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MSNBC.com: Newsweek Business (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The real-estate bust is creating an unexpected benefit: housing for the homeless. Even as the foreclosure crisis pushes some low income families into shelters, chronic homeless rates are shrinking thanks in part to the foreclosed and vacant buildings social-service agencies can now afford to buy. In Denver, persistent homelessness is down 36 percent since 2005, as nonprofits have turned seized apartment...
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WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A massive building explosion in Flushing, Queens has left dozens of people homeless.
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BizzyBlog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Note: This column originally appeared here at Pajamas Media on Thursday morning. ________________________________________________ A civil grand jury in San Francisco (which readers should understand served as an advisory group and was not associated with any court case), recently found (PDF) that “The Homeless Have Homes, But They Are Still On the Street.” In its detailed report (PDF), it [...]
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Standing in a room full of homeless teenagers yesterday, Nicholas Shanks was hopeful that he could be a role model.
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
FRESNO U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger gave final approval Friday to a $2.3 million settlement between the city of Fresno and homeless people who lost belongings when the city cleaned up homeless encampments.
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blogHOUSTON (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Yesterday's Chronicle story reporting that Houston's homeless population has declined contained this amusing exchange between Councilman James Rodriguez and Mayor White: Despite the reported decrease, a lengthy debate around the council table show...
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
A fight outside a northwest suburban Metra station left a homeless man beaten and stabbed by four other men early Friday afternoon.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arizona State Credit Union donated more than 1,350 cases of bottled water and cash contributions of more than $1,800 to the Phoenix Rescue Mission. The total
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW PORT RICHEY A house fire this afternoon left a family of four homeless and killed their two dogs, Pasco Fire Rescue officials said. The fire was reported at about 3 p.m. at 7251 Box Elder in the Orchid Lake Village subdivision near Ridge Road and Regency Park Boulevard. The people who lived in the house, who were unidentified this afternoon, escaped unharmed. Their dog died in the house, however,...
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Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel And to think that I complained that the movie, " Stuck ," portrayed the Black woman who did a hit-and-run of a homeless man as a White woman. Now, life imitates art, and we have a real-life White woman--Robert Novak--hitting a homeless man and trying to flee the accident scene. Pro-HAMAS, Pan-Islamist, faux-conservative Robert Novak hit an 86-year-old man with his car and tried...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
WELSH soccer chiefs are monitoring a crisis that is threatening the future of one of Cardiff’s most established football clubs.
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Library Chronicles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now that there will be no DisneyJazz Park ... and the talk is that City Hall is moving out of Duncan Plaza anyway ... Loyola and Perdido can go back to being a homeless encampment. That is... unless Bill O'Reilly shows up to "Help those people"
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The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Denver is trying to help, not hide, the homeless during the Democratic National Convention, leaders of agencies dealing with homelessness said Friday in an effort to blunt what they called “misinformation” on the Internet and elsewhere about the city’s plans.
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The Scoopy Doop (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to WalletPOP, You'd think a guy pictured often with the likes of Paris Hilton would keep a hand on his wallet. But Scott Storch, a 34-year-old hip-hop music producer who helped launched the career of Christina Aguilera and...
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Main St. USA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wednesday rightwing columnist Robert Novak -- the man who outed spy Valerie Plame -- hit a pedestrian with his car. According to eyewitness reports, the man was walking in a crosswalk. He landed on the windshield of Novak's car and rolled off, and 77-year-old Novak drove on. A bicyclist -- who happens to be a lawyer who formerly worked in the Justice Department -- chased Novak down and blocked his...
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soulfullvibes | 06/21/2008
New from Charlie Wilson New Album "Supa Sexxy" Coming September 16, 2008, stay tuned...
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angelads | 06/06/2008
Jeremiah Deshazo is an 18-year-old senior who has dedicated his time to the Frederick Douglass High School Athletic Program while maintaining a 'B' average. During the earlier part of the year, I was made aware of Jeremiah's living situation. Jeremiah had been living in a homeless shelter for 18 months. Jeremiah never told anyone about his living conditions until October, when a guidance counselor
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icelebz | 05/16/2008
Former supermodel Jerry Hall is putting her own closet up for auction. She is handing over her stuff, including her wedding dress, to benefit the homeless. The former partner of Rolling Stones lead Mick Jagger will put 430 of her stuff up for auction to benefit the Emmaus charity. The items would include 430 articles of clothing, accessories, textiles dating from 1700 to 2000, and couture creations