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Shelters brace for homeless families
Tribune reportersCindy Almendarez avoided the homeless shelter for as long as possible, shuffling her children from a friend's basement to a roach-infested apartment before bunking down in the back seat of her car, where, for nearly two weeks, they tried to pretend they...Tags: Foreclosures, Chicago Public Schools, Vehicles, Evanston, Society
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Riverside keeps PACE with the needs of seniors
Most of us would probably like to remain in our own homes until the end of our days, comfortably settled in familiar surrounds. All too often, declining health, disability or mental incapacity are an unwelcome intrusion into those plans, leaving seniors...Tags: Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Family, Virginia, Hospitals and Clinics, Society
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State government grinds to standstill
Tribune reportersThe governor was arrested by the FBI and faces impeachment proceedings, his appointee to a U.S. Senate seat is in limbo and the state treasury is in shambles—a combination that has turned Illinois into a national punch line. But who's laughing...Tags: Executive Branch, Dan Hynes, Society, Regional Authority, Upper House
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BSO envisions pre-arrest diversion program for homeless in Oakland Park
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Broward Sheriff's Office has developed a plan for a pre-arrest diversion program to help homeless and transient people in Oakland Park obtain social services. The blueprint entails deferring formal charges against people detained in Oakland Park...Tags: Defendants, Broward County, Police, Oakland Park, Society
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A City's Champion: 'Mayor Mike' Peters Dies At 60
The Hartford CourantMike Peters, the wisecracking fireman who over four terms as mayor helped lift Hartford from a political, financial and crime-ridden funk, died Sunday about 8 p.m. following a struggle with liver failure. He was 60. Peters had undergone a nearly eight-...Tags: Eddie A. Perez, Society, Al Gore, Regional Authority, Dining and Drinking
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DCF's Handling Of 'Heroin Mom' Case In West Hartford Is Investigated
The Hartford CourantThe cops think of her as "heroin mom": the 39-year-old alleged drug peddler who brought her 7-year-old daughter along on a narcotics deal in West Hartford in December. She apparently had taken the child with her several times before. But that is only...Tags: Employees, Society, Health and Safety at Work, Condos and Houses, West Hartford
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'Mayor Mike' Peters Dies At 60; Struggled With Liver Damage
The Hartford CourantMike Peters, the wise-cracking fireman who, over four terms as mayor, helped lift Hartford from a political, financial and crime-ridden funk, died just before 8 p.m. Sunday following a struggle with liver failure, family members said. He was 60. Peters...Tags: Eddie A. Perez, Society, Al Gore, Regional Authority, Dining and Drinking
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January 05: Feedback from newspaper readers
DP Holiday Fund • Concerning the DP Holiday Fund, you had a Feedback answer not too long ago, telling what charities receive a share of the donations. There was nothing there about what percentage the charities receive. I think it would be very...Tags: Holidays, Volleyball
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Recent editorials from New Jersey newspapers
Monday's (Dec. 29) Gloucester County Times of Woodbury on immigrants who work in New Jersey: Immigrants make New Jersey run, according to a study released last week by Rutgers' prestigious Eagleton Institute. In a report researched and written with...Tags: Corporate Crime, Migration, New Jersey, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Crimes
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State Web site aims to aid donors
jennifer.barrios@newsday.comThe state attorney general's office is preparing to launch a Web-based database aimed at helping donors find out how much money telemarketers keep when they solicit for local charities. The Web site, which is in production and unnamed, will be similar to...Tags: Steve Levy, Charity, Long Island, Office Needs, Lawyers
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Welfare rolls on Long Island swell
michael.amon@newsday.comMore Long Islanders are on welfare than at any time since the 1990s, a spike social services officials say is a marker of the recession's toll on Nassau and Suffolk. An average of about 12,500 households on Long Island - 5,000 in Nassau and 7,500 in...Tags: Poverty, Society, Dowling College, Medicaid, Pension and Welfare
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What to do if a telemarketer calls you
jennifer.barrios@newsday.comWhat should consumers do if they're called by a telemarketing firm requesting a donation for charity? "Just hang up," advises Mike Smith, chief operating officer of Charity Navigator in New Jersey. Smith said if donors really want to give money to a...Tags: Charity, Mike Smith, Marketing, New Jersey
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