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• Caked in mud, city reflects Haiti crisis
... the world for its help, but said emergency aid alone won't solve Haiti's plight and that long-term solutions are needed. "Once this first wave of humanitarian compassion is exhausted, we will be left once again, truly alone, to face new catastrophes ...
• Subatomic safety revisited
The report concludes that if the collider could create catastrophes, the much more powerful particle collisions that continually occur in space would have wiped us out long ago. "It points out that nature has already conducted the equivalent of about ...
• Darkhorse best picture Oscar contenders
The caper goes horribly wrong and we’re glued to the screen to see what other catastrophes will unfold, wondering just how these two could be so stupid. Lumet, who brought us classics such as “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and the ...
• MTP Transcript for May 14 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC- msnbc.com
Newt Gingrich, John Harwood, Jon Meacham, Judy Woodruff ... Transcript for May 14 Newt Gingrich, John Harwood, Jon Meacham, Judy Woodruff
• U.N.'s landmark report on warming - Climate Change- msnbc.com
It lays out blueprints for avoiding the worst catastrophes — and various possible outcomes, depending on how quickly and decisively action is taken.