Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Arrested at Bank Protest
<div class='node-body'><p>Jill Stein, the Green Party's 2012 presidential candidate, was arrested in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon during a bank protest sit-in.</p>
<p>Stein, a Massachusetts resident and Harvard-educated doctor, was arrested along with four other Green Party members, <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GREEN_PARTY_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" target="_blank">the Associated Press reports</a>, including her vice presidential running mate, Cheri Honkala, a single mother who once ran for Philadelphia sheriff.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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