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Story of the Day: 10/15/09

For the first time in more than three decades, people who rely on Social Security and federal pensions will not get an increase in their benefit checks because consumer prices have stagnated lately, reports Amy Goldstein

For the first time in more than three decades, people who rely on Social Security and federal pensions will not get an increase in their benefit checks because consumer prices have stagnated lately, reports Amy Goldstein and Neil Irwin in the Washington Post.