Philanthropy
Ten-year-old Parker Salinas considers herself one lucky little girl and a lifelong believer in the power of pink.
MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic announced Tuesday they hope to raise between $250 million and $350 million for expanded research into treatments and a cure for diabetes.
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The state that produced America's richest man has never taken a cut of its residents' income.
LONDON - A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway has been found dead in a river in northern England after apparently falling off a cliff on one of the vehicles, police said Monday.
NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton's three-day conference for VIPs with deep pockets generated nearly 300 new commitments valued at $6 billion to tackle major global issues from poverty and disease to climate change.
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- High court to hear Arizona school case
- Lilly Endowment's assets drop 7 percent to $5.3B
- New Panera location says pay what you want
- Food companies will remove 1.5 trillion calories
- Wal-Mart plans $2B push on hunger relief
- Wal-Mart to ramp up hunger relief donations to $2B
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- WaMu shareholders lose request for examiner
- Conan O'Brien elected to JFK Library Foundation
- Kennedy Center gets $22.5M gift from DeVos family
- Daunting task ahead to secure Detroit's future
- NYC mayor: I can't control offshore charity funds
- 25 years of prize money, Boston still runs strong
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