How to survive a homeless winter

Winter is coming on. Now I know that most of the homeless or soon to be homeless people who will be reading this are ones with vehicles, so I will partly gear my advice to you. There are things you will need to successfully and fairly comfortably live in your car, van or...

Boycott CVS Pharmacys

One of the stupidest things I have ever seen happened to me the other day. I had a friend send me $50 through Moneygram, which can be retrieved at many different locations. I chose CVS Pharmacy in Statesville, NC.After receiving the moneygram money order, I discover that...

Attitudes Threaten Southside Progress

"By Gary West88 Published: April 19, 2009 For almost 20 years, I have spent a major portion of my life in the area of our city known as the Southside. I have seen days of celebration, days of despair and everything in between. I have been a part of meetings and marches,...

mayo vs. butter pt 1

I thought I had seen it all, till I saw someone at the shelter put mayonnaise on oatmeal at breakfast. Another shelter guest and I looked at each other and kind of rolled our eyes and at the same time, mouthed,...

Can we shock God? pt 1

I often ask myself that as a theological question. If God knows everything we’re going to do in advance, it would stand to reason that he knows before she’s even born, if a woman is going to grow up to be someone who has an abortion. He should also know in advance whether...

Pilot Screams in Horror

"(CNN) -- A pilot who parachuted from his disabled Marine Corps jet last year said he was horrified to see it smash into a California home, newly released documents say. Marine Corps Lt. Dan Neubauer's...

Preacher gunned down at his pulpit

Pastor gunned down in Illinois church Posted: 02:38 PM ET (CNN) — The pastor of a Maryville, Illinois, church was shot to death during a service Sunday in front of horrified parishoners who then tackled the gunman, state police said. Fred Winters, the pastor of the...

Four arrested in mall assault facing upgraded charges

Tammy Moulder, 35, and Phillip Greene were arrested around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for common law robbery, assault inflicting serious injury and obtaining propery by false pretense. The two were apprehended at a convenience store on Salisbury Road after police received a tip that...

Gimme Shelter

It's dark and dank. It smells terrible. It's full of black mold and cockroaches. It's filled with felons. It has unsanitary bathrooms and showers. The bathroom stalls are so small that you can't close the door,...

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick just got sentenced to 120 days county jail and 5 yrs probation.No credit for time servered, no special programs, no getting out of the full 120 days.

Stevens says, 'I am innocent' after corruption conviction

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct." ...

2 dead in Arkansas campus shooting; one suspect in custody

"(CNN) -- Two students were killed and another person was wounded in a shooting at the University of Central Arkansas on Sunday evening, according to a hospital spokesman. The shooting, which happened outside a dorm, prompted a campus lockdown and the cancellation of Monday...

Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls

"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying her voter registration card in her wallet. ...

McCain brushes off polls, says 'we're doing fine'

"(CNN) -- Despite his sagging poll numbers, Sen. John McCain said Sunday that he is "very happy with where we are" and very proud of his campaign. ...

McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue'

"(CNN) -- With 10 days to go until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense they are spilling out in public, sources say. ...

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