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An African-American family enjoying Thanksgiving dinner

How to remain thankful this holiday season despite stressful times

Brooke Obie, Ebony.com
ESSAY - If you are one of those people having a rough time and not looking forward to this season of “gratitude,” what do you do?
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a bag of donated paper towels during a Kettering Storm Relief event on October 30, 2012 in Kettering, Ohio. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Mitt Romney's campaign has reduced their campaign schedule and are focusing their attention on disaster relief. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Romney storm relief efforts met with skepticism

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The Romney campaign's decision Tuesday to suddenly change a scheduled victory rally in Ohio into a storm-relief event in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is being criticized by pundits as a staged photo opportunity...
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TheGrio’s 100: Aton Edwards, helping the world prepare for emergencies

Keosha Johnson
theGRIOs 100 - Aton Edwards helped found, and is the executive director of, the International Preparedness Network, which teaches civilians how to prepare for disasters...
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Haiti cholera expected to claim more lives

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GENEVA (AP) - More than 170,000 people have been infected since the epidemic began in October...
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9-year-old pulls 5 other kids out of burning home

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VIDEO - "When I saw the fire, I was thinking about the kids, so I got them out - my brothers, my sister, my cousins -- and took them outside for safety," said Shakira...
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Fate uncertain for 12 Haitian kids airlifted to US

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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Six months after a chaotic airlift to the United States, 12 Haitian children remain in a Roman Catholic institution near Pittsburgh...
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Red Cross clears Kanye West in battery case

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Kanye West's criminal case involving an LAX run-in with photographers was dismissed a few minutes ago...
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Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Aid workers hoping to distribute food, water and other supplies to a shattered Port-au-Prince are warning their efforts may need more security...
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Atlanta floods are deja vu for Hurricane Katrina victim

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VIDEO - Nakisha Miller knew what to do when the flood waters started rising Monday. She was in Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit...
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