Because they're engaged in a First Amendment-protected protest, the homeless people are exempt from Portland, Oregon's new sit-lie law, and the police are therefore powerless to move them on during the day.

Favorite quote from the article:

"This isn't camping, this is a protest." picked by Daftgretel 3 months ago

A lady isn't happy that homeless people are sleeping on public benches. Decides that getting people to sit on them all day long in 30-hour shifts is the best way to prevent the homeless from using the benches. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

How do you make helping the homeless interesting? You create some eye-popping ads picked by deepcleanfun 7 months ago

Daniel Sharp, a 55-year old homeless man from South Bend, Indiana, pleaded guilty to murdering four men in a dispute over a space heater and was sentenced to 65 years in prison. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

Every homeless person living in San Francisco will be given a phone number and voicemail to help them get back on their feet, Google says. The internet giant has promised to provide the life-long services to the city's entire homeless population in order to help them get a job and build self-esteem. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The newest sensation at the center of Hollywood's fashion scene isn't a famous designer or starlet. It's a 56-year-old homeless man who spends his days dancing on roller skates. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

A Florida judge has ordered a Fort Lauderdale businessman to turn in his chain saw and stop terrorizing five homeless men who congregate in his neighborhood. picked by mutil8or 3 months ago

Social workers in Paris were astonished to find more than 68,400 euros (94,250 dollars) on a homeless woman when they moved her off the street last week. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Meet Nicholas Berggruen, a homeless billionaire. You read that right. Nicholas is worth billions but doesn’t even own a home (he stays in hotels) because he’s lost all interest in acquiring things.

I'll happily relieve him of his "unwanted" cash. Oh, and "homeless" is stretching things a bit. picked by doggylives 2 months ago

Newly homeless youth are likelier to engage in risky sexual behavior if they stay in non-family settings — such as friends' homes, abandoned buildings or the streets — because they lack supervision and social support, a new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found. picked by muppet 7 months ago

In a case that drew worldwide attention, a jury has convicted a 77-year-old woman of murder and her 75-year-old co-defendant of conspiracy to commit murder in a chilling slow-motion plot to kill two homeless men for $2.8 million in life insurance. picked by doggylives 3 months ago

Police in Vienna are interrogating a man suspected of murdering a fellow homeless man and possibly eating his organs. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The names Bond, Homeless James Bond picked by doggylives 2 months ago

This all weather coat can be stuffed with newspaper for extra warmth or used as a pillow or a backpack in warmer times.

Designed by Lida Baday, 3,000 will be made and distributed to the homeless across Canada and the US in March 2008. picked by leopoldogolba 7 months ago

A man wielding a chain saw and a knife attacked residents at a homeless shelter where he was staying, leaving two people in critical condition and injuring two others. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

No, not a Tom Hanks movie...each night, scores of London's homeless pose as stranded passengers in order to sleep in a warm and safe place. picked by moe 4 months ago

A Florida man who has been homeless for years dove into a canal and saved a stranger.

*image not related, video link picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

A small street in a residential district of the Croatian capital collapsed into an underground building site, turning dozens of shocked citizens into homeless refugees. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses, and some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters picked by indisguise 5 months ago

MOBILE, Ala. - An 81-year-old woman shot a homeless man picked by wags273 9 months ago