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Nearly 1 in 6 Americans in poverty

HOPE YENFrom Associated Press

September 13, 2011 7:35 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of the nation's poor have swelled to a record 46.2 million — nearly 1 in 6 Americans — as the prolonged pain of the recession leaves millions still struggling and out of work. And the number without health insurance has reached 49.9 million, the most in over two decades.

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