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The typical college scholarship has a few entry requirements -- an application, an essay, maybe even an interview. But to win one of the culinary scholarships to Le Cordon Bleu, one of the world's premiere cooking schools, you'll have to cook to earn your tuition. Le Cordon Bleu gives away more...

Mike is an aspiring Web developer, but he and his family ended up homeless in San Francisco after he lost a job and an emergency loan from a relative fell through. Now living in temp housing with his wife and two kids, he's still looking for work nearly a year after his last job. Here's his story, the fourth in a DailyFinance series highlighting the economic downturn's often-unseen human toll.