Survivors

Joplin Hospital Honors Survivors On 1-Year Anniversary Of Tornado

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

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JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Joplin, Mo., hospital where hundreds of injured residents sought help after a deadly tornado struck the town one year ago today is ...

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Husband Sacrifices Life Jacket For Wife, Disappears Into Water After Cruise Ship Sinks

Posted 01.16.2012

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He did what any husband would have done for his wife. As the Costa Concordia cruise ship went down off the west coast of Italy Jan. 13, Nicole Serv...

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Reaching Out to Those Most Alone at Christmas

Lovisa Stannow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lovisa Stannow

Every year, over 100,000 youth, men, and women are sexually abused in American's prisons and jails. The majority are victimized not by other inmates, but by facility staff -- the agents of our government whose job it is to protect them.

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A Rheumatoid Arthritis Advocate's Recipe for Cooking with RA

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chronic Pain, Multiple Sclerosis, Survivors, Weight Loss, Back Pain, Obesity, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cooking, Chronic Conditions, Healthy Living News
Leslie Goldman

If you've ever suffered from a chronic medical condition - from back pain to insomnia to Multiple Sclerosis - you've likely tapped into the power of a...

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When "I Don't Know" Is the Only Answer

Anthony DePalma | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anthony DePalma

No one yet knows how many people have died because they breathed in the dust of 9/11. And that uncertainty is clouding the outcome of thousands of lawsuits against the city of New York City.

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The Great Wait: Survival Secrets of the 33 Miners Trapped in Chile

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Sherwood

The miners call it Hell. The only thing missing is the fire and brimstone. Half a mile underground in northern Chile, 33 men are trapped in a cramped shelter where the temperature is a constant 85 degrees.

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Greensburg, Kansas: From Green-town to Clean-town

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael DeJong

After a tornado destroyed 95% of the town, Greensburg, Kansas reinvented itself by striving to become the greenest community imaginable.

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West Virginia Coal Mine Survivor Search

AP | DENA POTTER and PETER PRENGAMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTCOAL, W.Va. — Grieving relatives began burying victims of the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster Friday as crews neared a refuge chamber de...

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India Air Plane Crash: 160 Feared Dead After Jet Arriving From Dubai Crashes

AP | ASHOK SHARMA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW DELHI — As many as 160 people were feared dead after an Air India plane arriving from Dubai crashed and burst into flames at dawn Saturday a...

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National Survivors Of Suicide Day

Christopher Lukas | Posted 11.17.2011

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Christopher Lukas

It comes around every year -- the Saturday before Thanksgiving is the day Congress has called National Survivors of Suicide Day.

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Rescue Efforts Called Off In Coast Guard-Marine Corps Plane Crash Search

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is...

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A Beautiful Life

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.17.2011

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Deborah Calla

I worry about people who are abused who are silent and surrounded by others who continue to blame them for their role as "victims" and perpetrate another painful form of abuse: the malice of ignorance.

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Remembering the Days of Remembrance

Joan Garry | Posted 11.17.2011

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Joan Garry

Obama, the first president to ever host a White House seder, was at the Capitol Rotunda at 11am this morning helping us all to remember to the Holocaust.

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The Survivor's Club

Mallika Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mallika Chopra

Whether it is an illness, foreclosure, or a messy divorce, there are many difficult life challenges that all of us and our loved ones will one day have to face.

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The Three Myths About Plane Crashes

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Sherwood

How can you survive a plane crash? After going through the FAA's plane crash survival school in Oklahoma City and interviewing many experts and survivors of plane crashes, here are four key tips.

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What Makes Someone A Survivor?

CNN | John Blake | Posted 11.17.2011

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Deborah Scaling Kiley still can't break free from that night. She can't shake the screams, the image of the frothing water turning red, and the sound...

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