WORLD
Veteran spent most of WWII training: Gunner in training
SLAYTON — The year was 1943. Jim Meaden was in his senior year of high school at Slayton and working alongside his dad, Otto, in the family-owned Meaden Machine Works, when his draft notice arrived in the mail. He was told he would need to report for duty soon after graduation, but it wasn’t until he was interviewed by specialists at boot camp that he was assigned to the U.S. Navy.
By Julie Buntjer , February 05, 2010
Argentine president: Eat pork to spice your sex life
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s president thinks eating pig meat is really sexy.February 03, 2010
Canada's Wiarton Willie agrees with Punxsutawney Phil
WIARTON, Ont. — A mix of cheers and groans arose from a crowd gathered in Wiarton, Ont., as Canada’s best-known weather prognosticating groundhog solidified a unanimous prediction among three famous furry forecasters — six more weeks of winter.February 02, 2010
After two weeks buried beneath rubble, teen in stable condition 
She is amazing her doctors, a 16-year-old choir girl who came so close to dying but wouldn’t in the crumbled concrete graveyard of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More than two weeks after the earthquake destroyed her school — and just one day after she was lifted from the ruins — Darlene Etienne was eating yogurt, talking and regaining her strength Thursday.
By Vivian Sequera and Michelle Faul , January 29, 2010
Minn. college students awaiting evacuation in Peru
ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — A Gustavus Adolphus College official says a group of students and faculty awaiting evacuation from an area hit by mudslides in Peru could be airlifted today or Friday.
January 28, 2010
U.N.: Haiti government calls off search and rescue phase, humanitarian efforts being scaled up
Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the country's devastating earthquake over, the United Nations said Saturday.
January 23, 2010
New 6.1-quake hits Haiti, people flee into streets
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti today, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country's capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.
January 20, 2010
Haitians pray, cry for help in midst of ruins
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Prayers of thanksgiving and cries for help rose from Haiti’s huddled homeless Sunday, the sixth day of an epic humanitarian crisis that was straining the world’s ability to respond and igniting flare-ups of violence amid the rubble of Port-au-Prince.
By Michelle Faul and Jennifer Kay , January 18, 2010
Obama says US stands with Haiti, pledges $100M aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said today that "one of the largest relief efforts in our recent history" is moving toward Haiti as he continued to mobilize the U.S. response to the island's devastating earthquake.
January 14, 2010
White House adviser criticizes Pat Robertson's Haiti comments
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A White House official says evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson's comments that Haiti has been "cursed" don't express the spirit of the American people or the president.
January 14, 2010
Obama promises all-out relief effort in Haiti; U.S. troops put on standby
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are laying out a massive military response to the Haiti earthquake, saying that ships, helicopters, transport planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit are either on the way or likely to begin moving soon.
By Matthew Lee and Julie Pace , January 14, 2010
Haiti orphanage started by Prinsburg couple not damaged in quake
WILLMAR — The earthquake that struck Haiti caused no injuries or damage at an orphanage on the country’s north shore started by a Prinsburg couple and supported by families and churches in the west central area.
January 13, 2010
Minn. aid groups getting ready to help in Haiti
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota-based aid groups that work in Haiti say their people are safe, and they're getting ready to help in the earthquake relief effort.
January 13, 2010
Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital today after a powerful earthquake flattened the president's palace, hospitals, schools, the main prison and thousands of homes. Untold numbers were still trapped.
January 13, 2010
Fargo-Moorhead volunteers safe in Haiti
Two groups of Fargo-Moorhead volunteers in a Haiti village about 60 miles from the earthquake-stricken capital Port-Au-Prince were safe Tuesday.
By By Mila Koumpilova , January 13, 2010
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Waiting on the World to Change
John Mayer sings a song that resonates with my life as it is right now. The situation isn't exactly the same. I'm waiting on the world to change, but not necessarily the whole world. I don't have time to sit around waiting for the entire world to change. I am waiting for my w
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