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Locals are proof of staggering poverty rate increase
Posted: 09.13.2011 at 11:58 PM Updated: 09.14.2011 at 1:55 PM
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Jennifer Brzoska and Thomas Hughes wait for food and a gas voucher from Helping Hand of Myrtle Beach/Lindsey Theis
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15.1 percent of Americans now live in poverty, according to new numbers released by the Census Bureau, and our area is not immune to the effects.

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