Actor gives &#36;15,000 to tornado victims
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John Travolta donated $15,000 to central Florida tornado victims at the premiere of his new film, "Wild Hogs."
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A lawyer sued the producers of the television show "Law &amp; Order" for &#36;15 million Friday, claiming they defamed him by portraying him as a crooked attorney in one "ripped from the headlines" episode.
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The NBA players' union has decided to donate &#36;500,000 to help victims of last month's Indian Ocean tsunami, and the NBA will match the gift, a league spokesman said Friday.
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A New York man accused of trying to help terrorists in Afghanistan has donated some $15,000 to the House Republicans' campaign committee over three years.
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An auction of items from Johnny Cash's estate took in &#36;1.24 million on its first day as collectors paid as much as 15 times the expected amount for the late country music star's belongings.
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British charities announced on Thursday that they have so far raised 15 million pounds (about 28.9 million US dollars) in aid for Asian tsunami victims.
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Cubans hit hard by hurricane Charley will receive &#36;50,000 in U.S. assistance, the State Department said Friday.
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Insurance payments to victims of Hurricane Frances are expected to reach &#36;4.4 billion, making it the fourth most costly storm in U.S. history, an insurance industry group said on Thursday.
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The UK is now the largest donor to the relief effort after the Government pledged a further Â£35 million, bringing its contribution to Â£50 million.
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The United States expects to provide  an initial $15 million in aid for victims of a devastating  tsunami in Asia and has already released $400,000, a top U.S.  aid official said on Monday.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- This past Thursday was a feel-good-about-America day here in the Arkansas capital. About 30,000 rain-soaked celebrities, politicians, foreign dignitaries, entertainers and just-plain-citizens
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As part of his fine for an obscene gesture made to fans, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is giving $5,000 to the family of a firefighter who recently died.
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Hollywood opened its wallet on Monday to survivors of the tsunami disaster as movie stars Sandra Bullock and Leonardo DiCaprio donated big sums to relief agencies and NBC planned a celebrity-studded TV benefit.
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Universal Pictures has donated an additional &#36;250,000 to support the Flight 93 Memorial.
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A donation of $35m made by a long-time patron is going to the San Francisco Opera.
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Matthew McConaughey is selling a sports car on eBay to raise money for hurricane relief. The 36-year-old actor is donating all proceeds from the sale of his 1971 Corvette Stingray convertible to Oprah's Angel Network for Katrina and Rita recovery efforts, according to details on the Web site http://www.oprah.com
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House-Senate bargainers neared agreement Friday on an election-season &#36;14.7 billion package of aid for East Coast hurricane victims and drought-stricken farmers, participants said.