Alba, Cook raise &#36;260K for charity
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A charity found its good-luck charms in Jessica Alba and Dane Cook, who attended a screening of their new comedy, "Good Luck Chuck," at a Knoxville theater.
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Headline acts including rocker Eric Clapton, pianist Jools Holland and The Manic Street Preachers drew more than 60,000 people to a charity concert that raised &#36;2.3 million for Asian tsunami relief.
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From antibiotics to clothes to cash &#151; lots of it &#151; U.S.-based relief groups report an overwhelming response from donors moved by the devastation of the Indian Ocean tsunami, with more than &#36;200 million raised as of Tuesday. One charity said online pledges were coming in at the rate of &#36;100,000 an hour.
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Fashion Wire Daily - If you had $100,000 to spend on Wednesday night, you could have been the lucky bidder to win a date with hostess Eva Longoria at the Tampico Beverages El Sueno de Esperanza "Dream of Hope" Gala held to benefit the PADRES Contra El Cancer.
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The 12th annual Kettle Kick-off Holiday Luncheon on Thursday raised $150,305 for Christmas food baskets, meals, toys and other services for needy people during the holidays and throughout the year.
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Rob Thomas and his band, Matchbox Twenty, have donated &#36;200,000 to raise money for, among other things, restoring music education programs in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, it was announced Tuesday.
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The nation's mail carriers gathered more than 70 million pounds of food in last month's annual charity drive.
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LONDON  - Britons have so far raised the equivalent of nearly 30 million US dollars for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, matching the sum pledged a day earlier by their government, charities announced.
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Australia committed &#36;764 million Wednesday to help Indonesia recover from the tsunami disaster, becoming the largest relief donor hours after Germany increased its aid to &#36;674 million as the second-biggest contributor.
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Universal Pictures has donated an additional &#36;250,000 to support the Flight 93 Memorial.
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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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Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
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Celebrities who take their charity work seriously are to be recognised.
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Tour operator Thomas Cook makes a         Â£196m (286.7m euro) loss in the first nine months of the year but says its overall financial position has improved.
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I am surprised this is still making news after so many days. However, if someone pays 28000 dollars for a grilled sandwichâ¦ it is something.
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The Red Cross federation, the world's biggest humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it had raised a record &#36;1.167 billion in just 30 days for victims of the Asian tsunami, enough to fund a 10-year recovery plan.
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A Sept. 11 charity backed by a big celebrity-fueled telethon will close its doors Wednesday, having raised more than &#36;500 million, officials said.