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A collection point for financial donations to the American Red Cross was created by the VCU Health System to contribute to Haiti relief efforts. Volunteers will staff tables in the first floor lobby of the VCU Medical Center building from 7 a.m. through 5 p.
If the Discovery Channel hired an egotistical visionary to concoct an interstellar sequel to "Planet Earth," it might look something like "Avatar." James Cameron's long awaited film, his first non-documentary piece since "Titanic," takes us to a phosphorescent world so exotically colorful that it rivals the balloon palette of Pixar's "Up.
Looking at footage from the 7.0 earthquake that took place in Haiti last week leaves one feeling sick, sorrowful and scared. As President Barack Obama and his aides (former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush) lament the Haitian peoples' loss of life and collect funds to bring aid to the ruined nation, another emotion stirs: the sting of shame.
