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Friday Feel-Good: Homeless Couple Marries After Nine Years
If you need your heart warmed before the weekend, get a load of this wedding story. A Washington DC couple, who started dating nine years ago while they were both living on the streets, just got married in a ceremony organized by the parishioners at Grace Episcopal Church.
Both White, 28, and his new bride, Nhiahni Chestnut, 39, attend Bible studies and a meal program at the church.
Librarians to Patrons: Shhhower!
Have any of you Bay Area readers ever been to the Berkeley Public Library? It's a beautiful historical building, but some days has an acquired smell that can't exactly be attributed to old books.
Well, Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois has now added "offensive bodily odors" to the forbidden list, which already includes talking, running, and beverages!
Unemployeds Find Spirituality and Low Rent at Yoga Ashrams
Living off unemployment and scraping the bottom of your checking account each month? Well if you can stomach no meat, alcohol, and sex along with required meditation, tent cities may not be your worst-case scenario. A yoga "community" in the woods could be!
Tent City, USA — Homeless Populations on the Rise
You can think of them as recession refugee camps, but they're called "tent cities" and their populations keep increasing as more Americans lose jobs and homes.
The chronically homeless have illegally lived in encampments before. But with a boom in people seeking out shelter, cities like Sacramento, CA, are thinking about legalizing the communities and providing services.
Picture It: Service With a Smile
Michelle Obama volunteered at Miriam's Kitchen, a nonprofit that provides case management, housing support, and meals to homeless people in DC. Yesterday's meal was donated by the White House in a new effort to highlight the work of local nonprofits. The first lady urged Americans to donate food and, if that's out of reach, time.
Good News: Homeless Men Find Hope and Homes With Soccer
Getting homeless people off the streets is a never-ending challenge for most cities. Who would have thought a game of soccer was the answer?
Yet it has been for hundreds of homeless people throughout the world, and now it's kicked off in the United States.
Briefing Book! Families Fill Up NYC Homeless Shelters
- Homeless: No home for the holidays? The number of homeless families in NYC shelters has hit an all-time high. — Gothamist
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Justice Served? Homeless Arsonist Ordered to Pay $101 Million
Steven Emory Butcher sleeps in a tent, but the law seems to think he's a millionaire. After setting fires in 2002 and 2006 that destroyed 160,000 acres of national forest, the homeless man was sentenced to four years in prison and $101 million in fines.
While in prison, the arsonist will have to pay $100 each year toward his fine.
Atlanta to Install "Donation Meters" to Ease Panhandling
If the merit of an idea is predicated on its slogan, this one might be a winner. Atlanta is installing five meters in the downtown area that read "Give Change That Makes Sense." The meters, distinguished from those of the familiar parking variety by their yellow and black designs are part of a campaign to discourage aggressive panhandling.
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