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Perhaps the most convincing evidence is provided by the U.S. Postal Service. Electronic tracers were put on an envelope addressed to Santa Claus. The letter did not reach the North Pole, and was, in fact followed to a dumpster in Duluth, Minn. Doubtless Santa would not choose to live in a dumpster. Especially in Duluth...
...People must address the question of whether human beings in the U.S. have a right to better shelter than a dumpster," says Gary Blasi, a Los Angeles lawyer for the homeless. In Washington, Homeless Advocate Snyder managed to get a referendum passed "guaranteeing adequate overnight shelter," which if approved by Congress could make the city responsible for housing 5,000 to 15,000 people a night. Because last week's freeze served to focus national attention, Snyder said, "we were rooting for the cold." He is afraid, though, that the homeless may soon be conveniently forgotten, returning to their semivisible...
...know it's arson," said John Kelly, Manager of Herrell's Ice Cream directly across the street from the 17 Dunster Street dumpster "People are fascinated by fire. I saw people actually singing by it and warming their hands...
...Fire Department's arson squad does not plan to investigate any of the dumpster fires, officials said. "No matter how small [a fire] is, it's important but whether it's worth a full fledged investigation is another matter," said Dudley...
...previous Saturday, September 22, the Fire Department extinguished five dumpster fires between 10 and 11 pm; 10:13 at 89 Winthrop Street, 10:23 at 30 Brattle Street, 10:30 at 17 Dunster Street, 10:46 at 6 Holyoke Street, and 11:04 at 51 Brattle Street...