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Live from Occupy Demonstrations in the Bronx

We’re going to do a little experiment here on Breaking Bronx with some live coverage from the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations happening today as part of the “National Day of Action for the 99%” effort that will culminate in Foley Square in downtown Manhattan at 5 p.m. There will be a handful of events at Bronx subway stations. Norwood News reporters Ronald Chavez and Emily Piccone will be at Yankee Stadium and Fordham Road, respectively, filing reports via Twitter. I’ll do my best to capture all the action here.

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