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Monday, May 21, 2012  Chicago braces for 2nd, final day of NATO protests after day of clashes, arrests and injuries

Friday, May 18, 2012  Nurses' protest to draw thousands ahead of NATO summit, scores of Chicago workers staying home

Wednesday, December 14, 2011  Time magazine names 'The Protester' as its 2011 'Person of the Year'

Saturday, November 26, 2011  Los Angeles mayor says Occupy group must leave camp; groups elsewhere discourage Black Friday shopping

Thursday, November 24, 2011  San Francisco, Los Angeles city officials negotiating with Occupy movement to close camps, end drain on resources

Thursday, November 03, 2011  Peaceful Occupy protests degenerate into chaos in Oakland, Calif.; police arrest dozens

Wednesday, November 02, 2011  Oakland prepared Wednesday for a broad-based call to action that was expected to include marches, pickets outside banks, school shutdowns and an attempt to close the nation's fifth-busiest port.

Friday, October 28, 2011  Wall Street protesters rush to prepare as cold weather sets in; 'Our Valley Forge moment'

Friday, October 14, 2011  Cleanup postponed at New York City plaza where encamped protesters had feared eviction