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Clinton Gives US Support for Haiti's New President

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined Wednesday the daunting task awaiting Haiti's incoming president: 650,000 in camps, a rubble-strewn capital, a broken judicial system and the looming hurricane season. She said the U.S. will help the impoverished, earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation "all the...

Celebs Help Raise $375K for American Red Cross at Santa Monica Event

Stars lit up Los Angeles' Fairmont Miramar Hotel on Saturday night, when the American Red Cross of Santa Monica staged its Red Tie Affair. Betty White was honored at the event, and Fergie, Josh Duhamel, Paris Hilton and pop-punk heartthrob Pete Wentz were also in attendance. Thanks to a silent auction, an estimated...

Goodbye 'Sweet Micky'? Martelly Serious About Leading Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- On the Sunday night before the announcement of Haiti's preliminary election results, tensions ran high. The candidates faced a troubled electoral system, an impatient population, the never-ending sense that what can go wrong, will. At 9 p.m., hip-hop star Pras Michel took to Twitter: RT...

Musician Martelly Elected Haiti's Next President; Now What?

Musician Michel Martelly was overwhelmingly elected the next president of Haiti, according to preliminary results announced today. Martelly received 67 percent of the votes to his opponent Mirlande Manigat's 32 percent. This percentage closely mirrored the results Martelly's campaign announced earlier in the week, based...

Closed on Mondays Opens Restaurant Doors to Nonprofits

Chef Aliza Miner found inspiration in a day off. Canele, the Los Angeles restaurant where she runs Sunday brunch, closes on Mondays -- leaving stoves unused and a dining room empty. Miner saw these shuttered Mondays as an opportunity to raise money for local nonprofits. ClosedonMondays.com Closed on Mondays...

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A Roof Collapses Amid Rough Weather At Cannes

US actor Sean Penn smokes a cigarette as he leaves after a photocall of 'Haiti: Carnival in Cannes,' an event to raise money for charities working in Haiti, at the 65th Cannes film festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes.

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Americans Jailed In Haiti: Jason William Petrie And Steven Parker Shaw Charged With Conspiracy

Two Americans jailed in Haiti were charged with conspiracy for participating in a street march that pressed for the return of the country's disbanded army, a Haitian government official said Sunday.

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Can Social Networks Cure Disease? Part I

Last month I gave a talk at TEDMED on how social networks may be an unexpected solution to our heath care crisis.

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Debra Devi: I'm a Slave 4 That Voodoo That U Do

Blissed-out, ecstatic union with our divine selves -- we seek it at raves and rock concerts, and in the desert with the Burning Man. I try to get there when I'm jamming with my band -- but I didn't realize until I wrote The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu how much this longing relates to West African...

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St. Damien's: A Mother's Story

I am expecting my second child this August so quite naturally my thoughts are nearly constantly on the growing miracle in my belly.

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05/29/12 Actor makes second home in Haiti Source: South Florida Times - Fort Lauderdale FL But the actor who stormed onto the scene of one of the worst natural disasters in history has certainly not lost interest.
05/29/12 Southern Virginia energy saving company's first... Source: CBS - WDBJ 7 - Roanoke VA Companies in many of our hometowns are continuing to help Haiti rebuild more than two years after an earthquake killed hundreds of thousands of people and left thousands more homeless.
05/29/12 Local man in Haiti jail, family worries Source: WBNS - 10 TV Ohio News Now - Columbus OH A man was jailed in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, charged with conspiracy, as his family in northeast Ohio worries about his health and safety.
05/29/12 Our (honorary) man in Haiti Source: Helsingin Sanomat - Finland Some days after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Gregory Mevs showed former US President Bill Clinton his ruined hometown, Port-au-Prince.
05/29/12 Cholera cases increase in Haiti due to rainy weather Source: Radio Jamaica The beginning of the rainy season in Haiti has seen an increase in the numbers of people sickened and killed by cholera.

Background on Haiti

Haiti ( ; Haitian Creole Ayiti ), officially the Republic of Haiti (; ), is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.

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