Campaign Launched to Restore Ellis Island
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The Save Ellis Island Foundation on  Monday launched a campaign to raise $300 million to restore 30  historic buildings on the island where over 12 million  emigrants first set foot on U.S. soil.
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An American activist tries to save an island paradise, one lecture at a time.
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The foundation in charge of raising money for a Sept. 11 memorial on Thursday gave control of the struggling effort to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an early critic of the most expensive memorial in U.S. history.
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A US conservation group has launched an advertising campaign to persuade Thais to report traders in protected wildlife. In a series of television commercials, famous models, actors and other
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 6--A revitalization effort kicked off Tuesday that targets one of Myrtle Beach's most depressed areas and aims to create an affordable, safe neighborhood for the city's working class.
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A prominent Cuban dissident group launched a campaign on Monday to push for constitutional reforms that would allow for democratic elections and greater respect for human rights in the communist country.
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President Bush brought together  former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Monday to  launch an appeal for Americans to make a donation to help  victims of the South Asia quake and tsunamis.
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Lorie Conway's documentary film and book, "Forgotten Ellis Island," trace the history of the hospital that treated tens of thousands of immigrants, especially between 1902 and 1930.
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Vice President Dick Cheney arrived at the Republican National Convention through Ellis Island, tracing a route taken by millions of immigrants and staying far removed from the tens of thousands of protesters who turned out on a sweltering Sunday to urge defeat of the Bush-Cheney ticket.
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Re-opening after a $16.5 million restoration, the Federal Hall National Memorial in Lower Manhattan is a reminder of what a center was once like.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush, seeking to highlight America's concern over the Asian disaster, named his father and his predecessor yesterday to spearhead a private fund-raising campaign to help victims of last month's tsunamis, calling on Americans to ''contribute as they are able to do so."
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The city's tourism office officially launched its first major international advertising effort Wednesday, aiming to sell potential visitors a new New York, one that's as much the birthplace of hip-hop as it is the home of the Empire State Building.
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Robert Saquet says he wants to contribute to Middleborough history by restoring a 155-year-old former schoolhouse next to his store, Eggers Furniture. But he needs the state's help.
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A campaign urging people to be more aware of human trafficking is being formally launched.
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A charitable campaign created last year by a New York boutique agency is arriving next month in more than a dozen other cities.
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Remaking the Queens Museum of Art was not an easy job; whether or not it was a success will be up to New Yorkers, who can judge the restoration results on Saturday.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep.