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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A blunt science steers Kansas City's pursuit of its homeless.

Who is more likely to die?

That 62-year-old man out there bundled in a wheelchair, tending the nub of a cigarette in the late fall's first freezing winds, scored high on that rubric. He's an 11, The Kansas City Star (http://j.mp/2fCr47r ) reports.

So says a 20-page scoring system that some 30 agencies share in an attempt to number — and name — every one of the city's homeless.

Anything over 10 means you're in some serious peril.

Two outreach workers stride toward the man sitting among others huddled in blanke...