With our ramped up campaign travel schedule and our new website – we need to update our Mac computers and software. Our computers crawl when we’re ready to run. We’ve held out as long as possible, but it’s affecting our ability to work efficiently. We’re hoping that you have a connection to help us get them donated or heavily discounted. Of course, checks are welcomed too!

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With mortgage foreclosures throwing hundreds of families out of their homes here each month, dismayed school officials say they are feeling the upheaval: record numbers of students turning up for classes this fall are homeless or poor enough to qualify for free meals.

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Activists from the California-based Free Gaza Movement are planning to sail from Cyprus to Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade of the territory. Rachid Sekkai of the BBC Arabic Service will be on board and sends his first diary entry.

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BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN, STAFF WRITER / TOWANDA — The Bradford County commissioners are launching a program to provide housing for homeless people who are mentally ill, and have also adopted bylaws related to the disbursement of room tax money in the county.Full Article

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 4 (UPI) — The closing of a Louisiana trailer park for Hurricane Katrina victims is highlighting fears that some evacuees are falling into homelessness, observers say. Full Article