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These days, a number of architects and designers are exploring humanitarian design for people hit by a natural disaster or any other emergency. Under the brand Urban Nomads, all the projects by Winfried Baumann cater to instant housing for urban...
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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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AP, New York
Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime...
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Three teenagers have been arrested in the fatal beating of a homeless man in Northern California.
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Clutching pajamas for her three youngest kids, Janice Johnson straggled into a Skid Row homeless shelter on a recent night, frustrated and weary from another fruitless...
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Father Maurice Chase celebrated his 90th birthday on St. Patrick’s Day by giving away green _ and plenty of it.
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Life has taken Roger Gleen up and down the East Coast, and on this night the weary traveler settles into a chair in the corner of the world’s busiest airport.
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AP, Dallas
Larry Canady took his family to a homeless shelter three weeks ago, no longer able to make ends meet after he and his wife were laid off from their jobs.
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One of every 50 American children experiences homelessness, according to a new report that says most states have inadequate plans to address the worsening and...
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A judge in Illinois says a homeless man can’t run for a Chicago suburb’s village board because he doesn’t have an address.
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The number of homeless people on New York City streets declined 30 percent from last year, thanks to revamped agency policies, the city’s Department of Homeless...
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Deputies say a resident of a Phoenix homeless shelter shot and killed an employee at the facility _ possibly because he was getting kicked out.
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A suburban Chicago man barred from running for the village board because he is homeless isn’t giving up trying to get on the ballot.
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In corporate Japan, losing your job can mean losing your home as well.
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Fire officials failed to identify serious safety concerns, including a lack of smoke detectors and proper exits, when they inspected an east Texas homeless shelter...
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A woman’s hard-luck tale at a town hall meeting in Florida moved President Barack Obama to leave the stage.
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A barber accused of killing a homeless man near his work last year by dousing him with a flammable liquid and setting him ablaze was arrested Thursday, police said.
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A man was arrested Thursday in connection with the burning death of a homeless man who was doused with flammable liquid and set ablaze last year, police said.
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In a Jan. 15 story on how Washington will accommodate its homeless population on Inauguration Day, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that the D.C. Department of...
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Clifton Wayne Lee, a homeless veteran, usually sleeps on a heating grate outside the Federal Trade Commission building. It would be a prime spot on Inauguration Day _...
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Fire has struck a homeless shelter in the town of Paris, Texas, and the fire chief says more than one person was killed.
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the ritzy Southern California city of Laguna Beach over its treatment of the...
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A homeless woman sleeps in front of the window of a hair dresser’s shop that displays a basket of colored Easter eggs in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Romania’s Orthodox majority celebrated Easter last Sunday.
