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No more Twinkies or Wonder Bread? Hostess going out of business

Andy Wagar loads Twinkies, Ho-Hos and Cup Cakes into a van outside the Wonder/Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop in Bellingham, Wash., after Hostess Brands Inc. said it would shut down.

Andy Wagar loads Twinkies, Ho-Hos and Cup Cakes into a van outside the Wonder/Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop in Bellingham, Wash., after Hostess Brands Inc. said it would shut down.  (Philip A. Dwyer / Associated Press)

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Hostess Brands Inc., the company that makes Twinkies and Wonder Bread, has asked a judge for permission to go out of business and lay off 18,500 workers. Read more

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A customer shops for Hostess products at a Wonder/Hostess Bakery Outlet on in San Leandro, Calif.  (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

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People line up to purchase packages of Hostess products at a Wonder/Hostess Bakery Outlet in San Leandro, Calif.  (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

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Packages of Hostess products sit on a counter at a Wonder/Hostess Bakery Outlet in San Leandro, Calif.  (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

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Emotions run high as striking workers, left, shout at a man who crossed the picket line at the Hostess Bakery in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Striking workers picket at the Hostess Bakery in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Elvira Delgado, foreground right, leads fellow striking bakery workers on the picket line at the Hostess Bakery in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Striking workers at the Hostess Bakery in Los Angeles console each other after management announced it planned to liquidate the company.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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