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Recession sends older Americans to food pantries

November 28, 2009 By The Associated Press VALERIE BAUMAN (Associated Press Writer)

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first time after seeing retirement funds, second jobs and nest eggs wiped out by recession.

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