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Homeless man gets job, house

Posted at 11:43 AM on January 5, 2011 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Economy

Updating the morning mention of Ted Williams, the former DJ turned homeless person: The Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team has hired him fulltime and, he says, given him a house.

Here's video of his appearance on an Ohio radio station this morning.

Comments (2)

Nice. One down, thousands to go.

Posted by John P. | January 5, 2011 12:18 PM

He has a voice, and he is a storyteller. How many other recovering alcoholics will get a second chance like this. Maybe by putting a story to the "homeless" people will think a little harder about that person on the corner who is living through hard times.

Posted by Joanna | January 5, 2011 12:39 PM

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