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John M. Crisp, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

November 17, 2014

Brother, can you spare a dime?

My neighborhood is natural habitat for beggars and panhandlers. The freeway is only a few blocks away, and its overpasses often harbor bedraggled men with cardboard signs asking for a

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