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Libraries a Cheap Refuge, But Top Target for Budget Cuts

Popular books see huge waiting lists, while unemployed line up to use computers

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2009 2:40 PM CST

(Newser) – Whether you’re looking for a job, or just a cheap respite from the horrors of the economy, the public library has become the place to be, the Wall Street Journal reports. But even as attendance swells, the same financial crisis that brings patrons has...   Read full story »

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