Payday lenders defend their industry as a federal consumer watchdog prepares to hand down new regulations

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Dana Jones of Baton Rouge says she’ll never take another payday loan again after she spent a decade working her way out of a debt spiral that started with a single $300 loan. Photography by Brian Baiamonte In 1992, Dana Jones’ mother suffered a debilitating nervous breakdown that prevented her from working. To make matters

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