Salt Lake City Area Tops Nation in Charity Giving
A Chronicle of Philanthropy study based on 1997 tax data shows Salt Lake City-Ogden residents who itemized deductions gave about 15 percent of discretionary income to religious and nonprofit causes, with Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland at 10 percent as runner up. Utah's giving mainly flows to tithing for the LDS Church. Churches and religious causes received more than three quarters of donations nationwide.
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Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Vandalism hits New Orleans cemetery tombs
Vandal(s) broke into at least 10 above-ground tombs at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, taking skulls from two coffins and placing them on vaults. Police spokesman Capt. Marlon Defillo said nothing specific was taken and no satanic ritual occurred. A visitor alerted officials after a metal casket was found displaced.
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Thief steals Van Gogh Picasso works from Whitworth Gallery
Greater Manchester Police said three paintings were seized in a weekend raid at the Whitworth Art Gallery. The works include The Fortifications of Paris with Houses by Vincent van Gogh Poverty by Pablo Picasso and Tahitian Landscape by Paul Gauguin with a total value of 51.58 million. No suspects were named.
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Pablo Picasso
Paul Gauguin
U N and Afghan group cite rights abuses by fighters
The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission accuse fighters in northwest Afghanistan of rights abuses during clashes last month. At least 38 civilians were killed in Akazi village as homes and shops were looted, with 26 bodies found hand tied. Indonesian police vow to identify attackers of Jakarta airport blast, possible links to separatists or regional terror groups.
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Afghanistan
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Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
Akazi
Jakarta
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Antara
Free Aceh Movement
Jemaah Islamiyah
Bali
IRA offers compromise on weapons in NI power sharing
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said the IRA would scrap more weapons if Protestant leaders resume power sharing in Northern Ireland. He noted previous disarmament steps and a third act of putting arms beyond use. Ulster Unionists dismissed the explanation as insufficient.
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