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Children Gather To Protest Homeless Shelter
pix11.comInstead of being at the playground, about a dozen kids took to the streets in protest of a new homeless shelter coming to their Brooklyn neighborhood. "It's a good lesson for them in speaking out for what they believe in," said Deborah Henry, from...Tags: Family, Brownsville, Facebook, Elections, Politics
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Bronx Residents Protest Another Homeless Shelter
pix11.comBronx residents angry over a 200-bed homeless shelter to open on Clay St., across the street from a school with 1500 students, will protest this week. "It's the absolutely worst place to have a shelter. Parents are calling me scared about after-school...Tags: Emergency Planning, Family, Bronx (New York City), Disasters and Accidents, Social Issues
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Firefighters Responding To Brush Fire Discover 2 Dead Bodies
PIX11.comWhat started out as a reported brush fire in Paterson turned into a murder investigation early Thursday morning. At about 3 a.m., the Paterson Fire Department responded to what they thought was a simple brush fire in a wooded area off of the westbound...Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Traffic, Fires
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UWS Residents In Uproar Over Proposed Homeless Shelter
Community leaders and their elected representatives protested against proposed plans to establish a homeless shelter in the Alexander building on the Upper West Side. The Department of Homeless Services has awarded a nine-year, private contract to...Tags: Charles B. Rangel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Upper West Side, Contracts, Elections
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City Officials Back Out Of Homeless Shelter Meeting
City representatives backed out of a controversial meeting Tuesday night over a homeless shelter planned for Manhattan's Upper West Side.
The public showed up in droves for the meeting held at Community Board Seven on West 87th Street, but...Tags: Contracts, Upper West Side, Manhattan (New York City), Public Officials, Politics
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Time runs out for 2 million Americans who will lose jobless benefits as holidays arrive
Associated PressExtended unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans begin to run out Wednesday, cutting off a steady stream of income and guaranteeing a dismal holiday season for people already struggling with bills they cannot pay. Unless Congress changes its...Tags: Columbus, Religious Festivals, U.S. Airways, Ohio, Christmas
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LI Homeless Shelters Packed in Gloomy Economy
wpix.comThe crippling economy is forcing Long Island's homeless shelters to go into over-drive. The number of homeless people in Nassau and Suffolk Counties looking for refuge in shelters has peaked to nearly 2,000 which is reportedly straining an island-wide...Tags: Emergency Planning, Suffolk County (New York), Disasters and Accidents, Social Issues, Nassau County
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Palm Beach County to offer central destination for the homeless
Palm Beach County's homeless, who depend on a hodgepodge of charities for assistance, will soon have a central destination for aid, including case managers to help them find permanent housing quickly. A $9 million complex in West Palm Beach will offer an...Tags: Social Sciences, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Social Issues, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Osceola motel families: New face of homeless kids in Florida
In the shadow of the 30,000-acre Walt Disney World Resort, the Hampton family lives in a 300-square-foot motel room packed with possessions left over from a better life. It has been home for nine months now. On a rainy weekday afternoon, father...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Health, Asperger Syndrome, Walt Disney, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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1 in 3 is obese - even the homeless
CNNObesity is a widespread epidemic, even among the homeless. While the popularized image of a homeless individual is one of skin and bones, a new study shows the reality is not so. One in three (32.3%) homeless individuals in the United States is obese,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Health, McDonald's, McDonald's Big Mac
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Boca Raton man collects change to help the homeless; project wins AARP award
Colorful cardboard boxes, decorated by children with markers and their favorite crafts, are finding their way to schools, religious congregations and community centers across the country, thanks to a middle-of-the-night brainstorm by Mark Wasserman....
Tags: Delray Beach, Family, Anglicanism, Christianity, Social Issues
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L.A.'s Community Care Facilities Ordinance is overkill
Los Angeles has made slow but significant progress toward ending homelessness, but the City Council is about to vote on a proposed law that could stop that momentum in its tracks. The Community Care Facilities Ordinance would threaten the well-being of...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Rental Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Lawyers
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