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(July 15) -- Do-gooders nationwide are getting Bad Romance, live in concert, for their time.
Tonight, when Lady Gaga takes the stage at Indianapolis' Conseco Fieldhouse as part of her "Monster Ball" tour, the monster mélange will include fans such as Alicia Barnes, who received her tickets for free by volunteering to end youth homelessness.

As part of a partnership between Lady Gaga and The Re*Generation, Virgin Mobile’s philanthropic initiative, Barnes put together hygiene kits of toiletry essentials like shampoo, deodorant and soap for homeless youth in Indianapolis.

There is a reserve in Jason Rodriguez's chiseled face, a stony edge that serves as a wall. It keeps people from getting too close.

If anything can break through the wall, it's music - specifically rap music. Ask about his lyrics, and his handsome face breaks into a rare smile.

Though he now takes pleasure in making music, that pleasure is derived from pain, including from being homeless at times when he was growing up with his mom, who died when he was 6 or 7.

On Tuesday afternoon, lawyers from firms across Washington, DC gathered at Sidley Austin LLP for “Ending Homelessness through Pro Bono Work,” hosted by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty.

A merger between CrossRoads Youth and Family Services, a private-nonprofit organization, and Gulf Bend Center will help better reach the area's mental health community and split overhead costs between the two entities.

The reassignment was made in April but was not official by the state until June.

The merger comes at a good time for the youth and family services, which like most nonprofits is having trouble staying afloat in a down economy, said Stan Hamlyn, the organization's executive director.