America Online, the world鈥檚 largest e-mail service provider, has come up with
a novel way to break the vicious circle that traps homeless people: they can鈥檛
get a job if they have no address and can鈥檛 afford a home if they have no job.
AOL is giving free e-mail accounts to 14 shelters run by the British charity for
the homeless Centrepoint. Each of the 200 residents will have a private e-mail
address for six months and they can use Centrepoint鈥檚 computers to send off job
applications.
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