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1. New Jersey hospitals would lose $25 million under mid-year budget cuts
(Opinion/Commentary)

... babies. They've been there this fall as New Jersey confronted a flu pandemic, and they are on call right now to care for seriously injured evacuees of earthquake-shattered Haiti. In the spirit of shared ...

2. President Obama’s $3.8-trillion budget increases aid for U.S. efforts abroad
(U.S./Nation)

... in 2011. In her remarks in introducing the proposed budget, Clinton stressed that the Department had not had time to include estimates for spending on Haiti in the wake of last month's devastating earthquake. ...

3. New Jersey native John Travolta flies his Boeing 707 plane to Haiti and brings supplies and help
(World/International)

BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Actor and Englewood, N.J., native, John Travolta has joined the list of celebs banning together to bring relief aid to earthquake battered Haiti. Travolta, a ...

4. How to survive a disaster – natural or man-made – in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... can prevent a disaster from becoming a catastrophe. "The aftermath of the Haiti earthquake is an example of immeasurable human suffering. However, for those of us who live in the Delaware Valley, a disaster ...

5. International military removed from locals during relief efforts in Haiti
(World/International)

... fell during the 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12. "They have made many promises, but we don't see the action yet," Salam said, referring to the international community. "We have a lot of people ...

6. Visiting armed forces establish their presence to help with Haiti’s recovery
(World/International)

BY MARGUERITE A. SUOZZI IPS NEWS AGENCY UNITED NATIONS — As international attention turns to the long-term reconstruction of earthquake-stricken Haiti, U.N. officials pledged that the Haitian government ...

7. Hatians relieved to get temporary protected status in the U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... the Barack Obama administration will give temporary protected status to Haitians who came to the United States before the devastating earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12. But he made it clear that he and ...

8. Officials worry Haiti’s earthquake orphans at risk of trafficking or abuse through adoption
(World/International)

... since the Jan. 12 earthquake. The organization's executive director Ann Veneman said in a statement that every possible effort should be made to reunite children with their families. "Only if that ...

9. New Jersey government attempting to coordinate state's response to Haitian relief
(World/International)

... following the earthquake. McGuire and Newark airport have been the recipients of passengers from Haiti. The Department of Human Services is staffing a 24-hour support center, coordinating air, rail ...

10. The New Jersey public library — A lifetime experience that keeps growing
(Life/Style)

... hard core news stories about the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, to the secret life of Tiger Woods, to Viagra commercials and the latest American Idol to permeate our brain. If nothing grabs us, we simply ...

11. Samuel Dalembert seeking donations for his native Haiti
(Sports/Professional)

...  Dalembert, a native of Haiti, has become the most notable spokesman of any professional athlete in raising money for his homeland after a devastating earthquake razed the country. An earthquake which ...

12. More horror in Haiti: Haitians hit with a 5.9 aftershock
(World/International)

... after the initial monstrous 7.0 earthquake eight days ago. The aftershock has officials worried that already weakened structures, which have been serving as shelters for some, will completely topple. ...

13. Hope for Haiti with Navy hospital ship on the way
(World/International)

BY SUZANNE PRESTO USNS COMFORT The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort is heading to Haiti to help treat survivors of last week's devastating earthquake. The Comfort is, essentially, a floating hospital. ...

14. Islands like Maldives await disaster from climate change
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY THALIF DEEN IPS NEWS AGENCY UNITED NATIONS — The devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti last week has brought into sharp focus the threat of another natural disaster waiting to happen: a ...

15. Facebook, Twitter delivered when earthquake hit Haiti
(World/International)

BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE* IPS NEWS AGENCY PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — On Tuesday, Jan. 12, a small story from the Associated Press came across the wires that an earthquake had hit Haiti. Almost instantly, ...

16. Minor earthquakes were common in Haiti
(World/International)

... in Delmas. "I looked outside the window and saw a large cloud of dust and started to hear my children screaming." Louis is considered among the lucky, having survived an earthquake that killed tens of ...

17. ‘New Jersey Heroes’ in spotlight for inauguration
(N.J./State)

... for relief efforts in earthquake-stricken Haiti. A portion of the ticket proceeds will go to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Daytop-NewJersey and the National Guard State Family Readiness Council. ...

18. Ways to donate to Haiti Earthquake relief
(News/Hot topic)

The January 12 earthquake in Haiti was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake centered near the country's capital city of Port-au-Prince. It will take a massive effort from all the world's countries and citizens ...

19. Princeton produces video simulating earthquake in Haiti
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY KITTA MacPHERSON Princeton University Professor Jeroen Tromp has produced videos showing numerical simulations of seismic waves generated by the Haiti earthquake and radiating outward in concentric ...

20. United Nations, with 9,000 personnel in Haiti, devastated by earthquake
(World/International)

BY THALIF DEEN IPS NEWS AGENCY UNITED NATIONS — The major earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, causing death and destruction in the capital of Port-au-Prince, may also turn out to be a veritable disaster ...