The homeless get counted
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A new national survey is expected to reveal that efforts to end chronic homelessness in the US by 2011 are behind schedule.
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The nation has three-quarters of a million homeless people, filling emergency shelters through the year and spilling into special seasonal shelters in the coldest months, the government said Wednesday.
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The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of uninsured swelled by 1.4 million.
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18  - The toll of homeless in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, where marauding Arab militiamen are driving African villagers off their land in the world&#39;s worst humanitarian crisis, has risen to 1.2 million, the United Nations said on ...
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One homeless man tried in vain to sleep on a park bench. Two others swallowed their pride as they went into restaurants, broke but hungry. With no bathroom available, another one used the woods.
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A researcher is counting parking spaces to determine if America has a surplus.
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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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Social service agencies say the number of homeless vets is rising, in part because of high housing costs and gaps in pay.
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In Lakewood, N.J., the homeless hunker down in three encampments. Connecting them is a minister who travels around in a bus delivering propane and heating stoves.
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By Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 8--Members of a committee studying Mayor Ron Littlefield's proposed  homeless services center said they want more definitive answers on what the  facility will contain.
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GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 25, 2004 - A thunderstorm drenched homeless people living on rooftops and sidewalks early Saturday, adding to the woes of Tropical Storm Jeanne&#39;s survivors who have been looting aid
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America's growing army of homeless and poor faces a desperate plight, but most are unlikely to make their voices heard in the US presidential election campaign as they struggle just to survive, advocates said.
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Australia's prime minister launched a  campaign on Sunday against homelessness, saying it was  unacceptable an estimated 100,000 Australians were homeless  each night in a country where the economy is booming.
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MACHIAS, Maine - A 54-year-old homeless man who routinely complained of fake chest pains to avoid paying the tab for restaurant meals may have gotten his just desserts.  A judge sentenced Elias I. Elias on Friday to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to theft of services.
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Women who wind up in government databases designed to track homeless people are likely to be in danger of stalking and violence, no matter how many security techniques the government uses, activists say. By Ryan Singel.
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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 US government survey says the number of Americans living in poverty or without health insurance grew last year. The Census Bureau on Thursday said the number of poor people have climbed 1.3 million to 35.