Barack Obama's prepared speech on faith-based initiatives is in, and in it, the candidate strikes a delicate balance between expanding the role and clout of religious charities, while at the same time taking care to avoid outright violation of.
Filed under: NBA Gambling, NBA Gossip, NBA Police BlotterWhen something works (and by "works" I mean "gets a $400,000 debt paid off") you usually become pretty willing to use that method again. Which would explain why the Wynn Casino, who publicly shamed Charles Barkley into paying off a six figure debt, is getting busy in court again.
A bite out with billionaire Warren Buffet will provide a windfall for San Francisco's Glide Memorial Church.
Back in 2004 the blundering government accidentally sent Al-Haramain, a charity designated having provided financial and material support to al Qaida and other terrorist organizations, a classified document supposedly indicating that the organization and two of its lawyers had been wiretapped.
Image Source: Reuters Caption: Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik (L) and British actor and human rights activist Emma Thompson leave a container exhibit in Vienna February 11, 2008. ‘The Journey Against Sex Trafficking’ uses seven transport containers to illustrate the brutal and harrowing experiences of women sold into the sex trade.
WASHINGTON — Charitable giving declined in the first quarter of this year, according to a bellwether study by a consulting firm for nonprofit agencies.
Anthony Hamilton rules out charity challenge for Lewis
Web site Flipswap makes it easy to sell, donate, or recycle your old cell phone or iPod. We've highlighted similar services in the past, like previously mentioned Celltrade, but Flipswap has a few features that make it stand out—most notably, the service is completely free, meaning they even pay shipping costs.
Sending in your old phone or iPod for money isn’t anything new, but I recently found Flipswap and they’re a little bit different than other services out there. For one thing, everything is free and they even pay for your shipping costs.
The Roman Catholic bishop of Richmond, Va., apologized after workers from a Catholic organization helped a teenager in its care have an abortion.
Blogcasting the National Football League, Blogcasting the NFL Here’s a great story about 14-year-old Akeem Havens and his wish to meet his favorite player — Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger.
Thanks to help from TPM Reader BK, we uncovered some congressional testimony from last year about BWM Direct, the Washington direct marketing firm that raises money for GOP candidates, among others, but doesn't give them much of it.
Pearl Jam packed arena-sized power into New York's 2,800-capacity Beacon Theater last night (July 1), rattling off an eclectic 26-song set list during a private show that raised $3 million for the Robin Hood Foundation's poverty fighting initiatives.
Judge throws out Islamic charity's lawsuit alleging they were illegally being wiretapped. Maybe. And they might have been harmed. Maybe. STACLU has this:A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to prove President Bush acted illegally.
Hearsay on wiretap case won't do.
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 2 -- Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday "to step into the strong currents of history" and volunteer for service to their country, pledging to dramatically expand opportunities for those accepting.
Some people run miles for charity. Brian Brinegar plays Mario games. The 29 year old web developer from Indiana is spending this weekend making his way through seven Mario games. He’s broadcasting the effort and attempting to use it to raise money for Child’s Play.
Cisco Subnet will be off celebrating U.S. Independence Day on July 4 through July 7. (Yes, Network World is generous with a two-day Independence Day holiday for employees.) In honor of the four-day holiday weekend, we rounded up some interesting statistics about Cisco and patriotism: Read more
Anyone 17 years of age or older (16 year olds may donate with an American Red Cross parental permission slip), weighing 110 pounds or more and in good health may donate. Call 1-800-448-3543 or visit www.
The Las Vegas office of Habitat Humanity is teaming up with another local charity to help newborn infants. Baby's Bounty helps new moms who don't have the money to buy things like strollers, cribs, clothing, and diapers.
Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony says his son will not be racing Jenson Button in a charity triathlon challenge.
The website of Crossroads, Providence, describes it as "a national leader in providing a continuum of care to the homeless". This post is in no way a criticism of its staff, who are undoubtedly dedicated and work very hard, or.
Its not all bad for the Jay-Z owned club.
The Party Source is graciously donating an event for my charity, the Krystal Pepper Memorial Scholarship Fund. It's a wine tasting event to be held on Sept 11, 6-8 pm. We have seats still open for 28 people.
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