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Federal Judge Rules On NYC Loitering Laws

Posted 10.05.2012 | New York
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On Thursday, a lawsuit challenging loitering laws in New York City public housing complexes gained support to move towards a trial when a federal judg...

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Man Arrested 40 Times In One County

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.22.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Arrested 40 Times, Video, Dumb Crime, Stephen Brewster, Loitering, Florida Crime, Sarasota County, Car Burglary, Rap Sheet, Weird Florida, Weird News News

Lil' Wayne and Snoop Dogg combined couldn't put together a rap sheet longer than this perp's. Florida man Stephen Brewster, 32, was collared Tuesda...

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City Will Pay Loiterers $15 Million After Illegal Arrests

Posted 02.08.2012 | New York
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New York City will dish out $15 million to the 22,000 people--many of whom were panhandlers-- arrested for loitering by the NYPD who used laws that we...

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Homeless in Columbia: Day in the Park, Night on the Streets

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Public Urination, Urban Camping, Laundry, Homeless Veterans, Panhandling, Homelessness, Loitering, Homeless Families, South Carolina, Salvation Army, Columbia, College News
Paul Bowers

That's the thing about being homeless: You're living in a legal gray area, often with no permanent address or photo ID, and you can get picked up for any number of activities that constitute your daily life: loitering, panhandling, public urination, sleeping where you ought not.

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The Bottom Line on the Bottomless Cup

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Dunkin Donuts, Wtf, Jon Chattman, Coffee, Starbucks, Larry David, Iced Coffee, Iced-Coffee-Refills, Diners, New York Coffee, Loitering, Coffee-Refills, New York Diners, Iced-Coffee, Happiness, Style News
Jon Chattman

A few years back, I went to a nearby diner for some iced coffee and was turned down on a refill. Why is it coffee coming from the same pot can be bottomless yet tossing in a few ice cubes makes it not so?

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