Corporate giving

Corporate giving

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  Donors give $8M for Detroit EMS units, police cars

  Several businesses have pledged a total of $8 million to help cash-strapped Detroit pay for a new fleet of emergency vehicles, including 23 EMS units ... 

• Chavez foe to face corruption charges in Venezuela

  Prosecutors plan to bring corruption charges against a prominent opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, claiming he misspent public funds by ... 

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  Bartender, I'll have another ... for charity

  Call it benevolence through beer, donating via daiquiri or generosity by gin and tonic. A new Houston bar is offering its customers not just a relaxed ... 

• Furor over proposed shift in Scouts no-gays policy

  The Boy Scouts of America faces intensifying criticism from the left and right over a proposal to move away from a mandatory no-gays membership policy ... 

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  Scouts considering retreat from no-gays policy

  The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders - a potentially ... 

• Embattled cancer agency's donor list revealed

  Major pharmaceutical firms and individuals linked to companies that have benefited from a $3 billion cancer-fighting Texas agency under criminal ... 

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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 ... 

• Starbucks to donate to RED for World AIDS Day

  Starbucks Corp. is donating a portion of its proceeds on World AIDS Day to help fight the disease. The company announced Thursday it would give five ...