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‘Rescue Knux’: New Yorker Spends $60,000 Fighting Dog Custody Battle

So far he’s spent more than $60,000 on legal fees to get the pup back, but will a heartwrenching video help recruit additional funds?

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Cory Booker Reminds Us All He’s Still a Superhero

Step aside, Chuck Norris – you might have been deposed as the Internet’s model for toughness, superiority and epic manliness.

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Stephen Colbert Almost Sponsored the South Carolina GOP Primary

The South Carolina Republican Party briefly considered selling the naming rights to its 2012 primary to Stephen Colbert – and his satire-laced super PAC.

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Family Raises $55,000 for Son’s Bone Marrow Transplant, Thanks to Reddit

The online community rallied together to help 3-year-old Lucas Gonzalez, who has a rare immune deficiency.

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George R.R. Martin Claims Two ‘Game of Thrones’ Scripts Were Stolen

The author of the Song of Ice and Fire series is mad and he’s enlisting the help of his fans to help him catch an (alleged) thief.

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Reddit Campaign for Colbert Rally Breaks Donation Record

Most Internet petitions tend to fizzle out without much happening. But Reddit’s movement for a Stephen Colbert-hosted rally has raised major attention, and more than $100,000 for charity.

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34 Billionaires Are Giving Half of Their Fortunes Away

In other words, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are super-persuasive.

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Buy Your Own Slice of the Oil Spill – For Just $25!

Various groups have moved into action in the wake of the Gulf oil spill (see our photo gallery) to aid newly unemployed fisherman and deck hands. But one coalition has a novel fundraising idea: Auction off some of that skimmed, plentiful crude.