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Growing numbers of poor people swamp legal aid offices
By Tony Pugh | McClatchy Newspapers
After years of funding shortfalls, legal aid societies across the country are being overwhelmed by growing numbers of poor and unemployed Americans who face eviction, foreclosure, bankruptcy and other legal problems tied to the recession. » read more
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First lady Michelle Obama, center, tours earthquake damage with other first ladies on the sidelines of the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
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Michelle Obama: No comment on Italian leader's escapades
By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers
Despite a request for a wives' boycott of this week's G-8 summit to protest the personal behavior of the Italian prime minister, first lady Michelle Obama and other spouses came as planned — and found themselves touring with a former topless model-turned-government minister filling in as the official hostess for the prime minister's soon-to-be ex-wife. » read more
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