2011: Stories of the Year

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Occupy Wall Street movement is born

An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator marches around the Chase banking offices near Wall Street in New York Oct. 12, 2011. The Occupy movement sprang up to protest the U.S. bailout of banks and the economic hardship of the middle class. Similar movements spread to just about every large American city.
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