Americans Hit By Economic Downturn

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Real estate broker John Skrabec (C) shows prospective home buyers Leah Fuchs (L) and her boyfriend Lars Kalnajs (R) a home that has been reduced in price April 2, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Denver has been hard-hit by the housing downturn, with officials estimating that as many as 11,000 properties might go into foreclosure this year.

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Aaron French carries a tray next to bread dough that he's about to bake at Small Planet Bakery April 6, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. The price of staple foods has jumped in the past few years; the price of bread has increased by nearly 30 percent per pound since 2006, according to the Consumer Price Index. Rising prices and a slowing economy has forced many American consumers practice economy.

Bakers measure out freshly-mixed bread dough into portions to prepare for baking at Small Planet Bakery April 6, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. The cost of staple foods has jumped in the past few years with the price of bread increasing by nearly 30 percent per pound since 2006, according to the Consumer Price Index. A slowing economy combined with continued pricing increases has prompted Americans to be cautious in their consumer spending practices.

Floss Blackburn, founder of Denkai Animal Sanctuary, distributes hay to some of the horses she cares for at her animal refuge April 3, 2008 in Carr, Colorado. Blackburn has hundreds of animals at her refuge--ranging from dogs and cats and mules and horses to turkeys and sheep--that she takes in when owners can no longer can care for them. The pace of animal rescue has skyrocketed the past year, especially for horses, as people from Colorado who have lost their properties in the national housing crisis abandon them when they move out. "Animals are always the last priority when times get tough," Blackburn says. She's taken in 30 abandoned horses in the last year alone, saving them from euthnation or slaughterhouses.

Floss Blackburn, founder of Denkai Animal Sanctuary, brings hay out to some of the horses she cares for at her animal refuge April 3, 2008 in Carr, Colorado. Blackburn has hundreds of animals at her refuge--ranging from dogs and cats and mules and horses to turkeys and sheep--that she takes in when owners can no longer can care for them. The pace of animal rescue has skyrocketed the past year, especially for horses, as people from Colorado who have lost their properties in the national housing crisis abandon them when they move out. "Animals are always the last priority when times get tough," Blackburn says. She's taken in 30 abandoned horses in the last year alone, saving them from euthnation or slaughterhouses.

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Kim DeNeir (8) Floss Blackburn (7) Damien DeNeir (6) Aaron French (6) Leah Fuchs (5) Lars Kalnajs (5) John Skrabec (5)