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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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homeless stories: 53 news summaries

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 Junta Closing Cyclone Shelters 

UN official denounces coerced moves

May 30, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese junta has reportedly begun closing shelters and telling cyclone victims to return to their decimated villages, a move that drew strong condemnation from a UN official, the BBC reports. Military leaders, apparently worried that the camps will become permanent aid centers, have given victims tents and bamboo poles... More »

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homeless • shelter • natural disaster • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

 
Kimbo Slice:
 Where Rage
 Meets Honor 

YouTube helped fighter Kevin Ferguson pull himself up from homeless to famous

May 27, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - ESPN takes the measure of Kimbo Slice, streetfighting YouTube star and soon-to-be network TV darling, when mixed martial arts makes its broadcast TV debut Friday."Kimbo combines Mike Tyson's mystique and Mr. T's personality," Dan le Batard writes of the man who hit it big when a video... More »

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YouTube • homeless • mixed martial arts • Street Fights • Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson

SF Meters Will Take Coins
for Homeless

City, aiming to cut panhandling, will give change to non-profits

May 13, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco’s got a new plan to address panhandling: The city is installing old parking meters in popular begging areas where passers-by can drop their spare change rather than giving it to panhandlers. The money will go to local non-profits to help the homeless, the Chronicle reports. “We're... More »

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San Francisco • homeless • charity • donation • nonprofit • panhandler • parking meters • Gavin Newsom

Holy Week
With the
Homeless

7 well-off Austin men prepare for Easter with a sojourn on the streets

Mar 23, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to follow in the steps of Jesus, seven prosperous Austin men spent part of Holy Week this year living in a park in downtown Austin, Texas, with the homeless. The "street retreat' is led by Alan Graham, co-founder of a national organization that ministers to the... More »

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Austin • Holy Week • Easter • homeless • Mobile Loaves & Fishes • Te'Paul Gautier

Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless

Dane deemed 'too much of a security risk' for police protection

Feb 20, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Danish cartoonist who enraged the Muslim world in 2005 with his depiction of the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is now homeless, Der Spiegel reports. Kurt Westergaard, 73, has been thrown out of his police-protected hotel room—where he was sent when authorities uncovered a plot... More »

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Islam • homeless • cartoon • Denmark • cartoonist • Islamic radicals • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Kurt Westergaard • Jyllands-Posten • Flemming Rose

Homeless Look to Foreclosures

Spike in empty homes provides convenient, albeit sometimes dangerous, shelter

Feb 19, 08 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - As the nation's spate of foreclosures leaves more people homeless, more homeless people are finding shelter in those newly abandoned buildings, the AP reports. The stock of foreclosed homes in hard-hit areas may well outnumber people on the street, leading many to chance arrest or a run-in with drug dealers... More »

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Cleveland • foreclosure • Philadelphia • homeless • shelter • urban poverty • subprime crisis • vacant homes

Homeless Vets Spark Outcry: Haven't We Learned?

1,500 back from Iraq now in poverty

Jan 20, 08 4:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq war veterans are suffering from stress, turning to alcohol, and falling into poverty—a fate that prompts some to ask whether the US has learned from tragedies of veterans past. Washington has identified 1,500 Iraq vets as homeless and helped about a third, but echoes of Vietnam persist... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • mental illness • homeless • PTSD • Iraq veterans • Iraq war

Opulence Duels With Poverty on LA's Skid Row

But amid crackdown
on crime, still a daily struggle for survival

Nov 18, 07 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - While upscale lofts and hotels sprout up near crack houses and homeless shelters, Los Angeles' Skid Row has outstripped most other cities in all the races you don't want to win. LA County has a homeless population of 88,345—roughly twice as much as New York—and the 50... More »

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War on Drugs • Los Angeles • homeless • LAPD • urban poverty • Skid Row

15K Homeless in Chile; Aid Starts

'People are pretty afraid' of aftershocks, aid worker says

Nov 15, 07 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of Chileans spent the night in the streets after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake left at least 15,000 homeless, and damaged schools and gyms that might have served as shelters. But aid began arriving today, Reuters reports, as crews navigated treacherous road to bring food, water, and tents... More »

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Chile • homeless • quake • earthquake • aftershock • disaster

25% of US Homeless
Are Vets

Many rocked by 'mental health toll' of service
in Iraq, Afghanistan

Nov 8, 07 3:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Though they constitute only 11% of the population, veterans make up 25% of homeless people in the US, according to a new study by The Alliance to End Homelessness. The problem is not limited to older vets—former soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are increasingly showing up at... More »

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Iraq • homeless • Department of Veterans Affairs • Vietnam veteran • Iraq veterans • Iraq war

California Dreaming at Fire Refugee Shelter

A cot at Qualcomm comes with massage

Oct 25, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - As California burns, 9,000 residents have evacuated to Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. But for those who remember the horror of the New Orleans Superdome after Hurricane  Katrina, this refuge is stunningly well-appointed, and very California. Benefits include Starbucks coffee, free massages and acupuncture, and a constant stream of... More »

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San Diego • homeless • California fires

500 Dead in Bangladesh Floods

Nearly 500 dead, thousands ill as waters recede

Aug 15, 07 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 500 people have died in Bangladesh as devastating floods hit the low-lying country in recent weeks, Reuters reports. 38 died last night, including two from water-borne diseases that have sickened thousands more. Flood waters have receded, but millions remain homeless. "They hardly have a roof on their heads... More »

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water • disease • flood • homeless • illness • Bangladesh • water borne illness

Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

Repeat patients who use it as refuge are costing New York millions

Apr 17, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drug addicts who check into New York hospital detox units dozens of times per year cost the state more than $300 million annually. These frequent fliers are often homeless or mentally ill people who see detox as a source of food and housing. People use it instead of the shelter... More »

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rehab • drugs • New York City • drug addiction • detox • hospitals • housing • treatment • homeless • shelter • addiction

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