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Homeless Face Eviction from Tent City
FORT WORTH, Texas - Fort Worth has plans to evict Homeless people from a Tent City near the edge of downtown over code violations that include campfires that violate a burn ban. FOX 4's Fil Alvarado reports church volunteers want more time before people are forced to move....

One year on, Haiti is still struggling to recover from quake
WHEN the ground shook a year ago, killing around 250,000 people and toppling homes as if they were built from a deck of cards, world leaders promised quick action to ease the human tragedy and rebuild Haiti. • People walk through an empty lot that had been cleared of Earthquake rubble. Picture: Getty But a year on, the Western Hemisphere's poorest country is still reeling from the earthquake's effects, and the international community's capacity to deliver and sustain aid effectively is bein...

State details its efforts to house the homeless
Harrington Hall shelter in Cranston is packed wall-to-wall with 88 beds to house those needing shelter. One recent night, however, 130 Homeless men sought refuge there. Providence — Five years ago, the state’s Top Officials put together a 10-year plan to end Homelessness. Their promise? Build more Affordable Housing and help those living in shelters move into apartments by helping pay the rent. “We envision a Rhode Island where no one is homeless,” said social service dir...

Quake amputees embody resilience in broken Haiti
By Tom Brown Port-au-Prince | Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:36pm EST Port-au-Prince (Reuters) - Sprinting on their crutches at breakneck speed, the young amputee Soccer players who lost limbs in Haiti's Earthquake last year project a symbol of hope and resilience in a land where so much is broken. Playing a weekend warm-up match days before the anniversary of the devastating January 12 quake, the players, all lower extremity amputees, control the ball artfully with their good legs, avoiding "illegal" c...

AP IMPACT: Meth flourishes despite tracking laws
(01-10) 07:45 PST St. Louis, CA (AP) -- At the height of the Methamphetamine epidemic, several states turned to a new weapon to disrupt the drug trade: electronic systems that could track sales of the cold medicine used to make meth. Tracking sales by computer allowed pharmacies to check instantly whether a buyer had already purchased the legal limit of pseudoephedrine — a step that was supposed to make it harder to obtain raw ingredients for meth. But an Associated Press analysis of fed...

Shockingly, Anti-Meth Laws Have Had Unintended Consequences
An A.P. investigation into the fallout from those meth fighting laws that restrict the sale of cold medication has turned up results that "surprised" law makers and Law Enforcement officials: But an Associated Press analysis of federal data reveals that the practice has not only failed to curb the meth trade, which is growing again after a brief decline. It also created a vast and highly lucrative market for profiteers to buy over-the-counter pills and sell them to meth producers at a huge mark...

On Insanity in Arizona
I’ll make this short. In the early 90s, I was attending grad school in AZ. While there I met a truly genius song-writer from CA. He had an unbelievable portfolio of original material. Top-shelf stuff. Although trying desperately not to become once again sucked into the world of music, I could not resist when he asked me to do the session drumming. He was even better in the studio than I could have imagined. A once in a lifetime singer-songwriter. Completely undiscovered. We spent 3 week...

Another "Accidental" Shooting
In this case the shooter happened to be an Iraq War Veteran, which was part of the reason he was out on bail awaiting sentencing for an extremely vicious assault on a Homeless man. That was a mistake. A former soldier convicted of beating up a Homeless man has been arrested on reckless homicide and weapons charges in a woman's fatal shooting in suburban Cincinnati. Riley Feller, 25, was arrested late Thursday night in Norwood. Feller was waving a 9mm Handgun around when ...

Plaza links to the north
For ages it's been a short, dirty stretch of concrete, a wide spot in the road where 10th Street crosses the Vine Expressway. It's served mostly as a bed for the Homeless and a dump for beer cans. Today, a giant, granite foo dog guards each end of the property - transformed into an open, brightly lit plaza complete with benches and tables. The makeover was designed to turn a no-man's land into a welcoming connector, helping to join Chinatown to the fast-growing neighborhood that constitutes &quo...;

Midday open thread
Keep your eye on Rep. Paul Ryan, the new Chairman of the House Budget Committee. The Economist: What should be made of Mr Ryan’s Rhetoric? The charitable interpretation is that he is pursuing a more patient strategy of adhering to the party line until Democrats cave on entitlements, and then he will put Tax Increases on the table. The less charitable interpretation is that as his prominence in the party has risen, he has morphed from a principled fiscal hawk to an old-school "starve th...

Whipple Clips Dozen: Monday Morning
11. STATE Budget: SHELL GAMES 12. MR. MCDONNELL'S TOOTHLESS COMMISSION 16. BORROWING AGAINST THE FUTURE 19. MORE SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR HAMPTON ROADS 20. Homeless CENTER FEELS HEMMED IN BY FAIRFAX CITY ZONING PROPOSAL 23. FILM PROFILES VA. TECH SHOOTING SURVIVOR'S MOVE INTO LOBBYING The purpose of Blue Virginia is to cover Virginia politics from a progressive and Democratic perspective. This is a group blog and a community blog. We invite everyone to comment here, but please be aware that...

It Cost a Fortune to Keep Gandhi Poor
Having previously explored, “8 Things I Wish I’d Known (or Remembered) When I Was a Leftist,” Kathy Shaidle of Five Feet of Fury now looks at “5 things I learned as a leftist that are still (mostly) true,” in her latest article at Newsreal: #3: “It costs us a fortune to keep Gandhi poor” And that was one of his devotees talking. That insider knew (unlike the gullible, adoring public) that maintaining Gandhi’s sizable retinue, busy compound — simply &

Recession created 'epidemic' of homeless families
Two years ago, Desiree and Wallace Emory lived in a rented 3,000-square-foot home in a Gated Community of Winter Garden. They had good jobs in the theme-park industry, two cars and plenty to take care of their five Children and Desiree's mother, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. They were even saving each month to buy a home of their own. Today, they're living in a downtown Homeless Shelter. "All the way up to the end, until we came here in June, we thought we could pull ourselves out of t...

Billionaire-led All Star budget group: We dig Jerry Brown's "realignment" plan
0 The other day we sat down for a bit with Nicolas Berggruen -- he's the French "Homeless Billionaire" who has developed a keen interest in fixing California's budgeting and governance problems -- and he's ready to commit at least $20 million to help out. (Hey, for some billionaires it's fast cars and fine wines. For others it's good government. Who are we to judge.) Nic calls his crew The Think Long Committee for California. Comrade Diaz riffed on his visit a bit the other day and we'll have...

That Was Fast: Golden Voiced Ted Williams Reportedly Picked Up By LAPD Last Night
Last week the media offered a terrific feel-good story: the sudden transformation of the so-called “Golden Voiced Homeless Man” from the streets of Columbus, Ohio to Mainstream Media star making appearances on Today and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (among other notable programs.) Some wondered if the sudden fame brought to the Viral Video sensation would be a storm that Williams could whether, or if he would soon end up in trouble. Well according to Mediaite’s sister site Gossi...

Does Ted Williams Deserve A Second Chance?
Ted Williams made the news this week-end — and no, not THAT Ted Williams. This Ted Williams is the Homeless guy with the golden voice. If you haven’t seen this yet, you’re probably one of the few that haven’t, Admittedly, that’s pretty cool right? It is. That’s why this video has gone as viral as the black plague, got millions of plays, and Williams has received over 500 job offers — some of which are pretty cherry : His “golden pipes” vid...

Fox News Affiliate Exploits Homeless Looking for New Golden Voice
Fox News affiliate Fox 59 in Indianapolis, Indiana is searching for America’s next Homeless star. Last week the station sent reporter Tisha Lewis out into the snow covered streets of downtown Indianapolis where she asked Homeless people: “Do you have any talent?” Doral Chenoweth, the 47-year-old web producer for the Columbus Dispatch who filmed Ted Williams, seemed to find Columbus’ golden voice with a little more tact than Fox 59’s attempt. Chenoweth developed a re...

Here's Life Inner City: Surviving Homelessness in the Cold
With the full force of winter weather being felt across the country and Poverty at unprecedented levels, it is important to keep in mind how the cold impacts our most vulnerable. Aside from understanding the negative impact, assessing how you can help is also essential. Last year, some startling information was released — information and statistics that shed light on how lower temperatures make a dire situation immensely worse for America’s poor. In Jan. 2010, the National Coalitio...

Amanda Knox appeal, and film, will go on
The film was shot in Knox's hometown of Seattle, Rome and Perugia, where Kercher, a British exchange Student, was found with her throat cut Nov. 2, 2007, allegedly after a drunken sex game. Knox, who has many supporters in America and is appealing her 26-year sentence, refused to meet Panettiere to help her with the part. Her next hearing is Jan. 22. ''I can't say I have an opinion" on the case, Panettiere said. "That's why the story is so interesting.'' Los Angeles, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- British ...

Sri Lanka flood toll rises to 13; 120,000 homeless
Sri Lanka's government says the death toll from floods and Mudslides over several parts of the country has increased to 13, with four more people reported dead since the weekend. The Disaster Management Center said Tuesday more than 120,000 people have been forced from their homes and are living in camps. The government has deployed the Air Force and Navy to drop food and rescue marooned residents mainly in worst-affected eastern district of Batticaloa. 'Internet ID?' No thanks, say on...

Jade Duell and Owen Wilson Expecting a Baby
Like this Story? Share it: (AP) Owen Wilson is going to be a dad. A spokeswoman for the 42-year-old actor says he and his girlfriend are expecting a child together. No other details were available. Wilson is scheduled to star in Woody Allen's next film, "Midnight in Paris," scheduled to begin shooting in the famed French city this summer. In 2007, Wilson had a highly publicized battle with depression just as his career began to take off. He has since bounced back with several hit movies. Wh...

Cold wave kills 9 more people in northern India
Second hand auto parts traders sit near a bonfire in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Near-freezing temperatures and icy Himalayan winds killed 13 people overnight in northern India, bringing the death toll to nearly 100 from a cold snap that began three weeks ago, police said Monday. Cold weather has killed nine Homeless people in India bringing the death toll from three weeks of near-freezing temperatures to 116. Police say the worst-hit state is Uttar Pradesh where about 90 people, m...

The Real Cause of the Arizona Killings
One or two commentators got it right, characterizing the shootings in Arizona of a congresswoman, judge, and four other bystanders -- including a 79-year-old woman and a nine-year-old girl, who attended the fateful event due to her interest in government and politics -- as an act committed by a deranged gunman. But the spin is on by the usual MSM suspects that the shootings were due to "hostility" and "polarization" caused by (guess who?) right-wingers who have ratcheted up t...

Two charged with homeless murder
Two men have been charged with the Murder of a Homeless man in Swansea. The men, aged 33 and 37, and a third man aged 31 charged with assisting an offender, will appear before magistrates in the city later. The body of David Williams, 26, was discovered near the Iceland store in St David's Square at 0400 GMT last Friday. Officers have appealed for anyone with information to contact them at Cockett Police Station on 01792 562732 or to contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. A charity calls fo...

The Pope on the Important Issues
The Pope is outraged that parents are being influenced by celebrities and their WEIRD BABY NAMES, and has commanded that Catholics give their Children proper Christian names. If they don't want their families to BURN IN HELL! Or something: The Pope, who baptized 21 Children on Sunday at a traditional annual ceremony at the Vatican, said afterwards that every new member of the faith acquires the character of a son or daughter of the Church "starting from a Christian name."He also noted that "Chri...