Haiti Earthquake Devastates Port au Prince Razing City
Dazed survivors wandered rubble filled streets as rescuers searched collapsed buildings amid fears the death toll could reach tens of thousands. The first cargo planes with food water and medical supplies headed to Haiti while key buildings including the National Palace the archbishop's office and the U N peacekeeping HQ lay in ruins with its leader missing.
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Associated Press
Ort-Au
Rene Preval
White National Palace
U.N
Haiti Hit by 7.0 Earthquake After Four 2008 Hurricanes
Haiti, already battered by four 2008 hurricanes, faced a magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Port au Prince. The crisis comes as life expectancy sits around 60.8 years, with 78 percent living under $2 a day and literacy at 52.9 percent in a nation once a French colony and the world’s oldest black republic.
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Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Black Republic
Americans in Haiti face quake death reports and rescue
The State Department checks reports of at least three American deaths in the Haiti earthquake as only about 100 of the roughly 45,000 Americans there are confirmed safe. Jillian Thorp was rescued after 10 hours under rubble. her husband Frank Thorp drove 100 miles to Port-au-Prince and dug for over an hour to free a coworker.
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State Department
Haiti
Jillian Thorp
Frank Thorp
Port-au-Prince
Haitian quake aid urged by Cedar Rapids native
Doucette Alvare z, a University of Iowa graduate student and Haiti native who lived there from age three to fifteen, urged sending cash to aid victims. Annie Rouza, a Cornell College student and Haiti native, learned a baby cousin died in the quake as she studies in the United States. The Gazette notes ongoing hardship in eastern Iowa readers seek how to help.
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Diane Heidt
Molly Rossiter
Gazette
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Doucette Alvarez
Haiti
Cornell College
Annie Rouza
Iowa City search firm PAR Group errors in bust halts city manager hunt
PAR Group of Lake Bluff Illinois has closed its doors leaving Iowa City unable to rely on the firm for its city manager search. The city may pursue legal action to recover about 16500 of the 41500 spent on the prior search as it weighs whether to hire a new firm and whether to press for payments. Interim city manager Dale Helling leads the process.
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Iowa City
PAR Group
Lake Bluff
PAR
Eleanor Dilkes
Matt Hayek
Iowa
Illinois
Robert Beezat
Lombardo
Dale Helling
Obesity rate in the United States remains stalled
Government data from 2007 08 show the national obesity rate steady for about five years while over two thirds of adults and nearly a third of children are overweight or obese. CDC experts note no corner turn as black adults and Mexican Americans show higher rates. 32 percent of children ages 2 19 are overweight.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Dietz
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Journal of the American Medical Association
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