Judge denies Occupy Madison extension; site must be cleared by noon Tuesday

Some Occupy supporters began an effort Sunday to see if the encampment could be relocated to a former Army Reserve Center at 1402 S. Park St., next to a Copps grocery store. Noah Phillips, 19, the UW-Madison student leading the effort, said the group did not have permission to occupy the land and acknowledged it would be illegal to do so. But the homeless have few other options, he said.”It?s an abandoned lot, and it?s ludicrous that it?s just sitting there,” he said. City officials apparently got wind of the idea Monday morning and put a quick halt to it.