Bag Lady Bonanza

The Los Angeles Catholic Worker, which operates a soup kitchen for the homeless in Los Angeles, Calif., received a special $10,000 donation. Not for food to feed the hungry; not for medical care; not for shelters; not for job training. No, it was earmarked for 100 loaner shopping carts. Homeless people who take the sturdy wheeled carts from supermarkets are committing theft, so the new $100 carts are being given to homeless people to keep their belongings in as they wander around town. “This one’s a Cadillac. I love it,” said one man taking his new wheels out for a test drive. (AP) ...When homelessness gets tough, the homeless go shopping.