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Marietta, Georgia (CNN) -- In this tough economy, a steady paycheck is a big blessing. With the unemployment rate above 10 percent, Americans are finding new ways to help each other out. For many, it's through their faith.

"We did say our prayers," Patricia Mulroney said. "I pray to St. Joseph even now. He is our patron of workers. I still pray to him every day."

Yet believers like Mulroney are doing more than praying. They're getting help in their job searches from houses of worship. And religious institutions are answering the call: Houses of worship nationwide have offered job-finding help.

Mulroney has looked for help in finding a job through a network created at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Marietta, Georgia, just outside Atlanta.

The church has reviewed rÃ©sumÃ©s and arranged meetings between job-seekers and company representatives. It also has hosted speakers who have discussed financial planning and interview techniques.

Similar programs have received attention in places such as Arizona, California and Michigan.

St. Joseph's started helping unemployed members last year after a priest contacted Art Eyzaguierre, a parishioner with a background in career management.

Eyzaguierre says the priest told him, "we've been getting a lot of phone calls from people that are unemployed and really hurting ... and we'd like you to come to a council meeting to talk about what we should do."

By May of last year, St. Joseph's Career Community Network was born. "When you're helping people ... they're getting what they need," Eyzaguierre said. "They're getting jobs, the hope they need. ... I feel replenished."

Patrick Brennan, another founding member, found himself out of work in the early part of 2009. His involvement with the Career Community Network paid off, literally, with a job.

"It's through these different networking opportunities ... through your churches ... you get to meet people ... and potentially get positions," Brennan said. "That happened to me, where I was networking and actually found a position ... as a result of meeting people through the career network."

Brennan says church-based career networks like his reach out in both a spiritual and practical sense for the unemployed, the under-employed and those seeking to re-enter the work force.

"We offer review of rÃ©sumÃ©s ... the opportunity to meet with department leaders or heads of companies ... discuss with them where individual career goals can go," he said. "We also have featured speakers who help with financial planning, retirement funds, health benefits and also interviewing techniques ... looking at different market shares."

Caroline Rittenhouse helps organize biweekly sessions. When she signed on, Rittenhouse was a stay-at-home mom looking to re-enter the work force. She's now employed and using her job skills in training and instructional design to help others find work.

"My motivation was seeing how tough the job market was and how many people across every industry, every income level, were feeling the job loss and the unemployment situation," Rittenhouse said.

She says networking opportunities, like those offered through St. Joseph's Career Community Network, are key, and houses of worship may offer a more comfortable environment. "There is something about going to a church," Rittenhouse said. "Personally, I feel like it's more welcoming."

Americans overwhelmingly support government funding for religious groups to provide social services like job training.

Nearly nine years after former President George W. Bush unveiled his faith-based initiative, 69 percent of Americans say they favor the idea, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Sixty-eight percent believe that people providing the services through houses of worship would be more caring and compassionate.

Mulroney not only supports the idea, she got involved a few months ago at St. Joseph's as both a volunteer and a job seeker.

"My last position, I was in for seven years and not really comfortable with networking, so I thought the church would be a great place to start ... and get contacts to possibly help me find employment," Mulroney said.

Since then, Mulroney has moved to Florida. She says she's taking the hope, faith and job skills St. Joseph's Career Community Network provided and will probably join another job networking group at a local church, in her ongoing search for a steady paycheck.

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(CNN) -- NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, accused of sexually assaulting a woman last summer, said Thursday that he is innocent.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says there is no merit to the accusation.

"Saturday was the first that I learned of her accusations," the Pittsburgh Steeler said, calling the accusation reckless, false and an attack on his family.

The woman filed a civil complaint against Roethlisberger last week.

"I would never, ever force myself on a woman," he said.

The complaint, filed Friday in the 2nd Judicial District Court in Washoe County, Nevada, alleges that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted the woman -- an executive casino host at Harrah's Lake Tahoe -- while he was staying at the resort for a celebrity golf tournament in July 2008.

Teresa Duffy of the Douglas County, Nevada, Sheriff's Department, said the department does not intend to open an investigation unless the alleged victim comes forward and tells authorities she wants them to.

Roethlisberger said that he would not discuss the "civil case in the media," but that he would fight to protect his family and his reputation.

Roethlisberger and eight Harrah's employees are named in the suit, which seeks at least $390,000, plus unspecified punitive damages, from the defendants.

Harrah's itself is not named as a defendant.

The woman said that the employees contributed to her emotional distress and that some defamed her and tried to cover up the incident.

According to the complaint, on July 11, 2008, the woman was working on the 17th floor -- the same floor as Roethlisberger's room -- when Roethlisberger told her that his television and sound system were not working.

He asked her to try to fix it, the complaint said. When she entered his room and deemed that the television was working, she tried to leave, but Roethlisberger blocked her way, the complaint states.

He then, against her will, kissed her, groped her and sexually assaulted her, the complaint states.

The woman says that in the months following the incident, she incurred emotional distress that resulted in hospitalizations that included treatment for anxiety and depression, the complaint said.

Calvin Dunlap, the woman's attorney, said earlier this week that his client did not pursue criminal charges after the alleged assault because she felt discouraged when the resort's chief of security did not investigate the matter. According to the complaint, the chief told her she was "overreacting."

Dunlap said the chief has "close ties to law enforcement."

Of the eight employees, all but two are still employed by Harrah's, according to a spokeswoman for Harrah's Entertainment.

Marybel Batjer of Harrah's declined to comment on the suit, other than to say that the alleged victim still works at Harrah's Lake Tahoe as an executive casino host.

Another Harrah's Entertainment spokesman, Gary Thompson, said the company was "confident that a much different story will emerge and that the Harrah's employees will be dismissed from the lawsuit."

Roethlisberger's attorney, David Cornwell, released a statement saying the charges were false.

"The timing of a lawsuit and the absence of a criminal complaint and a criminal investigation are the most compelling evidence of the absence of any criminal conduct," he said.

CNN's Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Cuba will pardon more than 2,900 prisoners, the government said Friday, though U.S. subcontractor Alan Gross is not among those who will be freed.

The decision to release the prisoners follows "numerous requests" from their family members and religious institutions, and is a humanitarian gesture, said Cuban President Raul Castro.

Among those who might be freed are prisoners over the age of 60, along with those who are sick, female or young with no previous criminal record. With some exceptions, prisoners convicted of spying, terrorism, murder and drug trafficking will not be released.

Those who will be freed have already served a "important" part of their sentences and exhibited good behavior, according to an official statement published on the state-run website Cubadebate.

The jailed American, Gross, will not be among those pardoned, the Cuban Interests Section in Washington said.

Gross was jailed in December 2009, when he was working as a subcontractor on a U.S. Agency for International Development project aimed at spreading democracy. Castro has accused him of importing satellite equipment to connect dissidents to the Internet, and this year Cuba's highest court upheld the 15-year sentence imposed on Gross for committing crimes against the security of the state.

He has maintained his innocence and said he was trying to help connect the Jewish community to the Internet.

Castro, speaking to the National Assembly, said that 86 prisoners from 25 countries would be among those released in coming days.

He cited the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI as one of the motivations behind the move, which he said showed the "generosity and strength of the revolution."

The pope has said he plans to visit Mexico and Cuba before Easter.

In 2010, Castro agreed to free prisoners arrested during the 2003 crackdown on political dissidents. The Caribbean nation has released many of them, as well as other prisoners jailed for "counterrevolutionary" activities, ranging from hijacking to arson.

CNN's Willie Lora contributed to this report.

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(CNN)  -- Inspectors have found "nothing unusual" in the rest of Southwest Airlines' fleet of 737-300s after a football-sized hole in one of the jets forced an emergency landing, an airline spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The breach in the aircraft's fuselage caused a loss of cabin pressure. No passengers were injured.

The airline inspected its roughly 200 Boeing 737-300s overnight following the incident that forced Southwest Flight 2294 to make an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia.

A sudden drop in cabin pressure caused the jet's oxygen masks to deploy, but there were no injuries among the 126 passengers or the five-member crew.

Marilee McInnis, a Southwest spokeswoman, said the jets were inspected during non-operational hours overnight, and the cause of the incident remained unknown Tuesday morning. The airline is working closely with the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the matter, she said.

Flight 2294 was at 34,000 feet, en route from Nashville, Tennessee, to Baltimore, Maryland, when the incident happened, McInnis said.  See map of flight path Â»

"About 45 minutes into the flight, there was a loud pop. No one really knew what it was," passenger Steve Hall told CNN Radio.  Watch as passenger describes watching the hole form Â»

The plane landed in Charleston at 5:10 p.m. after the crew reported the sudden drop in cabin pressure, which caused the jet's oxygen masks to deploy.

"We were seated about two rows back from the wing, and four rows back you heard this loud rush and your ears popped, and you could tell that part of the inside was trying to pull out," passenger Sheryl Bryant told CNN affiliate WBAL-TV upon arriving in Baltimore aboard a replacement plane.

"And it was crazy -- the oxygen masks dropped," she continued. She put her mask on her face, then helped her 4- and 6-year-old children with theirs, she said.

Bryant tried to stay calm and reassure her children, she said.  Watch Bryant's account of acting brave Â»

"My kids and I, we prayed, and then we said, you know, life will be fine," she said.

Bryant praised the flight crew and ground personnel for keeping passengers informed and for giving clear instructions.

"We have a tremendous talent represented in the pilots and the flight crew," another passenger, Pastor Alvin Kibble, told WBAL-TV. "I think we need to value them far more than perhaps what we do. It's very easy for us to begin to take things for granted."

The damaged aircraft was still parked at Charleston's Yeager Airport on Tuesday, when NTSB officials arrived to inspect the plane, airport spokesman Brian Belcher said. A complete inspection could take one to two days, and investigators are expected to interview the passengers and crew as well, he said.

The airline is "doing things" for the affected passengers on Monday's flight, but McInnis would not say whether they would receive refunds.

Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident, FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker said.

"There is no responsible way to speculate as to a cause at this point," Southwest said in a statement Monday night.

"We have safety procedures in place, and they were followed in this instance to get all passengers and crew safely on the ground," the airline said. "Reports we have are that our passengers were calm and that our pilots and flight attendants did a great job getting the aircraft on the ground safely."

CNN's Shawn Nottingham and Stephanie Gallman contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The disabled young son of UK opposition leader David Cameron has died.

David Cameron leaves the family home after the death of his 6-year-old son on February 25.

Ivan Cameron, six, passed away early Wednesday, the UK's Press Association reported a Conservative Party spokesman as saying.  "It is with great sadness that David and Samantha Cameron must confirm the death of their six-year-old son Ivan," the spokesman said according to the agency.  The spokesman said that Ivan, who suffered from cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, was taken ill overnight and died at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, central London early Wednesday morning.  "David and Samantha would ask that their privacy is respected at this terribly difficult time," the spokesman added.

Meanwhile, the queen sent a private message of sympathy to the Camerons, Buckingham Palace said.

Prime minister Gordon Brown said the "thoughts and prayers of the whole country" would be with the Conservative leader and his family, The Guardian newspaper reported, while prime minister's question time -- which offers Cameron a weekly opportunity to grill Brown in parliament -- was cancelled at Brown's suggestion.

The prime minister, together with other senior British politicians, instead offered their condolences in the parliament chamber. "I know that the whole house will want to express their sorrow at the death of Ivan Cameron," Brown told lawmakers, according to The Guardian.

"He brought joy to all those around him. Every child is precious and irreplaceable. The death of a child is an unbearable sorrow no parents should have to endure."

Brown and his wife Sarah lost their first child, Jennifer Jane, in 2001 after she was born prematurely and died 10 days later. They have two sons, John and Fraser, who suffers from cystic fibrosis.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon is portraying India as a major customer for U.S. military equipment, worth an estimated $6 billion in the past decade, even as U.S. companies are shut out of a multibillion dollar bid for fighter jets that India is starting this week.

In the newest edition of a congressionally mandated report, the Defense Department signaled that it was hoping to interest India in its top-of-the-line and most expensive weapon, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, still being tested.

Arms sales, as well as more frequent military exercises and exchanges, are seen as an important ways to cement ties between the two countries.

But India doesn't always buy American. Recently, India considered and then rejected a major purchase of U.S. F-16 and F-18 fighters, a expensive setback for U.S. arms sales and the U.S. aviation industry. That deal -- now between the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon -- is a reminder of the vast sums in play.

"With a potential contract price of US$9 billion to US$14 billion, this is the single biggest competition in the global defence aviation industry at the moment and offers both bidders a much-needed opportunity in a major market," said James Hardy, Asia Pacific Editor at IHS Jane's Defence Weekly said in a statement.

Arms sales, as well as more frequent military exercises and exchanges, are seen as an important ways to cement ties between the two countries.

The Defense Department downplayed any suggestion that arms sales and other contacts could backfire and that next-door Pakistan may feel new pressure both in its already-strained relationship with Washington and with its historical enemy, India.

"It's important that none of us think about relationships in this region as a zero-sum game," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Scher at the Pentagon. "We have valuable relationships with Pakistan and valuable relationships with India and these things can co-exist."

Scher signaled that he hoped the relationship, and the arms sales would continue to grow.

"I think there is a great potential to do much more," Scher said in a briefing at the Pentagon. "India sees the U.S. as a reliable defense supplier and we have been able to provide some top-of-the-line equipment. Is there some potential for more? Certainly there is. That is for the government of India to decide"

Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation, a long-time observer of U.S. and Indian affairs, said the report should be a catalyst to deepen defense ties and possibly lead to a loosening of present export and licensing controls.

"The Defense Department offer to provide India with information on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter sends a clear signal that the U.S. considers India one of its most important future defense partners and is willing to consider co-production of some of its most sophisticated defense technology," Curtis told CNN.

The Pentagon's government-to-government program of foreign military sales to India have included C-17 and C-130 aircraft, radar systems, Harpoon weapons and specialized tactical equipment.

Any consideration of India's role in the region must include China and U.S. concerns about the Chinese modernization of its armed services especially its navy.

"The attention given to maritime security cooperation in the report should be seen in light of a series of maritime incidents in which Chinese naval vessels have challenged other countries' naval vessels in the South China Sea," Curtis said.

"It is clear that the U.S. views India as a leader in helping to maintain freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean region and will likely look for ways to enhance India's involvement in maritime security endeavors throughout the Indo-Pacific in the future."

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Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18 -- 28) Since the Oscars are a closed shop to the general public, turning up in L.A. for the biggest night in the movie calendar -- unless you happen to be on the guest list -- is pretty much a non-starter.

Don't miss the Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach competition on Venice Beach

If you're a film buff much better instead to hit town for the annual film festival, where you can delight at over 100 features, as well as star-studded premieres, seminars with industry bigwigs and outdoor screenings.

Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach Competition (July 4) It may not seem the obvious way to celebrate America's emancipation from British colonial rule, but the annual Independence Day competition on Venice Beach is definitely a spectacle, and a unique slice of Americana to boot. Now in its 75th year, the event features bikini-clad women contestants as well as a plethora of Arnie Schwarzenegger wannabes all hoping to be crowned the golden couple of muscle.

The Long Beach Jazz Festival (August 7 -- 9) What nicer way to enjoy a warm summer evening in the city than with the crash of the Pacific sounding on one side and melodious jazz on the other. The only jazz festival in Southern California, the Long Beach event is beautifully located on a grassy knoll overlooking a long sweep of lagoon. The festival begins at 5pm on the Friday and runs all weekend and features some of the top jazz artists of the year.

New Year's Eve Partying If it's a New Year burnout you're after, they don't come any bigger than Giant Maximus, which claims to be the biggest end of year party in the world aimed at over-21s (the age limit for drinking alcohol in the U.S., obviously). Spread over a seven-acre site in the downtown, the event includes top DJs, acrobats, a psychedelic circus and a giant ferris wheel. In all 10,000 revelers gather under three air-conditioned big tops to usher in the next year surrounded by skyscrapers.

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SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- Dust off every disaster plan from Washington to San Diego, scrutinize them to your heart's content, and it's still unlikely you'll find mention of the emergency services provided by Shary Shores.

Eric Campbell of Palomar Mountain became a reluctant tailgater at Qualcomm Stadium with his two cockatiels.

Shores, a volunteer registrar at San Diego's evacuee shelter, has appointed herself the shelter's "hugger." Every person she signs in gets a warm, heartfelt hug.

Having lost her own home to foreclosure in March, Shores says she has empathy for the suddenly homeless. Her embraces may not be government-sanctioned, but they are appreciated.

"I can't tell you how many people say 'Thank you. ... I needed that,'" Shores said.

Welcome to Qualcomm Stadium, home of the San Diego Chargers and, for the time being, thousands of people who have fled the California wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,600 homes and burned some 679 square miles.

Some 76,000 people stayed in 42 San Diego County shelters Wednesday night, county emergency spokeswoman Lynda Pfieffer said. Those numbers were dropping as residents were allowed to return home.

Qualcomm Stadium housed 11,000 evacuees at the peak of the disaster, but that number dropped to 5,000 Wednesday morning.

Those staying in shelters represented only a small fraction of the nearly 1 million evacuees.

"We believe many people are staying with family and friends or going to hotels," said Red Cross spokeswoman Jeanne Ellinport in Washington.

Conceived on paper as a safe -- if uncomfortable -- refuge for thousands of people, Qualcomm Stadium has become in practice a wonderland of surprises.

Were it not for the absence of a Ferris wheel, the tent city just inside the stadium's gates could be mistaken for a county fair.  Watch volunteers make life easier at Qualcomm Â»

Stiltwalkers stroll around the grounds waving at gawking children. Food and drink are abundant. Signs hawk free massages, acupuncture treatments and spiritual aide.

Math tutors -- admittedly not a staple of county fairs -- are available free of cost.

"This is amazing, what's going on here," said Robert Norman, who sought shelter at Qualcomm with his wife and 1-year-old son. "They've made it very comfortable."

The real purpose of this midway, however, becomes apparent only at second glance.

At a booth where one might expect to buy cotton candy, a volunteer pharmacist dispenses aspirin and antacid. Other tents are labeled "Safeco Insurance" and "All State." Catholic Charities has erected a tent, as has a local politician.

And, in a cold slap of reality, there is a drab tent where evacuees can privately read the list of homes that have been destroyed.

The cost of homes destroyed by the wildfires is likely to top $1 billion in San Diego County alone, an emergency official said.  Watch how valiant efforts sometimes fall short Â»

The outpouring of help has been so massive that some volunteers are being turned away, and donated food and water is being stored in tents in the far reaches of the stadium's parking lot.

"If you need kosher food, we've got it!," exclaims Phillip Dewitt, a defense department contractor who is volunteering at the site. On Tuesday, volunteer teachers outnumbered kids three to one, said Edwin Lohr, another volunteer.

Anitra Means showed up to volunteer on Tuesday and found herself managing one of several food banks that seemed to spontaneously appear on the midway's fringes.

She doesn't know who organized the food bank, whether it be a city, state, federal government or a private enterprise, nor does she seem to care. Her one concern is that pallets of donated soup and pudding are appearing quicker then they are disappearing, she said, leaving her to wonder if food will be left over.

Meanwhile, nearly 400 Red Cross volunteers from across the country were to arrive in the San Diego area Wednesday, said Red Cross worker John Degnan, who came in from Massachusetts.

Also, 75 emergency response vehicles were coming to the region to deliver meals and other supplies to shelters.

Disaster experts say planners sometimes focus on the negative consequences of disasters, such as public panic or rioting, which are rare. And planners rarely focus on the more likely consequences of disaster -- massive outpourings of help.

But whether by accident or design, San Diego is offering emergency planners a lesson in harnessing volunteerism. E-mail to a friend

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text: it

text: 's

text: still

text: unlikely

text: you

text: 'll

text: find

text: mention

text: of

text: the

text: emergency

text: services

text: provided

text: by

text: Shary

text: Shores

text: Eric

text: Campbell

text: of

text: Palomar

text: Mountain

text: became

text: a

text: reluctant

text: tailgater

text: at

text: Qualcomm

text: Stadium

text: with

text: his

text: two

text: cockatiels

text: Shores

text: a

text: volunteer

text: registrar

text: at

text: San

text: Diego

text: 's

text: evacuee

text: shelter

text: has

text: appointed

text: herself

text: the

text: shelter

text: 's

text: hugger

text: Every

text: person

text: she

text: signs

text: in

text: gets

text: a

text: warm

text: heartfelt

text: hug

text: Having

text: lost

text: her

text: own

text: home

text: to

text: foreclosure

text: in

text: March

text: Shores

text: says

text: she

text: has

text: empathy

text: for

text: the

text: suddenly

text: homeless

text: Her

text: embraces

text: may

text: not

text: be

text: government

text: sanctioned

text: but

text: they

text: are

text: appreciated

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: tell

text: you

text: how

text: many

text: people

text: say

text: Thank

text: you

text: I

text: needed

text: that

text: Shores

text: said

text: Welcome

text: to

text: Qualcomm

text: Stadium

text: home

text: of

text: the

text: San

text: Diego

text: Chargers

text: and

text: for

text: the

text: time

text: being

text: thousands

text: of

text: people

text: who

text: have

text: fled

text: the

text: California

text: wildfires

text: that

text: destroyed

text: nearly

text: homes

text: and

text: burned

text: some

text: square

text: miles

text: Some

text: people

text: stayed

text: in

text: San

text: Diego

text: County

text: shelters

text: Wednesday

text: night

text: county

text: emergency

text: spokeswoman

text: Lynda

text: Pfieffer

text: said

text: Those

text: numbers

text: were

text: dropping

text: as

text: residents

text: were

text: allowed

text: to

text: return

text: home

text: Qualcomm

text: Stadium

text: housed

text: evacuees

text: at

text: the

text: peak

text: of

text: the

text: disaster

text: but

text: that

text: number

text: dropped

text: to

text: Wednesday

text: morning

text: Those

text: staying

text: in

text: shelters

text: represented

text: only

text: a

text: small

text: fraction

text: of

text: the

text: nearly

text: million

text: evacuees

text: We

text: believe

text: many

text: people

text: are

text: staying

text: with

text: family

text: and

text: friends

text: or

text: going

text: to

text: hotels

text: said

text: Red

text: Cross

text: spokeswoman

text: Jeanne

text: Ellinport

text: in

text: Washington

text: Conceived

text: on

text: paper

text: as

text: a

text: safe

text: if

text: uncomfortable

text: refuge

text: for

text: thousands

text: of

text: people

text: Qualcomm

text: Stadium

text: has

text: become

text: in

text: practice

text: a

text: wonderland

text: of

text: surprises

text: Were

text: it

text: not

text: for

text: the

text: absence

text: of

text: a

text: Ferris

text: wheel

text: the

text: tent

text: city

text: just

text: inside

text: the

text: stadium

text: 's

text: gates

text: could

text: be

text: mistaken

text: for

text: a

text: county

text: fair

text: Watch

text: volunteers

text: make

text: life

text: easier

text: at

text: Qualcomm

text: Â

text: Stiltwalkers

text: stroll

text: around

text: the

text: grounds

text: waving

text: at

text: gawking

text: children

text: Food

text: and

text: drink

text: are

text: abundant

text: Signs

text: hawk

text: free

text: massages

text: acupuncture

text: treatments

text: and

text: spiritual

text: aide

text: Math

text: tutors

text: admittedly

text: not

text: a

text: staple

text: of

text: county

text: fairs

text: are

text: available

text: free

text: of

text: cost

text: This

text: is

text: amazing

text: what

text: 's

text: going

text: on

text: here

text: said

text: Robert

text: Norman

text: who

text: sought

text: shelter

text: at

text: Qualcomm

text: with

text: his

text: wife

text: and

text: old

text: son

text: They

text: 've

text: made

text: it

text: very

text: comfortable

text: The

text: real

text: purpose

text: of

text: this

text: midway

text: however

text: becomes

text: apparent

text: only

text: at

text: second

text: glance

text: At

text: a

text: booth

text: where

text: one

text: might

text: expect

text: to

text: buy

text: cotton

text: candy

text: a

text: volunteer

text: pharmacist

text: dispenses

text: aspirin

text: and

text: antacid

text: Other

text: tents

text: are

text: labeled

text: Safeco

text: Insurance

text: and

text: All

text: State

text: Catholic

text: Charities

text: has

text: erected

text: a

text: tent

text: as

text: has

text: a

text: local

text: politician

text: And

text: in

text: a

text: cold

text: slap

text: of

text: reality

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: drab

text: tent

text: where

text: evacuees

text: can

text: privately

text: read

text: the

text: list

text: of

text: homes

text: that

text: have

text: been

text: destroyed

text: The

text: cost

text: of

text: homes

text: destroyed

text: by

text: the

text: wildfires

text: is

text: likely

text: to

text: top

text: billion

text: in

text: San

text: Diego

text: County

text: alone

text: an

text: emergency

text: official

text: said

text: Watch

text: how

text: valiant

text: efforts

text: sometimes

text: fall

text: short

text: Â

text: The

text: outpouring

text: of

text: help

text: has

text: been

text: so

text: massive

text: that

text: some

text: volunteers

text: are

text: being

text: turned

text: away

text: and

text: donated

text: food

text: and

text: water

text: is

text: being

text: stored

text: in

text: tents

text: in

text: the

text: far

text: reaches

text: of

text: the

text: stadium

text: 's

text: parking

text: lot

text: If

text: you

text: need

text: kosher

text: food

text: we

text: 've

text: got

text: it

text: exclaims

text: Phillip

text: Dewitt

text: a

text: defense

text: department

text: contractor

text: who

text: is

text: volunteering

text: at

text: the

text: site

text: On

text: Tuesday

text: volunteer

text: teachers

text: outnumbered

text: kids

text: three

text: to

text: one

text: said

text: Edwin

text: Lohr

text: another

text: volunteer

text: Anitra

text: Means

text: showed

text: up

text: to

text: volunteer

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: and

text: found

text: herself

text: managing

text: one

text: of

text: several

text: food

text: banks

text: that

text: seemed

text: to

text: spontaneously

text: appear

text: on

text: the

text: midway

text: 's

text: fringes

text: She

text: does

text: n't

text: know

text: who

text: organized

text: the

text: food

text: bank

text: whether

text: it

text: be

text: a

text: city

text: state

text: federal

text: government

text: or

text: a

text: private

text: enterprise

text: nor

text: does

text: she

text: seem

text: to

text: care

text: Her

text: one

text: concern

text: is

text: that

text: pallets

text: of

text: donated

text: soup

text: and

text: pudding

text: are

text: appearing

text: quicker

text: then

text: they

text: are

text: disappearing

text: she

text: said

text: leaving

text: her

text: to

text: wonder

text: if

text: food

text: will

text: be

text: left

text: over

text: Meanwhile

text: nearly

text: Red

text: Cross

text: volunteers

text: from

text: across

text: the

text: country

text: were

text: to

text: arrive

text: in

text: the

text: San

text: Diego

text: area

text: Wednesday

text: said

text: Red

text: Cross

text: worker

text: John

text: Degnan

text: who

text: came

text: in

text: from

text: Massachusetts

text: Also

text: emergency

text: response

text: vehicles

text: were

text: coming

text: to

text: the

text: region

text: to

text: deliver

text: meals

text: and

text: other

text: supplies

text: to

text: shelters

text: Disaster

text: experts

text: say

text: planners

text: sometimes

text: focus

text: on

text: the

text: negative

text: consequences

text: of

text: disasters

text: such

text: as

text: public

text: panic

text: or

text: rioting

text: which

text: are

text: rare

text: And

text: planners

text: rarely

text: focus

text: on

text: the

text: more

text: likely

text: consequences

text: of

text: disaster

text: massive

text: outpourings

text: of

text: help

text: But

text: whether

text: by

text: accident

text: or

text: design

text: San

text: Diego

text: is

text: offering

text: emergency

text: planners

text: a

text: lesson

text: in

text: harnessing

text: volunteerism

text: E

text: mail

text: to

text: a

text: friend

question: Which stadium has become a wonderland of surprises?

answer: Qualcomm

text: Qualcomm

question: Volunteer registrar Shary Shores has appointed herself as what?

answer: the shelter's "hugger."

text: the shelter's "hugger."

question: Tent contains what list?

answer: of homes that have been destroyed.

text: of homes that have been destroyed.

question: What is a wonderland of surprises?

answer: Qualcomm Stadium

text: Qualcomm Stadium

question: What has Qualcomm stadium become?

answer: a wonderland of surprises.

text: a wonderland of surprises.

question: What does tent allow evacuees to do?

answer: privately read the list of homes that have been destroyed.

text: privately read the list of homes that have been destroyed.

question: What did Shores appoint herself?

answer: "hugger."

text: "hugger."

question: Who has appointed herself the shelter's "hugger"?

answer: Shores, a volunteer registrar at San Diego's evacuee

text: Shores, a volunteer registrar at San Diego's evacuee