Hawaii Awash in an Epidemic of Homelessness
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WAIANAE, Hawaii _ The home sits on property with a million-dollar view, but its plastic roof is held down by bungee cords, its only source of lighting is a few crude lanterns, its floor is covered with sand.  From here, Bert Bustamante looks out on paradise.
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Across the United States, a growing number of children are living in shelters or group homes.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 14,000 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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Peru appeals for more tents for the 200,000 people made homeless by an earthquake two weeks ago.
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The US island state of Hawaii has been hit by a political earthquake, turning the tropical paradise into a new battleground just days ahead of the country's presidential election.
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By Christina M. Woods, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 26--Wichita and Sedgwick County agencies that provide housing and services to the homeless have received more than $1.8 million in federal grants.   The U.S.
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A small but growing number of yoga practitioners are reaching out to the homeless, to prisons and to troubled youth.
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An ocean away from the nearest casino, bingo parlor or horse track, Hawaii residents still find ways to place bets and play games of chance. And despite a ban, gambling addiction here is as widespread as other states.
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An estimated 754,000 people -- most of them minorities -- are homeless on any given night in the United States, according to a government survey presented to Congress today.
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Visitors flock to Hawaii's shores to snorkel, surf and sink their feet into the unblemished white sands of the state's beaches. But camouflaged among the coast's glassy granules lies a hidden peril &#151; seemingly indestructible cigarette butts cast away by smokers.
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With more than 220,000 people still homeless, some evacuees congregated on the high ground of a cemetery.
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This is a boomtown, but it is also scattered with signs of bust &#151; namely, homeless people. And the city is taking a hard line against them.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. helicopters shuttled  the injured and the homeless, many of them children, out of  some of the worst-hit parts of tsunami-devastated Aceh province  on Monday, as reports surfaced of trafficking in orphans from  the disaster.
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With the holidays arriving, many of us will give a little more thought to the Puget Sound region&#39;s homeless populations. Although lasting solutions won&#39;t happen overnight, there are answers to the problems
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An American institution is in danger of fading away.
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The city has been sending homeless men to poorly-run adult homes, which is forbidden under state rules. The actions say a great deal about the operations of the city's shelters.
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An estimated 3,800 people under age 24 go homeless each night in New York City, but they blend in so well they are hard for social workers to find, according to the city's first-ever census of homeless youth.