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Experts: Station's royal hoax call may be illegal
The Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face ...
Potential for Sandy scams prompts warnings
No sooner had floodwaters receded and high winds from Superstorm Sandy faded, but another threat arose with the inevitable appearance of the scammer ...
Benefits can flow both ways at celeb charity galas
The Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom will soon be filled with flowers, chiffon, fine china and crystal stemware for a starry black-tie ball ...
Buffett's kids use dad's ideas to invest in giving
As they work to give away part of Warren Buffett's roughly $47 billion fortune, his three children have adopted an approach that looks remarkably ...
AP IMPACT: Tragedy meant big money for NY minister
Before the Sept. 11 attacks, the Rev. Carl Keyes was a little-known pastor of a small New York City congregation searching for members and money.
Behind the music, Farm Aid's work helps farmers
Farm Aid is synonymous with star-studded rock concerts, like the one expected to draw 30,000 people to southeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday. But the ...
Debate surrounds annual $60M cost of 9/11 memorial
A debate over balancing the need to honor the memory of Sept. 11 with the enormous costs of running a memorial and museum at ground zero has been ...
Donors standing by Lance Armstrong's foundation
Lance Armstrong's reputation may be permanently stained but in the eyes of corporate and individual donors, his charity still wears an unsullied ...
Lawmakers want Ariz. border fence started
Members of the Arizona Legislature's border security advisory committee want the state to begin building a mile of fencing along the border with ...
AP source: Adelson giving $10 million to aid GOP
Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson is making another huge campaign contribution aimed at electing Republicans and voting President Barack Obama out ...
Carl Sagan papers donated by 'Family Guy' creator
Seth MacFarlane once included a gag on his animated TV comedy "Family Guy" about an "edited for rednecks" version of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos," featuring ...
Elder fraud: One couple's losses and hard lessons
With their elderly parents seated across the octagonal oak table, Donna and Jim Parker were back in the kitchen they knew so well — the hutch along ...