HAITI
Charity and the Little League World Series
A Little League team from Uganda is the first ever from Africa to reach the final tournament at Williamsport, Pennsylvania.For these boys, it's a whole new world: the crowds in the stands, the nationa...
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:57 AM
Haiti tax break debated
The House and Senate are making progress toward allowing Minnesotans who have donated to Haiti earthquake victims to get tax breaks on returns they file this year. “The Jan. 12 disaster happened...
Posted on 2/9/10 at 3:06 PM
Mountains beyond mountains
True stories can be far more compelling than any fiction, which explains why I quickly became engrossed a few years ago in reading "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, ...
Posted on 1/19/10 at 5:01 AM
Blessed and haunted
Just before I came to work this morning, I turned on one of the morning news programs while I was putting on my makeup. The segments that I happened to catch were the two stories that seem to be toppi...
Posted on 1/19/10 at 5:00 AM
Haiti relocating homeless, port repairs needed
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians are fleeing their quake-ravaged capital by the hundreds of thousands, aid officials said Friday, as their government promised to help nearly a half-million more move from squalid camps on curbsides and vacant lots into safer, cleaner tent cities.By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Writers , January 22, 2010
Bemidji nurse heading to Haiti
BEMIDJI - Registered nurse Dan Critchfield will soon be tending to patients in Haiti.By Laurie Swenson, Bemidji Pioneer , January 21, 2010
Simon Cowell to produce charity single for Haiti
LONDON (AP) — Simon Cowell is planning a charity single to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti.By Associated Press , January 21, 2010
MIssion to Haiti: Sheldon volunteers survive earthquake, return home
By Beth Rickers , January 21, 2010
Kids Against Hunger packs meals for Haiti
ALEXANDRIA - They came, they helped, they packaged and they boxed up nearly 45,000 meals that will be shipped to the people of Haiti.By Celeste Beam, Alexandria Echo Press , January 20, 2010
New 6.1-quake hits Haiti, people flee into streets
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country's capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.By MICHELLE FAUL and PAUL HAVEN,Associated Press Writers , January 20, 2010
Haitians fleeing capital in search of food, safety
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of Haiti quake victims are struggling to board buses to flee hunger and violence in the shattered capital, hoping that food will be easier to find in the countryside.By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU,Associated Press Writer , January 19, 2010
US, UN send more troops to help in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Scores of U.S. troops landed on the lawn of Haiti's shattered presidential palace Tuesday to the cheers of quake victims and the U.N. said it would throw more police and soldiers into the sluggish global effort to aid the devastated country.By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MIKE MELIA,Associated Press Writers , January 19, 2010
Column: Sometimes, the Earth is cruel
By Leonard Pitts , January 19, 2010
Whether by text, Internet or check, local Red Cross office encourages donations
January 19, 2010
Haitian expatriates gather in Fargo
FARGO, N.D. - Haitian expatriates gathered Sunday in Fargo, showing fellowship and support for each other and friends and relatives suffering in the aftermath of last week’s devastating earthquake in their homeland.By John Lamb, INFORUM , January 18, 2010
Minn. churches reach out to Haiti
FARMINGTON - At least two Farmington churches with ties to Haiti are making plans to help that country recover from the destruction caused by an earthquake earlier this week.By Nathan Hansen, The Farmington Independent , January 18, 2010
10,000 troops to be in Haiti, offshore by Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 10,000 U.S. troops will be in Haiti or off its shores by Monday to distribute aid and prevent potential rioting among desperate earthquake survivors, it was disclosed Friday, as President Obama promised long-term reconstruction help.By PAULINE JELINEK and ROBERT BURNS,Associated Press Writers , January 15, 2010
Struggle to aid Haitians as fears of unrest rise
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of U.S. troops touched down in earthquake-shattered Port-au-Prince overnight and were soon handing out food and water to stricken survivors, as relief groups struggled to deliver aid Friday and fears spread of unrest in Haiti's fourth day of desperation.By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MIKE MELIA,Associated Press Writers , January 15, 2010
Duluth pastor’s son dies in Haiti earthquake
DULUTH — The adult son of two Lutheran pastors has apparently perished under a Port-au-Prince mountainside building that collapsed during Tuesday’s Haitian earthquake.By John Myers and Brandon Stahl , January 15, 2010
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