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Major League Baseball Sends Relief to Japan
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsBaseball players from Japan are leading a major-league push to send relief to their disaster-ravaged country. After the earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, Japanese players from around Major League Baseball frantically tried to reach family members. Charles Krupa, AP Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka accepts donations from fans for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts before Boston's spring training baseball game Monday against the New York Yankees in Fort Myers, Fla. Seattle Mariners hitter Ichiro Suzuki failed to ...
Lady Gaga Creates Prayer Bracelet to Benefit Disaster Relief in Japan
By not in system - AOL NewsHours after the world learned the shocking news about Japan's 8.9 quake and 10-meter tsunami, Lady Gaga launched a movement on Twitter to raise relief funds. The singer has designed a white and red wristband for fans to purchase in her official online store, according to MTV News, and she says all sales proceeds will benefit victims of the disaster. And the $5 price tag can be voluntarily increased by any buyers wishing to boost their monetary donations. Kevin Mazur, WireImage Lady Gaga, who has a love for Japanese culture and its people, has designed a bracelet to raise money for ...
Mysterious Recipient of World War II-Era Letter Found Back East
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsLast week we told a tale of two letters, World War II-era epistles that were lost in the mail for nearly seven decades. One letter, sent by a young Army lieutenant from California's Camp Roberts in 1943, arrived last month in Iowa at the home of the deceased writer's 85-year-old brother. The other letter, mailed from an unknown someone in Alabama in 1944, arrived at Camp Roberts last month, addressed to a Miss R.T. Fletcher at the Red Cross Station Hospital, long since closed. Camp Roberts Historical Museum This letter, mailed in 1944, arrived at Camp Roberts, Calif., last month. ...
Red Cross' Rogue Beer Tweet Brings in Donations
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsWhen an American Red Cross employee accidentally tweeted a beer-related post to the charity's Twitter account, rather than to her personal account, the Red Cross responded with humor. The casual, positive handling of the incident has inspired a slew of Web donations. "Ryan found two more 4 bottle packs of Dogfish Head's Midas Touch beer.... when we drink we do it right #gettngslizzerd." Gloria Huang, apparent fan of Delaware craft brewery Dogfish Head and social media specialist for the American Red Cross, tweeted the post to the wrong account late Tuesday night. For those not up on their ...
Another Blizzard Blitzes Middle of the Nation
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsAnother winter storm has swept across the nation's midsection, dumping more than a foot of snow on states still struggling to recover from last week's knock-out blow. The snow continued to fall in Oklahoma this morning amid subzero wind chills and high winds that created near-blizzard conditions across the winter-weary state. Relief seems to be within sight as the snow is expected to stop in the state by this afternoon and temperatures are expected to rise into the 20s and 30s. But for the moment, life in Tulsa has ground to a halt for the second time this month, according to the Tulsa World. ...
Bus Crash Kills Dozens in Ecuador
By not in system - AOL NewsQUITO, Ecuador - Rescue workers say a bus ran off a foggy, rainy mountain road in Ecuador and plunged about 1,100 feet, killing at least 35 people and injuring 34 others. Red Cross worker Jorge Arteaga says by telephone that Friday's accident occurred before dawn in the western province of Manabi. AFP / Getty Images People look at the wreckage of a bus that fell into a deep ravine near La Crespa, Ecuador, on Friday. The Red Cross sent 30 volunteers and five ambulances to the scene. Police said late Friday that at least 35 people were killed in the accident and another 34 were ...
Aumsville, Oregon, Tornado Damage [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- The weather outside is frightful. A tornado touched down in Aumsville, Ore., just before noon today, wreaking havoc in the small town south of Portland. According to The Oregonian newspaper, the twister and accompanying storm knocked out power to thousands of residents and destroyed homes and businesses. So far, at least 10 families have sought shelter through the Red Cross, but no injuries have been reported. Tornadic activity is rare in the Pacific Northwest, and the violent storm caught most residents of Aumsville off guard. "Oregon's moderate climate and topography are not ...
Texas Woman Jailed for Overdue Library Books
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(Dec. 7) -- Authorities threw the book at a woman who had a few overdue library books. Police in Baytown, Texas, say they locked up Jessekah Few last month after the 25-year-old failed to show up in court for a hearing about unreturned library books. "It's not a very common charge," Baytown Police Department Detective Alan Cliburn told WSAV.com. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=686529&pid=686528&uts=1291761053 ...
Couple Win $11.2M Lottery, Then Give It All Away
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Nov. 4) -- Allen and Violet Large figured they were lucky enough already. So when the Canadian couple hit it big in the lottery this year, they decided to give it away -- all of it. Since their July win, the elderly couple has donated nearly every cent of their $11.2 million winnings to charity. Call it the Larges' largess. "What you've never had, you never miss," Violet Large, 78, told The Chronicle Herald in Canada. She and her 74-year-old husband, who live in Nova Scotia, said they first made sure their family was taken care of. But then, she said, they decided the money was "a big ...
Matthew Drops to Depression, Soaks Central America
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GUATEMALA CITY (Sept. 25) -- Matthew weakened to a tropical depression Saturday along the coast of Belize, dousing the southern part of the Central American nation and neighboring Guatemala with rain that caused flooding in coastal areas. Guatemalan authorities urged people to stay off the roads as floods hit several towns in eastern and northern Guatemala. Civil Defense operations commander Sergio Cabanas said flooding was reported in Izabal and Peten provinces, and there were concerns about people staying in their homes. "The problem is that people have refused to be taken to shelters, ...
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