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Town hosting medical supply drive for Haiti victims Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:34PMThe Town of Flower Mound is hosting a Help-for-Haiti Medical Supply Drive to collect basic first aid and emergency response items for those who suffered through the recent earthquakes.
MTA hearings on service cuts begin Monday in White Plains Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:33PMA round of hearings on cuts in mass transportation in the region — including Metro-North Railroad and New York City subways — begins Monday with a session in White Plains.
Around Frisco: Emergency preparedness clinic Saturday Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:31PMThe Frisco Texas Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be hosting its annual Emergency Preparedness Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at its meetinghouse, 10400 Legacy Drive.
Adult 'Getting Started' seminars set at MCC Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:30PMCRYSTAL LAKE – Adults who are interested in earning a degree to boost their career skills or change careers are invited to attend a “Getting Started” seminar at McHenry County College.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Aid cuts weigh on district Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:26PMDistrict officials said the announcement of cuts to school aid by Gov. Chris Christie will have a debilitating impact on the quality of education in South Brunswick.
'State of Catastrophe' After Chile Quake Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:25PMRIO DE JANEIRO -- A deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, ripping apart buildings, highways and bridges and leaving a path of smoky rubble across a long swath of this earthquake-tested country before sending waves rumbling across the Pacific Basin.
Search for survivors after quake kills over 300 in Chile Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:21PMRescue teams hunted for survivors Sunday after one of the largest earthquakes on record killed at least 300 people in Chile and sent giant waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean.
N.Korea may return to talks in March or April Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:18PMNorth Korea may return to nuclear disarmament talks in March or April, Yonhap news agency said Sunday, citing an unnamed senior South Korean government official.
Louisiana: Links, Jeffersons Plea; Villere, Melancon, Vitter, Landrieu on Health Care Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:14PMNews: Feb 26 @ 8:22 am
Marysville schools’ scores mandate change Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:14PMMarysville School District officials learn that low standardized test results at Tulalip Elementary School and Totem Middle School will require overhauls to get federal aid.
Recent California newspaper editorials Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:31PMFeb. 22
Bernanke sees low rates amid signs of weak rebound Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:31PMNew signs emerged Wednesday that the economic rebound is sputtering. Sales of new homes hit a record low last month. And mortgage giant Freddie Mac signaled it will need more federal aid -- and might never repay it.
Front Porch: Easter is on its way Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:31PMSubmit details about your community egg hunts, Easter Bunny sightings and more by 9 a.m. March 19 for the Herald’s annual Easter events calendar. Include times, dates, addresses, costs and contact information.
Rapamycin rescues learning, memory in Alzheimer's mouse model Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:31PMRapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may have another exciting use: fighting Alzheimer's disease.
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: 1930s Recordings Preserve Haiti's Cultural Wealth Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:29PMAt 21, Alan Lomax went to Haiti and recorded its citizens making music - songs about Voodoo, carnival politics, children's games and the first airplanes crisscrossing its Caribbean skies in the late 1930s. He preserved the sounds on aluminum discs for the Library of Congress, but they were largely forgotten for seven decades as they sat in the library's archives. Recently discovered, they were ...
Senate moves to increase sales tax to erase budget gap Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:28PMThat’s just one of many ways their budget proposes to boost state revenue.
Teens build bridges, from So Cal to Uganda Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:28PMTefillah, sports, study sessions and even a dance — the four-day youth convention on Nabugoye Hill in late January was almost like a typical United Synagogue Youth (USY) convention, according to the three Southland USYers who traveled to Uganda to help run the event.
Community Chest is behind in its annual campaign Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:26PMLocally, the Concord-Carlisle Community Chest’s annual fundraising campaign is well off pace to make its $650,000 target, needing another $77,000 to hit that mark by June. The shortfall comes in a year when the dozens of agencies the Community Chest serves have seen an explosion of need coupled with a shortage of state and federal funding.
Bay City schools lays out first plan to eliminate $7.3 million from budget Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:26PMAndrew Dodson | The Bay City TimesBay City Public Schools Interim Superintendent Douglas Newcombe announced that 87 confirmed retirements will help reduce $7.3 million from the district's 2010-11 budget.Bay City Public Schools officials hope to bank 87 retirements across the...
Afghan fighting eases Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:23PMAFP. MARJAH. Taliban resistance to a major US-led assault in southern Afghanistan has slowed, the military said yesterday, as civilians stream out of the area in search of food and supplies.
Opsreys To Haiti Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 6:02PMAn Osprey flew over Haiti this morning to take aerial surveys of the population and roadways. The goal is to figure out what the situation on the ground is in some of the areas that the U.S. military has not been to.
International community meets for Haiti talks Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 6:01PMU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Haiti's prime minister and foreign ministers from a host of nations meet in Montreal on Monday to try to improve relief efforts in the international community's first meeting since...
Baldacci balances talk of pain, hope Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 6:01PMAUGUSTA — Gov. John E. Baldacci tried to strike an optimistic tone during his final State of the State address Thursday night. He urged Mainers to look beyond the “great turmoil” of a downtrodden economy to the “great opportunities” in renewable energy advances.
Haiti's Earthquake Lays Waste To Weak Economy Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 5:59PMThe deadliest earthquake in more than 200 years not only flattened homes and stole hundreds of thousands of lives. It also collapsed an economy that was nearly in need of life support before the tragedy.
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Raptors win nailbiter against Lakers Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 5:55PMWith 1.2 seconds left in the game, Hedo Turkoglu nailed two clutch free throws to give Toronto a 106-105 win over the best team in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers.
150,000 Haiti quake victims buried, gov't says Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 5:53PMThe truckers filling Haiti's mass graves with bodies reported ever higher numbers: More than 150,000 quake victims have been buried by the government, an official said Sunday.
Women Who Visited Haiti Tell Their Story To Church In Eastern Carolina Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 5:53PMThree women who visited and helped people in Haiti spoke at the Greenville Christian Fellowship in Greenville Sunday morning.
Christmas Bombing Try Is Hailed by bin Laden Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 5:51PMOsama bin Laden spoke publicly for the first time about the botched airliner bombing, praising the attempt — but not explicitly taking credit for it — in an audiotape aimed at President Obama.
International leaders to meet in Canada to coordinate aid to Haiti earthquake victims Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 5:49PMMONTREAL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Haiti's prime minister and foreign ministers from a host of nations meet in Montreal on Monday to try to improve relief efforts in the international community's first meeting since Haiti's devastating earthquake.
Haitians mourn as rescuers find another in rubble Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:58PMHundreds gathered for the funeral of the archbishop of Haiti's stricken capital on Saturday, a rare formal ceremony that captured the collective mourning of a shattered nation where mass graves hold many of the dead.
Taliban kidnap Afghan district police chief Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:56PMTaliban militants attacked a police patrol in eastern Afghanistan early yesterday, capturing a district police chief and two other officers, police said.
Haitians Mourn As Rescuers Find Another In Rubble Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:54PMAs the U.N. said Haitian government declared an end to searches for living people trapped in the rubble, yet another survivor is reported.
Ottawa removes cap on matching donations for Haiti Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:51PMThe federal government has removed its cap on the dollar amount it will give to match Canadians' donations to the earthquake-ravaged country, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Saturday.
Aid for Haiti swelling across East Valley Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:50PMThe East Valley may seem far removed from the devastation in Haiti caused by an earthquake 12 days ago, but the tragedy has reached even here, where a small Haitian church mourns its dead and worries about the sick and injured.
Haiti government ends search and rescue operations Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:49PMHaiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase of the earthquake over, saying there is little hope of finding more people alive 11 days later
Solicitors drum up childhood-abuse cases with jail ads Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:43PMSOLICITORS are advertising in jails for prison inmates to make compensation claims for abuse against former carers and teachers. Some of the claims involve allegations stretching back decades.
Survivor found amid rubble in Haiti after 11 days Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:42PMA 24-year-old man was rescued from the rubble 11 days after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti.
2,000 Karens flee Myanmar raids Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 1:36PMMore than 2,000 ethnic Karen people have fled their villages in eastern Myanmar after deadly attacks by government troops in the past week, a humanitarian group said yesterday.
Aircraft carrier, more US troops arrive for Haiti relief; working to get aid to people Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:56AMHundreds of U.S. troops and an aircraft carrier have arrived for the Haiti relief effort, and the commander on the ground said Friday that food, water, medicine and other emergency relief supplies will be rushed to victims.
Fear, Looting As Haitians Grow Desperate Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:56AMU.N. and other aid organizations struggle to get food and water to stricken millions in Haiti, while fears spread of unrest among the Haitian people in their fourth day of desperation.
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rose in January (Update2) Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:56AMJan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers rose less than forecast in January, signaling a lack of hiring will restrain spending. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment increased to 72.8 from 72.5 in December.
MOFA explores Haiti aid delivery Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:56AMThe government is exploring various methods of delivering aid to Haiti such as using Air Force C-130 carriers, Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy Yang (楊進添) said yesterday, adding that rescue teams were still searching for the missing Taiwanese girl who was reportedly buried under rubble on Tuesday.
3rd night of torment Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:56AMPORT-AU-PRINCE - PICKING his way through the patchwork of moaning bodies lying on makeshift pavement beds the young man touches my arm. 'Please Miss, do you speak French? My father has just died, what should I do? Can you help?' A volunteer medic checks the pulse of the old man, who has lain here on a wooden door for two days, his broken foot wrapped in a blanket, and confirms he died a few ...
Retirement event held for director Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:55AMKaren Adams, Regional Executive Director of Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center will officially retire Feb. 1. A retirement reception was held Monday at the center.
Snyder man builds Web site to aid victims Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:54AMWhen the 7.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed much of Haiti’s capital city of Port-Au-Prince on Tuesday, Americans heard the cries of those who were left without homes, hospitals and churches.
U.S. war on militancy hits Pakistan economy-Zardari Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:54AMSource: Reuters (For full coverage of Pakistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) * Anti-militancy drive harms Pakistan's economy * Fate of Pakistan Taliban chief unclear * Strains in U.S.-Pakistani ties (Updates with ...
US copters ferrying water and supplies to aid effort at Haitian effort Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:54AMWASHINGTON - A military official says U.S. military helicopters are ferrying water and other humanitarian relief supplies from an American aircraft carrier to a relief effort under way at the Port-au-Prince airport in earthquake-shattered Haiti.
Cuba is Missing...From US Reports on the International Response to Haiti's Earthquake Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 7:53AMThere are only two US media outlets that have reported on Cuba’s response to the deadly 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti. One was Fox News, which claimed, wrongly, that the Cubans were absent from the list of neighboring Caribbean countries providing aid.
News briefs for Monday Sunday, January 10, 2010 @ 11:08PMVisclosky to host town forums