Two stories for Tuesday

The Lives and Remnants of Others, by Inara Verzemnieks of the Oregonian. This three-part story is about a warehouse that collects people's old stuff, and then gives it to others in need.

Body Collector in Detroit Answers When Death Calls, by Charlie LeDuff (he's the guy who wrote the story about the homeless guy found frozen in ice in Detroit). This is part of a series LeDuff did, called American Album, which was about ordinary people around the country.

Fatal Distraction

Here is the Gene Weingarten piece that I talked about earlier this week.

Here is a Gangrey.com conversation that was sparked by this story.