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Hip-Hop Star Wyclef Jean Could Become Next President of Haiti
wpix.comAccording to Haiti's former Chamber of Deputies, Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques, singer Wyclef Jean is planning to run for president. A spokesperson for the the Grammy Award winner says Jean will announce his decision Thursday. Jean-Jacques told The Associated...Tags: Wyclef Jean, New York, Prince (music artist), Haiti
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Mother of Wal-Mart Trampled Employee Speaks Out
NEW YORK, N.Y. (WPIX) -- The mother of a security guard trampled to death by Black Friday shoppers at a Long Island Wal-Mart, is speaking out. It's been more than two months since Marie Telismond last saw her only son, Jdimytai Damour. It was November...Tags: Rosedale (Queens, New York), Long Island, Lawyers, SUNY Nassau Community College, Crime, Law and Justice
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Two Brooklyn Principals Adopting Children from Haiti
wpix.comTwo administrators at a Bedford-Stuyvestant school, hit hard by the Haiti earthquake disaster, are working toward adopting young children victimized by the tragedy. Assistant Principals, Henry Renelus and Regina Tottenham, both full time parents with...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Children, Brooklyn (New York City), Haiti, Disasters
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US Takes Charge In Haiti - With Troops, Rescue Aid
AP White House CorrespondentPresident Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid to try to keep order as well as rescue the suffering in a country dysfunctional in the best of times....Tags: U.S. Department of State, Health, Robert Gates, Air Transportation, Washington (U.S. state)
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Red Cross Says 3 Die in Haitian School Collapse
A Red Cross official says a school has collapsed in northern Haiti, killing three children.
Red Cross spokesman Pericles Jean-Baptiste says the children were in the school when a wall collapsed at about noon Monday in the city of Cap-Haitien, about 80...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Health and Safety at School, Education, Haiti
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'Hope For Haiti Now' Telethon Raises $57 Million, So Far
Though the all-star telethon was titled "Hope for Haiti Now," for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the quake-battered victims...Tags: Madonna, Gaming, George Clooney, VH1 (tv network), Coldplay (music group)
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Westchester Pastor Dies From Haiti Earthquake Injuries
wpix.comA Westchester reverend who initially survived the tragic Haiti earthquake died Sunday morning in a Florida hospital. Rev. Clinton Rabb, 60, died at North Breward Medical Center after reportedly spending 55 hours trapped under rubble in Haiti. Rabb...Tags: Florida, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, North Carolina, Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Haitian Woman Found Alive After 10 Days In Rubble
A sixty-nine year old Haitian woman has been pulled from the rubble 10 days after Haiti's killer earthquake, but a doctor treating her says she is in bad condition and may not survive.
Dr. Ernest Benjamin tells The Associated Press that "There is very...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Haiti
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NJ Church Group Returns Home After Haiti Aid Trip
Staff reporterMembers of a New Jersey church group who were in Haiti on a humanitarian mission when a massive earthquake struck the island nation this week have returned to the United States, recounting the horrors they experienced and thankful to be home. Relatives...Tags: Hackettstown, Florida, Health, Trips and Vacations, Charity
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Twitter Outage May Have Been Caused By Haiti Aftershock
wpix.comA temporary outage on microblogging website Twitter Wednesday morning may have been caused by a tidal wave of tweets responding to Haiti's strong 6.1-magnitude aftershock. The aftershock occurred at 6:03 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey,...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Facebook, Haiti, Earthquakes, Twitter, Inc.
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NY Rescue Team Find 2 Kids Alive In Haiti Rubble
Officials say a joint New York City Police-Fire rescue team in Haiti has pulled out two children alive from the rubble of a collapsed two-story building in Port-au-Prince.
Police spokesman Paul Browne says the 8-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl had been...Tags: Virginia, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Fire Department of New York, The Associated Press
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Ten Americans Arrested in Haiti for Child Trafficking
wpix.comTen Americans from the Idaho-based New Life Children's Refuge will appear in court Feb. 1 in Port-au-Prince after being arrested Friday, accused of attempting to illegally take 34 Haitian children out of Haiti. The aid workers were arrested 45 miles...Tags: Family, Employees, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Idaho, Labor Legislation
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