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Michael Moore tries to avoid photographers as he arrives at the Food Bank 'Can-Do' awards gala in New York April 25, 2006. A U.S. war veteran who lost both arms in Iraq has sued the Oscar-winning director for $85 million, saying television clips were used without his permission in the anti-war documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and gave a false impression that he opposed the war. (Chip East/Reuters)

SOUTH BEND -- Santa Claus is not being dispatched from the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. And people shouldn't give donations to a possible rogue Santa telling people he has been sent by the food bank. Nick Dalton, interim president and chief executive officer of the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, said he took a call from an angry local business owner earlier this week. The business owner, whom Dalton did not name, was upset because a Santa, who said he was from the food bank, did not show up for a scheduled event at his business, Dalton said. The...

BOISE, Idaho - Someone donated a $30,000 winning lottery ticket to the Idaho Foodbank. The ticket was tucked inside an envelope without a return address Wednesday, Foodbank Director Roger Simon says. Idaho Lottery officials say it's first time they know of someone donating the entire amount of a winning ticket to a charitable organization. The Foodbank will use the money for its children's programs. The Stinker Station that sold the winning ticket also gave the food bank $300 from the money it got from the commission for selling the winning ticket.

Here is a link to a story about a food bank in Detroit that gave 720 pounds of turkey to Rep. Conyers staff to deliver to the needy for Thanksgiving . . . and now suspects that the staff did not make good on its promise. Interesting story, but can't post here due to source. http://www.freep.com/news/locway/turkey5e_20050105.htm

NEWPORT NEWS -- When Jane Susan Frank sent a letter to Smithfield Packing Co. about a severe shortage of meat for hungry local families, she didn't expect anything huge in return. Maybe a couple of hams, or a nice box of hot dogs. Not 10,000 pounds of meat. Not 40 cases of pork chops, 50 cases each of roast beef, pastrami and corned beef, 118 cases of pork rib patties and more. Not $24,650 worth of food that should go to at least 20,000 people in time for holiday dinners. But that's what arrived Thursday at the Foodbank of the...

Bull Durham stars give to food bank COOPERSTOWN - Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Ron Shelton, the co-stars and director of the film "Bull Durham," have each contributed $1,000 to the Cooperstown Food Bank The checks, which arrived Wednesday, followed an earlier $377 check, sent to the food bank through the efforts of the "Bull Durham" crew. The $377 was contributed by people who attended a 15th anniversary screening of "Bull Durham" last month at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. During that screening, Robbins passed a hat to collect money for the food bank. Ellen St. John, food bank director,...

July 7, 2002 Money hungry: FOOD for Lane County considers distribution fees, other ways to pump up its sagging bottom line By SUSAN PALMER The Register-Guard TONYA HALEY went through the Creswell emergency food box line selecting lettuce, tomatoes, bananas, bread and milk. The stay-at-home mother of four needs help feeding her family. And it's not that her husband lacks a decent job. He works as a registered nurse at an Albany hospital. The simple fact is, his $20-an-hour salary doesn't stretch all the way across the monthly bills. Until last November, Haley worked, too, as a clerk in a...