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After the death of her husband 10 years ago, Emma Smith, 87, began to find it harder and harder to maintain her seven-room home in Carbondale. "My son would come every now and then to help clean my gutters," Emma recalls. "But at my age it was hard ...

NEW YORK - Nearly a quarter century after Linda Bertoni began working as a home health aide, she earns $7.15 an hour, the state's minimum wage. She says she doesn't get health insurance, sick days or paid holidays. "Sometimes I can't even pay my ...