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Citywide Plan Provides Overflow Shelters for the Homeless
Channel 2 NewsThe Municipality of Anchorage has a citywide cold-weather plan to provide shelter for the homeless, but this winter shelters are already at or above capacity. The plan allows churches to be designated as temporary cold-weather homeless shelters for...Tags: Abusive Behavior
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Photo of N.Y. cop aiding homeless man draws bittersweet reaction
A photograph of New York Police Officer Lawrence DePrimo giving boots to a barefoot homeless man has gone viral, getting more than 400,000 "likes" on the department's Facebook page and a wave of positive media attention. The New York Times reported that...
Tags: New York City Police Department, Justice and Rights, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Civil Rights
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Sociology professor extends education beyond four walls
marieg@herald-mail.comWhen sociology students at Hagerstown Community College first walk through the doors of Daniel Madron’s classroom, they quickly learn their education will extend beyond four walls. Lessons will be learned at The Salvation Army and REACH Cold...Tags: Cecil County, Teaching and Learning, The Salvation Army, Students, Howard Community College
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Cold snap, far from letting up, raises health concerns
Baltimore will enter its third consecutive day below freezing Thursday, prompting health officials to warn vulnerable residents of deadly conditions, even as the region prepares for treacherous travel with light snow expected to fall early Thursday and...Tags: Conservation, Hospitals and Clinics, MedStar Health, National Weather Service, Union Memorial Hospital
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Disabled Marylanders join class action over delayed benefits
Citing a severe and chronic backlog, advocacy groups have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the state of failing low-income and disabled Marylanders by regularly taking nearly a year to approve medical assistance applications.
The lawsuit, filed last...Tags: Conservation, Health Care Reform (2009), Employment, Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Issues
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Midwest bundles up as bitter cold grips region
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Homeless people scrambled to find shelter, schools shut down and plumbers wrestled with frozen pipes Tuesday as the upper Midwest endured a third straight day of bitter cold temperatures. Waves of frigid Arctic air began...
Tags: Willis Tower, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Des Plaines
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UPDATE: Slick roads and closings, delays
It's been rough going on some of our roads Tuesday and we have had many school and delays. It's the coldest arctic blast of the winter so far. CLICK HERE FOR AN UPDATING LIST OF CLOSINGS AND DELAYS WSBT Chief Meteorologist Paul Emmick has your evening...
Tags: Amtrak, Air Transportation Delays, Social Issues, South Shore
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Police seek family of homeless woman set on fire in Van Nuys
L.A. NOWLAPD detectives are searching for family members of a homeless woman who was set on fire in December as she slept on a Van Nuys bus bench.... -
Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of homeless deaths
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - Overdoses of drugs, particularly prescription pain-killers and heroin, have overtaken AIDS to become the leading cause of death of homeless adults, according to a study of homeless residents of Boston released on Monday. The finding...Tags: Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Internal Medicine, AIDS, Heroin
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Winter Relief offers the homeless comfort in the cold
A year ago, if you'd asked David Moore to generalize about homeless people, he'd have said most were probably addicted to drugs or alcohol, lacking in ambition and unworthy of the general public's trust. Then he became homeless himself. "I'll be honest...Tags: Emmaus, Glen Burnie, New Year's Day, David H. Moore, Substance Abuse
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Homeless advocates speak out about woman set ablaze in Van Nuys
L.A. NOWAs police search for the family of a homeless woman who was set ablaze in Van Nuys, advocates said the assault, while extreme, highlights the dangers transients face on the streets.... -
Homeless rights bill is wrong
Several weeks ago, state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) proposed a sweeping set of protections for the homeless that have sparked almost as much controversy as the homeless themselves. The Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Fairness Act, as...
Tags: Tom Ammiano, Mental Health, Tom Ammiano, Social Issues
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