A tense standoff between Occupy Denver protesters and authorities near the Colorado Capitol erupted Saturday with a surge of demonstrators being met with police force that included pepper spray and rubber bullets. The clash came as Occupy Wall Street protesters and state officials in Tennessee squared off for a third consecutive night Saturday, even though a local judge has refused to jail demonstrators who have been arrested and said the state lacks the authority to set a curfew on the property. In Denver, some supporters of the Occupy movement, marching with a group of about 2,000, tried to advance up the Capitol steps.
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Over 30 arrested in Portland and 38 in Austin as police crackdown
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