Disasters

Helping Haitians with day-to-day needs
After the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Minneapolis businessman Ashish Gadnis set up a Web site that actually collects things that will meet day-to-day needs of the earthquake survivors.
Officials of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America hope to persuade the U.S. Embassy in Haiti to work at recovering the body of a seminarian presumed killed in the earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince.
News Cut in New Orleans: A friendly rivalry
As the NFC Championship game approached, it wasn't hard to find New Orleans Saints fans embracing their Minnesota Vikings counterparts.
Haiti government calls off search and rescue
Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations announced Saturday.
Local Shriners join aid efforts to Haiti
Twin Cities Shriners Hospital is working with Minnesota-based relief organizations to arrange treatment for a number of Haitian children injured in the recent earthquake.
Haiti's mass graves swell; doctors fear more death
Workers are carving out mass graves on a hillside north of Haiti's capital, using earth-movers to bury 10,000 earthquake victims in a single day while relief workers warn the death toll could increase.
Aftershock drives more from Haitian capital
A frightening new aftershock Wednesday forced more earthquake survivors onto the capital's streets to live and sent others fleeing to the countryside, where aid was only beginning to reach wrecked towns.