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GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
10:47 AM on 03/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Republican senators raise issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity...
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Obama gives $1.4 million Nobel prize to charity
3:49 PM on 03/11/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama will give $200,000 to the Bush-Clinton Haiti Fund to help the country recover from the earthquake...
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Tyler Perry's off-screen performances are worthy of NAACP honor
7:59 AM on 02/26/2010
OPINION - While I question his method behind his movie characters, at least Perry puts his money where his mouth is to support causes and issues he cares about...
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Wyclef Jean gets shut out of George Clooney's telethon money
10:25 AM on 02/19/2010
Yele Haiti, Wyclef Jean's troubled charity, will get just $1 million, or 2.8%, of the more than $35 million raised so far by the Hope for Haiti Telethon that Jean co-hosted...
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Naomi Campbell to raise money for Haiti aid
3:21 PM on 02/16/2010
LONDON (AP) - Model Naomi Campbell will host a charity gala Thursday on the eve of London Fashion Week to raise money for mothers and babies in Haiti...
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TheGrio's 100: Richard R. Buery Jr, working for the children
8:00 AM on 02/03/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Richard Buery Jr. is the president and CEO of the Children's Aid Society...
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'We Are the World' turns 25: Can a remake resuscitate Haiti?
9:52 AM on 01/28/2010
OPINION - Celebrity performers should urge the Haiti government to reduce the red tape to build its economy...
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Haiti govt gets only 1 cent of every US aid dollar
1:06 PM on 01/27/2010
Relief experts say it would be a mistake to send too much direct cash to the Haitian government, which is in disarray and has a history of failure and corruption...
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Organization donates money for prosthetics in Haiti
10:58 AM on 01/26/2010
VIDEO - Doctors in Haiti are reporting that nearly 70 people a day are becoming amputees...
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After 'mistakes,' Yele Haiti gets new accountants
6:01 PM on 01/22/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The announcement came hours before Jean was to headline a globally broadcast concert called "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief"...
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Senate votes for faster tax breaks for Haiti gifts
5:45 PM on 01/21/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Taxpayers will be able to write off charitable donations to Haiti earthquake relief efforts when they file their 2009 taxes this spring, under a bill that received final congressional approval Thursday....
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Restaurant owner serves up relief for fellow Haitians
2:32 PM on 01/19/2010
VIDEO - Muncheez was the hottest hangout in town before Haiti's deadly earthquake, and in a way, it still is...
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Wyclef Jean speaks out in defense of his Haiti charity
8:34 AM on 01/17/2010
VIDEO - Haitian-born rapper Wyclef Jean spoke out Saturday in defense of his foundation after charity screening groups raised concerns about its accounting practices...
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Groups raise doubts about Wyclef's Haitian charity
12:09 PM on 01/16/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Groups that screen charities are raising doubts about the organization backed by Haitian-born rapper Wyclef Jean...
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FBI warns of Haiti relief fraud
9:49 AM on 01/14/2010
From News.Google.com The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned potential donors of earthquake relief funds to Haiti on Wednesday to be on the lookout for fraud schemes. "The FBI today reminds Internet users who receive appeals to donate money in the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti to apply...
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Destroyed and desperate, Haiti needs our help
10:42 AM on 01/13/2010
OPINION - The earthquake in Haiti was not only a global tragedy, it was a wake-up call for all of us to do what we know we were supposed to be doing in the first place...
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Forget holidays; caring should be year-round activity
8:16 AM on 11/29/2009
OPINION - Should we really set aside just one or two days a year to prove ourselves grateful and thankful, or to help our fellow man?
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Church expansion brings 'New Hope' in tough economic times
6:00 AM on 11/26/2009
VIDEO - A multi-million dollar building project sounded a lot more practical for New Hope Baptist Church back in April 2007...
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Tyler Perry donates $1 million to NAACP
1:18 PM on 11/24/2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th...
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The 'Oprah Effect' felt across the World
11:48 AM on 11/24/2009
LONDON (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg...
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