New poverty figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week triggered a surge of reporting.  The Associated Press suggests that national numbers show an economy slowly approaching a fragile recovery, while The Palm Beach Post critically extrapolates the same data to expose its inherent contradictions on the local level.  24/7 Wall St. breaks down the figures state by state, finding a direct correlation between rising median incomes and rising income inequality.—Kayla Welch