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Haitians found at sea not screened for asylum, U.N. agency says
The U.S. and other countries have failed to properly screen Haitians found at sea to determine if they have “a credible fear” of violence and persecution, the U.N.'s refugee agency said Friday. Less than four weeks into the year, more than...
Tags: Social Issues, Dominica, Haiti, Hillary Clinton, Immigration
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Amy Wilentz revisits Haiti in 'Farewell, Fred Voodoo'
-------------------- Farewell, Fred Voodoo A Letter from Haiti Amy Wilentz Simon & Schuster: 352 pp., $27 -------------------- When an earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, killing thousands, Amy Wilentz tried to stay away. This wasn't easy for her to...Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Tuberculosis, Natural Disasters, Slavery, Sean Penn
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Lauren Seabrook
Email Lauren: lseabrook@kwch.com Like Lauren on Facebook: Lauren on Facebook Follow Lauen on Twitter: twitter.com/goseabrook Lauren Seabrook comes to KWCH from Topeka where she worked as Evening Anchor and Reporter for Kansas First News. She started...
Tags: HLN (tv network), Timothy McVeigh, CNN (tv network), FBI, Television Industry
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Our View: Helping others is American way
This has been a difficult year for Americans, but it has also been one that allowed us to shine in ways few of us could have imagined. In the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., much of the public discourse seemed to want to...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Human Interest, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Sandy Hook Elementary School
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The Latest: A sad 'Farewell,' a colorful trek
"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" By Amy Wilentz Simon & Schuster; 329 pages Fred Voodoo, we learn from Amy Wilentz's candid new book, is not a person but an epithet — the Haitian equivalent, more or less, of Joe Average. Wilentz spent years in Haiti as...Tags: New York Yankees, Sylvester Stallone, San Francisco Giants, Awards and Prizes, Haiti
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Rep. Raul Ruiz, an Rx for D.C.
You'd almost think that someone had stapled several resumes together and put them in Raul Ruiz's file: magna cum laude at UCLA; three graduate degrees from Harvard (a medical degree and masters in public policy and in public health); doctoring to poor...
Tags: Elections, World War II (1939-1945), Blindness, University of California, Riverside, Students
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Somber, subdued ceremonies mark Haitian quake anniversary
MEXICO CITY -- Three years after a ferocious earthquake devastated Haiti and killed more than a quarter of a million people, the impoverished nation remains a broken picture of halting recovery and persistent misery. In simple ceremonies Saturday in...
Tags: Haiti, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Natural Disasters
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Five questions with … Ellen Reich
Ellen Reich's business — run out of her Butcher's Hill rowhouse — has international reach. She's the proprietress (she loves that word) of Three Stone Steps, which sells metal art, recycled jewelry and other intriguing items made by...
Tags: Haiti, Baltimore County, Natural Disasters, Philippines, Trips and Vacations
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Scott Kraft named L.A. Times deputy managing editor
Readers' Representative JournalA memo to the newsroom from Editor Davan Maharaj and Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin: We're pleased to announce that Scott Kraft will become a deputy managing editor overseeing the front page, Column One and projects. Scott's experience and skills make........ -
Celebrities party for a good cause
Celebrity presence has always been an essential part of the game at Los Angeles charity events, but this fall organizers may have outdone themselves. Consider: George Clooney will be honored at the Carousel of Hope Ball. Leonardo DiCaprio is co-chairing...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Stana Katic, Human Interest, Sean Penn, George Clooney
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Professor's journey for a school is rich in life lessons
Special to the TribuneLaura Pincus Hartman stood before a congregation in a church just south of 75th Street, gazing at anticipatory faces. The pastor had just finished preaching an hour-long sermon from the Gospel of Mark about Jesus healing a woman. Hartman was about...Tags: Teachers, Students, Direct Relief International, U.S. Embassy, Colleges and Universities
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