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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Vice Chairman Charlie Munger has donated stock worth nearly $2.4 million.

Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.

Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his Orange County megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 deficit by the first of the year.

Fiesta Bowl officials say an inquiry they commissioned found "no credible evidence" that the bowl's management engaged in illegal or unethical conduct.

The Miami Herald began Tuesday asking readers of its Web site to voluntarily pay for the privilege, a new wrinkle in newspapers' ongoing battle to increase revenue from their online operations.

The Indiana State Poultry Association has donated more than 145,000 pounds of eggs, chicken, turkey and duck to food pantries across the state.

Close to $300,000 in financial donations have been received in American Samoa in the month following a tsunami that claimed 34 lives in the U.S. territory.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted rules Wednesday allowing judges to hear cases involving their biggest campaign contributors, siding with business interests and rejecting calls for reform.

Three NFL players announced Monday they will donate their brains and spinal cord tissue to a Boston University medical school program that studies sports brain injuries.

The Federal Election Commission said Thursday a conservative political group can use Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter's campaign donor list to inform givers that the senator has promised to return money to those upset by his switch.

The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.

Picabo Street believes that in tough times for Americans, they can still feel patriotic about their Olympic teams.

A week after asking readers for donations to keep afloat, music magazine Paste has raised more than half the needed cash.

A California lawmaker has repaid $6,100 in improper campaign donations made by two Buddhist temples and a research organization associated with one of them.

A California lawmaker's top aide says he won't be returning illegal donations from three Buddhist organizations until he pays off his campaign debt.

Three Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday they will return campaign contributions from donors tied to a Washington lobbying firm under investigation for funneling campaign contributions through sham donors.

It's time to get ready for the holiday season! The TODAY show is kicking off its 15th Annual Holiday Toy and Gift Drive for needy families all over the United States.

Former NFL linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski quickly agreed when his ex-teammate at Harvard asked if he would donate his brain after death for research into concussions.

Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.

About $275,000 has been donated to a nonprofit organization since the May 21 death of the 5-year-old daughter of contemporary Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman.

Campaign committees controlled by Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have donated at least $890,000 to the campaigns of superdelegates, according to a report by a group that tracks money in politics.

Charities say the best donation for Southern California fire victims is money.