July 1, 2008
TPM Election Central / Eric Kleefeld
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.
June 30, 2008
FanHouse / Will Brinson
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.
June 30, 2008
CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports
A bite out with billionaire Warren Buffet will provide a windfall for San Francisco's Glide Memorial Church.
July 3, 2008
Stop The ACLU / Special Contributor
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.
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July 2, 2008
Life Hacker / Adam Pash
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.
June 28, 2008
CrunchGear / Peter Ha
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.
July 3, 2008
NYT > U.S.
The Roman Catholic bishop of Richmond, Va., apologized after workers from a Catholic organization helped a teenager in its care have an abortion.
June 30, 2008
All Things Digital / John Paczkowski
June 29, 2008
b5media / David Kindervater
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.
July 2, 2008
TPMMuckraker / Andrew Tilghman
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.
July 2, 2008
Billboard: Today's Most Viewed Articles
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.
July 3, 2008
The Jawa Report / Rusty
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.
July 3, 2008
Hot Air TV / tips@hotair.com (Hot Air Network, LLC)
Hearsay on wiretap case won't do.
July 3, 2008
Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
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.
June 28, 2008
4 color rebellion / Greg
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.
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July 3, 2008
NetworkWorld.com Community - / Cisco Subnet
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
July 3, 2008
Yahoo! - 400 Bad Request
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.
July 3, 2008
Local News from KVBC 3 via Yahoo! News
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.
July 3, 2008
Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony says his son will not be racing Jenson Button in a charity triathlon challenge.
July 3, 2008
Anchor Rising / Monique Chartier
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.
July 3, 2008
Highbrid Nation / Juan
Its not all bad for the Jay-Z owned club.
July 3, 2008
My Wine Education / Michelle
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.
July 3, 2008
Threshing Grain / Catherine of Siena (noreply@blogger.com)