Fund-raiser aids Globe Santa, pays tribute to giving athlete
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Just before 11 Sunday morning dozens of children and adults will begin running through the streets of West Roxbury to raise money for three important causes -- the Globe Santa Fund, the YMCA Reach Out campaign, and the Walter Burgess Scholarship Fund.
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NEW YORK - Somewhere on a slab in Boston is a citizen of Red Sox Nation who actually gave his body to the cause.
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PITTSBURGH - One of Mark Milanak's students scored a touchdown when he got him a Christmas gift.  Russell Malloy, 10, honored his favorite teacher - a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan - by getting Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris to autograph a ball for the reading tutor.
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The kindness of strangers across the country saved Christmas for Beverly Smith's children after the deadly ice storm that cut off electricity for them and thousands of other people.
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FAR above the Arctic Circle in Sweden's coldest, most northern region, Santa is getting ready for Christmas - with the annual Santa Claus Winter Olympics.
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Santa, the star of the  season, has found a new voice this year -- in blogosphere.
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The health-care products specialist has more than one Christmas gift under the tree.
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This is the season for giving, and merchants and children alike encourage it.
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GENEVA -- Swiss philanthropists are giving more than $4 million to keep the famed Saint Bernard rescue dogs working on the mountain pass that gave them their name, a key advocate said yesterday.
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Billions of dollars pledged for worthy causes at ex-president's glitzy event.
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In Norway, children sold their Christmas presents to raise money. French pupils and Danish inmates took up collections, and mobile phone users are giving via text message.
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Paul Simon and Minnie Driver are among those paying tribute to Christopher Reeve at a US fundraiser.
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Yesterday afternoon Lisa Patrick caressed her medal of St. Gerard, the patron saint of children, as she talked about a prayer answered - a heart for her daughter Abigail.
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About $125,000 has been raised to aid needy, retired National Football League players.
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CLEVELAND - The packages were labeled as toys for good girls and boys and the business was called Santa's Helpers. But authorities say the packages were nothing more than a naughty ruse to cover a large-scale drug smuggling operation.
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The son of Roberto Clemente, the first Latino in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, is sending money and two tons of clothing and medical supplies - originally destined for Nicaragua to honor his father - to tsunami victims.
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White House press secretary Tony Snow is taking his gift of gab across the country in the coming weeks to raise money for Republican candidates, an unusual task for the president's top spokesman.