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Tuesday, October 25, 2011  Lexington’s high school football team trading in their pads and helmets for trays and aprons.

Thursday, January 20, 2011  US deports 27 Haitians convicted of crimes, the first group since last year's quake.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011  Normally chaotic Haitian capital goes quiet as country holds memorials for quake victims

Wednesday, December 08, 2010  The headquarters of Haiti's ruling party was set ablaze Wednesday as protests over disputed presidential election results spread through the Haitian capital, prompting the nation's president to call for calm.

Friday, November 05, 2010  Haitians resist evacuation, hunker down in refugee camps to ride out Hurricane Tomas

Thursday, November 04, 2010  Updated with video: Haiti urges quake survivors to seek better shelter as Tropical Storm Tomas approaches

Friday, October 22, 2010  Update with video: The outbreak in the rural Artibonite region, which hosts thousands of quake refugees, appeared to confirm fears about sanitation

Friday, August 06, 2010  The potential front-runner in Haiti's Nov. 28 election told AP that he supports the U.S. and U.N. vision for rebuilding Haiti's economy after its magnitude-7 earthquake — a plan that encourages private investment in factories, agriculture and other areas.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  Family reunited in Florida with baby pulled from Haiti earthquake rubble, taken to US for care

Tuesday, March 23, 2010  The "3 for 3" program raised funds through community and in-district support.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010  Worsening quake problem not below ground, but above; more people, poor buildings, more deaths

Monday, March 08, 2010  Haitian judge frees US Baptist missionary; group's leader still held

Friday, February 26, 2010  The work begins Friday on the Coastal Carolina University campus near Conway.

Friday, February 19, 2010  Officials say no more evacuation flights from Haiti are expected to arrive in South Carolina now that airports in the Caribbean nation are reopening.

Thursday, February 18, 2010  The South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus gave the local chapter of the American Red Cross a $5,000 donation for the Haitian relief efforts.