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Ohio: Bankruptcy Filings 2nd-Highest Ever

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The second-highest number of people on record filed for forgiveness of or protection from their debts in northwest Ohio last month, a 16 percent surge from a year ago that experts attributed to the new bankruptcy reform law.

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