U.S. Poverty On Track to Rise to Highest Since 1960s

July 23, 2012 at 09:48AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.

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