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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