Former Soccer Player Helps Get U.S. Homeless Off The Streets

Former Soccer Player Helps Get U.S. Homeless Off Streets-By Sean Maroney Washington20 August 2008Source Provided By:http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfmThe United Nations estimates that more than 100 million...

Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

Dog protected abandoned newborn, doctors say

"(CNN) -- A dog sheltered a newborn baby abandoned by its 14-year-old mother in a field in rural Argentina until the boy was rescued, a doctor said Friday. ...

New SFU art school in Vancouver's Woodward's building?

They say artists are the first wave of gentrification. An art school, however, is a whole other kettle of fish. It sucks that a lot of the longtime artists in the Downtown Eastside are being displaced by richer...

President asks Mt Kelud evacuees to remain at their camps

""I want ladies and gentlemen to remain at your camps. Food is available here, isn`t it?" he asked the evacuees. The president, accompanied by his wife Ani Yudhoyono and a number of ministers also asked the health...

A better way to deal with Afghanistan's poppy crop

"Afghanistan provides more than 90% of the world's heroin, which is made from poppies. The amount has skyrocketed since the Taliban regime that sheltered Osama bin Laden was toppled in 2001. The poppy boom feeds...

Bush sheltered during tornado alert

Deb Riechmann, Associated Press - CRAWFORD, Texas --President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were moved to an armored vehicle on their ranch Friday when a tornado warning was issued in central Texas, the White House said. The vehicle was driven to a tornado shelter on...

Hurricane John Heads for Baja Peninsula

"Hurricane John strengthened Friday as it took aim at Mexico's Baja California peninsula, where authorities threatened to forcibly evacuate people from their homes and thousands of tourists sheltered in hotel ballrooms. "

Open Defiance of Immigration Law -- Unacceptable Even If Cloaked in Religion

The ancient Christian tradition of sheltering those who require it. There is quite a difference between sheltering a Christian from the evil Roman Emperor Diocletian and someone who has broken legitimate laws.

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