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Census finds national, state poverty rate rising

More Americans -- as well as New York State residents -- are living in poverty and without health insurance, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.

New York's 14.2 percent poverty rate in 2008 was higher than the nation's 13.2 percent, according to the report.

"That's significant because job growth in the state has lagged job growth in other parts of the country and the two go hand in...

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