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January 11, 2012 - 8:55 pm

Seventeen-year-old Michael McGrath and his parents had been living in a tent in a homeless emcampment on Owens Avenue near Interstate 15 when they were featured in an article in the Review-Journal. The family now lives in an apartment thanks to HELP of Southern Nevada. The Rancho High senior now has a place to do homework.

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