Celebrities donate to many candidates
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The nation's capital may be Hollywood for ugly people, but Hollywood celebrities are still attracted to Washington politicians.
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Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, John Travolta and Jake Gyllenhaal are among 40 celebrities who have signed wooden "dog bones" for a charity auction benefiting the Mississippi Animal Rescue League.
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Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama is giving charity more than $40,000 in past political contributions linked to Chicago real estate developer and fast food magnate Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who is facing federal corruption charges, his campaign said Saturday.
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The real estate industry, racing to beat strict new limits on campaign contributions, has been flooding New York City candidates with donations for the 2009 campaign.
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According to a new state survey, 592 charity campaigns in New York last year used professional fund-raisers to raise 187 (m) million dollars.
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When a portion of a celebrityâs paycheck or time goes to a pet cause, the effort is inevitably lauded. But to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the yardstick is much higher.
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Sixty outside groups - and counting - make their dollars felt in campaigns.
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Interest groups that can urge the public to vote for or against candidates have spent at least &#36;25 million on the presidential race since Labor Day, with John Kerry's supporters outspending Bush's by more than 4-to-1.
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Before taking to the skies, Leonardo DiCaprio has rounded up some celebrity friends to weigh in on campaign issues.
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Would-be US presidential nominees are set to file fundraising figures, as spending balloons.
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Checks from Hollywood's A-list stars such as George Clooney, Eddie Murphy and Barbra Streisand added up to an expected, one-night take of $1 million for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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Celebrities across the globe were mobilizing to help relief efforts in countries in southern Asia and eastern Africa affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis.
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Billions of dollars pledged for worthy causes at ex-president's glitzy event.
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Stars including Bono, Travis and Jamelia are supporting the year-long Make Poverty History campaign.
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Two multimillionaires in the presidential race Â two ways to spend their money. Republican Mitt Romney has pumped more than $17 million of his own into his race; Democrat John Edwards, by law, can tap his fortune for no more than $50,000.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million for humanitarian efforts in Sudan's Darfur region and in Chad through their foundation. The actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador has recently visited refugee camps in the area. The donation will go ...
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To raise $850,000 for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign in just eight months, Norman Hsu tapped an eclectic group of donors that included wealthy investors in his apparel ventures, hotel shopkeepers, a 96-year-old in a Florida retirement home and an auto-body worker who mistaken...