Like many of the other Nickelodeons -- as the people who share this church parking lot call themselves -- Bruce Beavers never expected to be homeless.

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He left the hospital after this visit to the sound of the call to prayer echoing through the parking.

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Deputies responded to a call of six men fighting over a parking space at a recording studio, according to witnesses.

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North Somerset Council threw out an attempt by the Lib Dems to "call in" plans for residents' parking permits - which would have forced further debate.

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Japanese truck drivers, in fact, have been mobile-phone trendsetters, relying on the phones to call headquarters instead of searching for big-rig parking spaces next to public telephones.

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Disability groups have formed what they call the "baywatch campaign" with the aim of stopping people they describe as lazy and selfish abusing parking bays reserved for disabled customers.

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