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    Nagging Questions As Ted Williams Saga Unfolds

    Why come to grips with a big, messy social problem like homelessness?So much easier — isn't it? — to shower job offers, cash payments and network-TV time on one homeless guy who happens to have a really nice voice?This is perfect: the low-cost, feel-good way of addressing America's nagging ills, just in time for the small-government Tea Party era in Congress.Pick a single poster boy for every national problem. Then lavish that lucky sucker with extravagant generosity.It won't do squat to solve homelessness or illiteracy or rotten schools or teenage pregnancy or drug addiction. But just think how good all of us will feel after the morning-TV interviews.No diss on Ted Williams, the Brooklyn-born panhandler in Columbus, Ohio, who's just been crowned Media Sensation of the Week. His local TV station did a segment on the homeless ex-radio announcer and his God-given pipes.Thank the stars he didn't have a cold that day! It all took off from there: the stories and the attaboys and the far-flu...

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    1. Homeless Ohio man's radio voice makes him web star

      Job prospects are rolling in for a homeless Ohio man with a golden radio voice who has quickly become an online sensation.The Columbus Dispatch reports video of Ted ...

    2. Homeless Ohio man with velvety voice back with mom

      A homeless man whose silky announcing voice has catapulted him to national fame reunited Thursday with his mother, recorded a commercial for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese ...

    3. Homeless radio voice sensation questioned by Los Angeles police after arguing with daughter

      Ted Williams, the Ohio homeless man whose smooth radio voice made him an Internet sensation, had to do some quick talking to Los Angeles police.Officers were called ...

    4. 'Golden Voiced' Internet Sensation Briefly Held by Los Angeles Police

      LOS ANGELES -- A homeless man whose smooth radio voice made him an Internet sensation had to do some quick talking to Los Angeles police.Officers were called when Te...

    5. Tent That Was Ted Williams' Former Home Fetches $355 on eBay

      LIMA, Ohio -- The tent in which Ted Williams , the golden-voiced homeless man who became an overnight media sensation, used to live sold for $355 Saturday in an onli...

    6. Ted Williams on His Fall From Radio

      Author Ted Williams on his struggle with addiction and how he was able to recover.

    7. 'X Factor' Recap: Paula Abdul Sees Ghosts, Homeless Rocker Gets Second Chance

      Other than a homeless rocker, a gorgeous female rugby coach and a rare male soprano, the second night of “The X Factor” left us wondering if all the talent has alrea...

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    9. Ted Williams Enters Rehab for Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Report Claims

      Ted Williams , the "golden-voiced" homeless man who became a media darling, is entering rehab for drug and alcohol abuse, People magazine reported Wednesday.TV psych...

    10. Drew Carey Wants to See Musical 'Hairspray' Performed With Jews and Muslims in Middle East

      The widely musical “Hairspray” – based on the classic John Waters film – not only doo-wops a story of big dreams, big voices and big hair. Its also a social commenta...

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    1. The Psychology of Ted Williams : A Gift From God

      By now, much of America is familiar with Ted Williams, 53, an Ohio panhandler whose life was shattered by addiction.Before descending to the streets, Williams had wo...

    2. Ted Williams Not Equipped to Deal With Pressures of Instant Fame, Experts Say

      Ted Williams' journey from homelessness to the “Today Show” made the man with the golden voice a media darling last week. But when the dust settles, what will likely...

    3. Golden-voiced homeless man headed to rehab after interview with Dr. Phil

      An Ohio homeless man whose silky voice made him a web phenomenon is headed to rehab for alcohol and drug dependency after an appearance on " Dr. Phil ."Show represen...

    4. Homeless Ohio man with golden radio voice reunites with mother in NYC after launch to fame

      A homeless man whose silky announcing voice has catapulted him to national fame reunited Thursday with his mother, recorded a commercial for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese ...

    5. Cavaliers Offer Homeless Radio Man Job, Home

      The Cleveland Cavaliers have offered a job and a house to a homeless man with a golden radio voice.Ted Williams, whose deep baritone and plight have made him an onli...

    6. Network Booking War Delayed Reunion Between Ted Williams and Mother, Report Claims

      A booking war between NBC's "Today" and CBS's "The Early Show" delayed the reunion of "golden voice" Ted Williams with his 90-year-old mother, Julia. In a war for th...

    7. EXCLUSIVE: Ted Williams and Jack Nicholson Are Not Starring in a Movie Together . . . Yet

      EXCLUSIVE: It is the classic rags-to-riches tale, a homeless man who wins over America with his charming voice one day, and then the next day scores a movie role opp...

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