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New York City Police officers assemble at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was cleared by autho Richard Drew, Associated Press
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Occupy Columbia protesters sing together minutes before being arrested by S.C. Bureau of Protective Services officers on the South Carilna State House grounds Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. State police arrested 19 Occupy Columbia protesters who made a stand b The State, C. Aluka Berry, Associated Press
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The New York Stock Exchange is seen in the background as demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement lock arms as they block Broad Street, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in New York. Mary Altaffer, Associated Press
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Police officers arrest a demonstrator affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in New York. Hundreds of Occupy demonstrators marched through New York's financial district and staged sit-ins in the streets near the New York S Mary Altaffer, Associated Press
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A woman argues with demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement lock arms as they block Broad Street, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in New York. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was cleared by aut Mary Altaffer, Associated Press
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A police officer steps on the head of a demonstrator affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement as another assists in arresting him Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in New York. Mary Altaffer, Associated Press
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An Occupy Wall Street protester yells as he is arrested by the police after blocking an intersection near The New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was c Seth Wenig, Associated Press
By Associated Press

NEW YORK — Police in New York say they've arrested 50 to 60 Occupy Wall Street protesters at intersections near the New York Stock Exchange, brokerage houses and banks.

The protests are marking two months since the birth of the Occupy movement in a lower Manhattan park. Participants are opposing corporate excess and income inequality.

Protests are happening across the country Thursday.

About 500 protesters in Los Angeles are marching in the downtown financial district there.

In Albany, N.Y., protesters from Buffalo, Rochester and other encampments were coming in by bus to join a demonstration in a downtown park.

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Police in Portland, Ore., closed a bridge in preparation for a march there.

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