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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: low-income families

low-income families stories: 4 news summaries

Poverty May Be a Brain Drain

Low-income kids respond less to visual data; researchers point to talk at home

Dec 6, 08 5:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Children from poor families absorb information less effectively than their wealthier peers, the BBC reports. Using brain scans, scientists measured the cerebral activity of 9- and 10-year-olds after briefly showing them images. “The low socioeconomic kids were not detecting or processing the visual stimuli as well,” said one... More »

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wealth • children • research • poverty • prefrontal cortex • brain scans • low-income families

CEO Pays $1M for Front-Row DC Gala for Disadvantaged

Wounded soldiers, poor, ill will be invited, catered to during 'People's Inauguration'

Dec 4, 08 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The fairy godmother of inauguration balls is Earl Stafford, a Virginia businessman who plans to host disadvantaged Americans at “The People’s Inauguration.” The devout Baptist paid $1 million for a build-your-own-ball opportunity at a hotel along the Washington parade rout, and promises to spend more to offer... More »

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Washington DC • Marriott • poor • inauguration • low-income families • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Earl W. Stafford • Unitech

Gas Prices Hit Hardest in Rural Areas—not Suburbs

The South, Southwest, and upper Great Plains feel brunt of $4 fuel

Jun 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gas prices, which hit an all-time-high average of $4 a gallon over the weekend, are causing more pain in rural America than anywhere else, with motorists in the South, Southwest, and the upper Great Plains the hardest hit. With relatively low wages and high use of pickup trucks and vans,... More »

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Great Plains • wages • gas prices • fuel costs • economy • low-income families • fuel consumption • South

Rising Cost of Essentials
Slams Poor Families

Prices of "core" items are rising twice as fast as wages

Mar 21, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The rising price of essentials and sluggish growth in wages mean that inflation is hitting low- to middle-income families hardest, the Washington Post reports. Americans are paying 9.2% more for staples—groceries, gas, health care, etc.— than they did in 2006, nearly twice the pace of the growth... More »

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inflation • health care costs • middle class • wages • gas prices • consumer prices • food prices • low-income families

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