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Anthony House worthy of financial help from public to keep serving homeless
The quintessential drunk with a graying beard drooling in his sleep on a park bench is still out there. But the face of the homeless in Lake County has taken a dramatic turn. Think: Single dad raising two preschoolers. Or Mom and three kids, ages 7, 6...
Tags: Human Interest, Amusement and Theme Parks, Social Issues, Substance Abuse
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Is Allentown man charged with killing his mom fit for trial?
Two mental health experts disagreed in court Wednesday over the competency of an Allentown man charged with stabbing his mother to death two days before Mother's Day last year. Public defender Carol Marciano requested the hearing in an attempt to show...
Tags: Murder, Court Preliminary, Allentown, Mental Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hampton opens new WIC clinic
In a press release, The Hampton Health Department announced the opening of its second WIC clinic at 1206 N. King St., "creating a location more convenient for Hampton residents in the eastern part of the city, including Langley Air Force Base. The...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Langley Air Force Base, Women, Infants and Children, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Nutrition
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Low teacher pay leads to mediocre teachers
Old sayings are clichés, but they're oft repeated for the simple reason that they're usually true. Snooty writers such as columnists avoid that shorthand method of communicating an idea — obviously it's beneath our keen mental capacity — but...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Nursing Homes
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Florida officials announce details to halt public-assistance fraud
Florida officials are cracking down on those who rip off taxpayers by defrauding public-assistance programs — a crime estimated to cost the state as much as $1.35 billion last year. On Tuesday, leaders from the Department of Children and Families...
Tags: Theft, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Media Industry
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Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, U.S. Department of Labor, Barack Obama, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Web tool gives easier route to benefits
Thousands of the poorest South Florida residents are not claiming somewhere between $383 million and $1 billion in federal aid for which they qualify, according to estimates from researchers at the South Florida Regional Planning Council. Palm Beach...
Tags: Children's Services Council of Broward County, United Way , Politics, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Dunkin' Donuts
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For paltry pay, teaching assistants are unsung heroes in state's push toward excellence
LEESBURG — In a room dubbed Confidence City, a burly Baptist minister-turned-educator calls out writing instructions to a row of special-needs teenagers hunched over their work sheets. Derrick King Sr., a part-time 40-year-old pastor with a...
Tags: Teachers, Students, Orlando, Teaching and Learning, Orange County (Florida)
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Letter: Don't cut food stamps program
Votes involving cuts to the SNAP program (food stamps) are coming up in the Senate Agriculture Committee. Why does this have to be? To cut out food for the poor, especially children, is just hurting ourselves and stewards of each other. By cutting... -
L.A. worries about immigration reform's cost to taxpayers
As Congress takes up immigration reform, Los Angeles County officials are voicing concerns that local taxpayers will be "left holding the bag" to pay for the brunt of healthcare and other services for the multitudes of immigrants who apply for...
Tags: Politics, Jeff Sessions, Migration, Dianne Feinstein, Healthcare Policies
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L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Jeff Sessions, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance
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Still adrift after the storm
First Hurricane Katrina took John Hoffmann Jr.'s home, which flooded, then exploded, and then burned. Next the storm took Hoffmann's job of 23 years washing dishes at Antoine's Restaurant, a position that vanished when the heavily damaged New Orleans...Tags: Theft, Oceans, Labor Day, Politics, Religion and Belief
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