Trump, Affleck raise money for charity
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Donald Trump, Ben Affleck, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jon Cryer and other celebrities have helped raise more than $2.8 million in a radio-telethon for the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity favored by the Boston Red Sox.
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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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The team raising money for President Bush's inaugural festivities plans to raise &#36;40 million to &#36;50 million, with much of the money coming from six-figure donors.
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InfoWorld - A Brooklyn, New York-based charity is using its position as first in line for the iPhone at the SoHo Apple Store to drum up more support for its plans to auction the gadget on eBay and use the money for charitable purposes.
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&quot;I really want to get the iPhone, but I need your help,&quot; begs Omar Correa on his website, buymeaniphone.com, and who has now raised in 355 dollars in donations.
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NEW YORK  Â $171,525 is a lot of money for a joke to raise.
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Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are giving $1m each to two humanitarian organisations.
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An auction of items belonged to the late French President Francois Mitterrand, including his famous black felt hat, raised nearly $220,000 for his widow's charity.
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Planning a gift to charity can make a good thing even better.
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Hollywood actor Ben Affleck says fans are becoming increasingly interested in stars' personal lives.
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Barack Obama is giving to charity more than $70,000 in contributions linked to an indicted Chicago businessman whose past connections to the Democratic presidential candidate have created a distraction and raised questions about his judgment.
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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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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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Wanted: Face time with President Bush or top adviser Karl Rove. Suggested donation: &#36;100,000. The middleman: lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Blunt e-mails that connect money and access in Washington show that prominent Republican activist Grover Norquist facilitated some administration contacts for Abramoff&#039;s clients while the lobbyist simultaneously solicited those clients for large donations to Norquist&#039;s tax-exempt group.
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President Bush enlisted his two predecessors to lead an effort to raise money from corporations for disaster relief.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday he has decided to donate to charity the nearly $40,000 he received from a disgraced Democratic fundraiser who failed to show up for a California court hearing.
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Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.