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Today’s Deseret News has published an article on homelessness in the town of Vernal, a small northeast Utah town of less than 10,000. The focus is on families who are forced out of their homes due to rising rents and heating costs.

Yesterday, 125 cities across the nation held candlelight vigils to honor those who have died while homeless. In Utah there were 42 homeless people who died in 2005. Most suffered from chronic illnesses, according to the artilce, such as AIDS, diabetes, alcholosim, etc. Most causes of death were from complications of those illnesses and not exposure.
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