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Free lunches may embarrass students into hunger

Jim Wilson/The New York Times

03.01.08/The New York Times
Students in cafeterias across the nation are choosing to forego lunch rather than face the stigma of eating government-subsidized food. In most schools, students with free lunches have to eat different food than students who pay.
Original story

Labels: free lunch, government subsidy, students

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New Orleans homeless moving into tent-like barrack

AP Photo

02.27.08/Associated Press
Since Hurricane Katrina hit the city more than two years ago, New Orleans has grappled with an epidemic of homelessness. Mayor Ray Nagin is moving the homeless from crack-infested outdoor shelters into an air-conditioned tent with bunk beds.
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Labels: homeless, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, shelter

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Workers in FL closing abuse cases early

02.23.08/Miami Herald
Child abuse caseworkers say they were browbeaten by management at the Miami Department of Children and Families into closing cases early, without ever ensuring the children's safety or protection.

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Labels: caseworkers, child abuse, child safety, child welfare, Department of Children and Families

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Mother accused of trespassing at shelter

02.27.08 Seacoastonline.com
Tammy Wylie, 26, told a judge in Portsmouth, NH, she was just looking for a warm place to sleep when she entered a homeless shelter. She had previously been barred from the shelter for intoxication.

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Labels: homeless, shelter, single mom

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New pads make life difficult for patients

02.25.08/WOWK-TV Charleston, W.Va.
A policy on tamper-proof prescription pads aimed at preventing fraud could make life more difficult for Medicaid recipients in West Virginia. The program starts in April.

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Labels: Medicaid, prescriptions, West Virginia

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