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Wall Street protest's success not easily measured

NEW YORK (AP) — The collection of people in tie-dyed T-shirts and star-spangled underwear have been cmped out in a granite plaza in lower Manhattan nearly two weeks — and show no signs of going away.

They sleep on air mattresses, use Mac laptops and play drums. They go to the bathroom at the local McDonald's. A few times a day, they march down to Wall Street, yelling, "This is what democracy looks like!"

It all has the feel of a classic street protest with one exception: It's unclear exactly what the demonstrators want.

AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Demonstrators gather in front of a police barri...

 

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