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• 'Badge Charity' under AG investigation
• Charitable Giving in Rocky Times
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• As Ramadan nears, Muslims plan to donate
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• Charity Muggers
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• Watchdog: Best-and worst-bangs for your charity bucks
• Products with purpose give consumers more reasons to buy
• Charity Fat Cats
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• Marrazzo pay up 6% in '08, but total compensation down
• Charities: Tough Times Call for Smarter Giving
• Three Santa Ana charity groups settle FTC charges
• Where Can I Give?
• Elton John frustrated about attitudes towards AIDS
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• 11 ways to save money now
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• Nonprofits Increase 'Gift Tax' On Donors
• I-Team: How to Check Up on Charities
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• Fledgling breast cancer group's fundraising seems 'out-of-line'
• Finances of charity run by SEIU official scrutinized
• Charities fear tax change
• Who Wins, Who Loses
• United Way of Metropolitan Dallas beats record goal despite dire economy
• The Biggest Campus Paycheck May Not Be the President's
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• A Donor's Plea to Charities: Stop the Barrage of Direct Mail
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• Children's Museum says low grade doesn't tell whole story
• Nonprofits forced to reveal more details under new IRS regulations
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• Charities suffering in ailing economy
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• Feeling The Pain
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• Taxman Can Go Begging While You Do Some Good
• Noncyclical giving
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• Texas doesn't heed charter school rule in McKinney
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• Salvation Army goes hi-tech with credit card scanners on signature red kettles
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• Donation Fatigue: Budget-Conscious People Think Hard Before Giving To Charity
• Ensuring That Gifts Go Where They're Needed
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• Pay package awarded to WHYY chief questioned
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• It's a hard time to be a charity
• After the Fall
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