011
  Nobel Peace Prize for their work to promote
  women's rights, the Nobel committee announced on
  today.