Disasters

January 27, 2010 5:01 PM

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.

by Tom Crann

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January 25, 2010 9:40 AM

ELCA hopes to recover seminarian's body in Haiti

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.

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January 24, 2010 5:12 PM

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.

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January 23, 2010 2:03 PM

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.

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January 23, 2010 11:32 AM

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.

by Jessica Mador

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January 21, 2010 6:16 AM

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.

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January 21, 2010 5:35 AM

Local artists do what they can for Haiti

Singers sing, comedians tell jokes, painters paint - all to raise money for crisis relief in Haiti.

by Marianne Combs

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January 21, 2010 3:00 AM

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.