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The foam wedge pillows are designed to be multi-functional and of the material that will provide just the right amount of support for neck, head, shoulders or legs. One of the great things about the pillows are they can be used even if you are not suffering from any problems.

Arrest the homeless, or send them to a shelter? When given the choice recently, eight homeless people in the last two days chose the shelter -- and that has saved Pinellas taxpayers more than $1,000.

There aren't many shelters for homeless families, and almost none for homeless men with kids. The Salvation Army in Lakeland wants to change that.

Every few months the Hillsborough Sheriff's office conducts raids on the homeless in the county. Businesses and residents nearby complain about the crime and the mess that litter makeshift campsites that the homeless set up; the homeless say they are being targeted for being homeless.

Here is a look at some of the worst damage from the storms that rolled through the Bay Area Sunday and Monday. A homeless shelter sustained major damage in Hudson, metal roofs went flying in Riverview and trees also fell on several homes.

There is a significant problem for the homeless when it gets cold in Pasco County: most of the area's estimate 6,000 homeless people live in the woods. Advocates say it is hard to get them to life-saving shelter during freezing weather.

By CHRIS GERBASI Correspondent There is a waiting list for beds at the county homeless shelter. And about 170 people a day go to the dining hall for meals, nearly five times more than a year ago. As the needs of homeless people in Charlotte County are rising, money is on the way to aid the Homeless Coalition.

Administrators at Riverview High School in Riverview are scrambling to clean up five gallons of oil spilled by student vandals.

Pinellas Homeless Leadership Network members toured what might soon become a 250 bed emergency shelter Friday afternoon, and learned the scope of the project is now less sweeping than first proposed.