Wednesday, December 07, 2011 - S2011.E243

2011/12/07 Headlines: Obama Takes on GOP Economic Platform in Fiery Speech; Occupy Wall Street Activists Take Over Foreclosed Homes; Activists Hold Sit-Ins to Challenge Corporate Influence on Capitol Hill; Occupy Encampments Cleared in New Orleans, Hartford; Mine Owner to Pay $209 Million for West Virginia Disaster; 19 Killed in Afghan Roadside Bombing; U.S. Ambassador Returns to Syria; Mexican Activists Plead for Protection After Another Shooting; Journalist Shot to Death in Honduras; Obama Directs Agencies to Promote LGBT Rights Abroad