washingtonpost.com - Maryland:
The Upper Marlboro man whose body was found at a Laurel recycling facility Tuesday was homeless and sleeping in a dumpster when he was picked up and compacted by a cardboard recycling truck, authorities said Thursday.
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washingtonpost.com - Metro:
The Upper Marlboro man whose body was found at a Laurel recycling facility Tuesday was homeless and sleeping in a dumpster when he was picked up and compacted by a cardboard recycling truck, authorities said Thursday.
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Ecademy: user blogs:
Such were the circumstances of my (now) colleague, when in 2003 he'd fasted from.a tent in Chapel Hill NC, calling on US government to sign up to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights.It was to lea (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - The District:
In a foray to a side of the nation's capital that tourists and television cameras rarely see, Vice President Biden helped serve lunch Friday to dozens of homeless men at a shelter on the outskirts of downtown Washington.
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washingtonpost.com - Metro:
In a foray to the side of Washington that tourists and television cameras rarely see, Vice President Biden helped serve lunch Friday to dozens of homeless men at a shelter on the outskirts of downtown Washington.
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Newsvine - Get Smarter Here:
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to stop providing social services, including management of city homeless shelters, unless lawmakers change a proposal to legalize same-sex marriages. (Read More)
Submitted by lionelane
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In a nutshell, the praise and the criticism are overblown, IMO.Not as graphic as I fearedIt seems strange to say of a movie about a girl physically, sexually, emotionally and mentally abused, but it wasn't as raw, graphic or (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
In the gray rain -- where the only burst of color comes from the flash of an ambulance scooping up someone who is cold, sick and wet outside -- threatening to shut a door is the cruelest answer.
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New York Times:
A previously homeless young mother struggles to provide a comfortable home for her two children, one of whom is autistic.
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washingtonpost.com - Maryland:
Ginger Miller pauses and tries to hold back tears when asked about what it was like being a homeless military veteran.
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washingtonpost.com - In The Loop:
The Department of Veterans Affairs laid out Tuesday an ambitious five-year goal of curbing the number of homeless veterans, pledging $3.2 billion to an issue that is more rapidly affecting those who served in the Iraq and Afg (Read More)
TraderFeed:
I was shocked, but didn't think too much of it at the time. It was a story relayed by a neighbor about a local family. Having lost a job, the father announced to his teen-age child that he could no longer care for her. She (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Maryland:
At least nine St. Mary's County churches will open their doors to the homeless this winter in the first Warm Nights program.
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washingtonpost.com - Letters to the Editor:
The Oct. 28 editorial "A civil rights advance," applauding President Obama's imminent signing of "hate crimes" legislation, ignored the legislation's plain violation of the 14th Amendment's "equal protection of the laws." As (Read More)
Submitted by eemorningwood
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JACKSONVILLE BEACH – Lawmen arrested a homeless man for battery and retail theft after he shoplifted a live ferret from a pet store by stuffing it down his pants, then used it to attack a witness who tried to stop him. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
Fox Mill Elementary School's annual Mini-Walk for the Homeless raised $5,000 for Reston Interfaith on Oct. 15.
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