Human Poverty Climbs Across America For 3rd Consecutive Year
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Title 1 School designations, free lunch programs, food stamps, and Medicaid are among the local indicators of the rising poverty in the mountains of southwestern Virginia
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U.S. producer prices recorded their  largest gain in more than three decades in November, while the  nation's pace of home building also rose for the month in a  sign of health for the housing sector.
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The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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The share of homes owned but empty  edged back up in the third quarter toward a record set earlier  this year, the Census Bureau said on Friday, another sign of  weakness in the housing sector.
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A new report by Trust for America&#39;s Health shows Kentucky has the third highest percentage nationally of overweight high-schoolers and low-income children ages two-to-five.
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Although world families are getting smaller in many regions, the 50 poorest countries are expected to triple in size to 1.7 billion people by 2050, posing many challenges for world countries.
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The public health burden related to unsafe sexual activity is three times higher in the U.S. than in other developed nations, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Across the United States, a growing number of children are living in shelters or group homes.
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The U.S. poverty rate fell for the first time this decade but more people are living without health insurance and the bulk of the nation's poor are children, government data released on Tuesday showed.
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The US Census Bureau announced Thursday that the number of citizens living in poverty and without health insurance rose in 2003. The government agency says the poverty rate rose from 12.
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The deficit in the broadest measure of trade climbed to a record high of $164.7 billion in the third quarter of this year, reflecting Americans&#39; hardy demand for imported oil and foreign-made goods.
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There are 9.3 million households in the U.S. with net worths of at least $1 million; bargain hunting on Wall Street; green investing and more.
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Humana Inc. reported third-quarter net income of $84.3 million, or 52 cents per share, up from $62.1 million, or 38 cents per share, a year earlier.
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Health insurance premiums paid by US workers have risen nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, eroding the income of average Americans, a study based on federal data shows.
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The number of Americans living in poverty or without health insurance grew last year, a government survey showed, adding potential dynamite in the battle for the White House.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of poor Americans grew by 1.3 million last year, according to a sobering and politically sensitive Census Bureau report issued Thursday.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Despite an intensified campaign against poverty, World Bank programs have failed to lift incomes in many poor countries over the past decade, leaving tens of millions of people suffering stagnating or declining living standards, according to a report released Thursday by the...