http://www.newscloud.com/section/westneat Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:08:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/Danny_Westneat_Homeless_new_growth_industry Something is ragged in the Emerald City. We've had our frenzies, like the dot-coms and real estate. Now it feels like there's an anti-boom, an echo of the others. A week ago Friday wasn't especially cold or windy or any of the other things that drive street people inside. But at Operation Nightwatch, a ministry for the homeless, it was a night for the record books anyway. Near midnight, after finding spots to sleep for 175 people, workers gave bus tickets and blankets to 42 more. Then sent them wandering off down the street.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Seattle_Places_Released_Sex_Offender_Under_Bridge Sex offenders are the new lepers. She fitted him with a GPS bracelet and drove him to the 88th Street bridge. "At least we could check on him," she said. "We could keep trying to find him a place. I'm sorry to say it, but it was the best we had to offer." On the fourth night, he cut off his monitor and fled.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Feds_catch_radioactive_cat_on_Interstate_5 Wow that the government now has the ability to detect radiation in a cat inside a car going by at 70 miles per hour. And wow at this world we live in, where we feel compelled to sniff, at random, inside the traffic coming out of Bellingham. What else is the government watching? Is it all too much?

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