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Organizations accepting donations to help Haiti

Want to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti? Aid organizations say cash donations are best. Here are some that are accepting donations:

Obama tells banks: ‘We want our money back’

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday he wants to tax banks to recoup the public bailout of foundering firms at the height of the financial crisis. "We want our money back," he said.

White House adviser criticizes evangelist’s remark

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A senior White House adviser says evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson's remark that Haiti has been "cursed" doesn't express the spirit of the American people or the president.

D.C. court rejects bid for a gay marriage referendum

WASHINGTON — A judge in Washington, D.C., has thrown out a lawsuit by opponents of gay marriage against the city's elections board.

Del. pediatrician accused of abuse waives hearing

GEORGETOWN, Del. — A Delaware pediatrician accused of sexually abusing possibly more than 100 patients has waived a preliminary court hearing and bond review.

Quake aid starts to arrive for desperate Haitians

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Desperately needed aid from around the world slowly made its way Thursday into Haiti, where supply bottlenecks and a leadership vacuum left rescuers scrambling on their own to save the trapped and injured and get relief suppl

Red Cross estimates 50,000 dead in Haiti quake

GENEVA — The Red Cross federation says it estimates there have been 45,000-50,000 deaths in the Haitian earthquake.

Groundbreaking gay marriage trial starts in U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO — The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage gets under way Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses.

AP IMPACT: Road projects don’t help unemployment

WASHINGTON — Ten months into President Barack Obama's first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press an

Cops: Suspected shooter among dead at U.S. plant

ST. LOUIS — Police on Friday identified the four people killed in a shooting at a Swiss-owned U.S. industrial plant and confirmed that man suspected of opening fire was among the dead.
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