Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock ‘n’ roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike.

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Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles built make-shift barricades late Tuesday to guard against a feared imminent police action to evict them, two days after a deadline expired.

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