Source: Tony Romm - Washington Post ( Paid Registration )

The worst economic crisis in more than a generation has thrust potentially millions of Americans across the country into sudden peril: Cash-strapped, and in some cases still unemployed, they have fallen far behind on their electricity, water and gas bills, staring down the prospect of potential utility shut-offs and fast-growing debts they may never be able to repay.

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