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• The man who once posed as a rich American businessman abroad spent his final years living with his brother near Seattle. • Wilson died Sept. 10 from complications from a heart valve replacement surgery, said Craig Emmick, a director at Columbia Funeral Home in Seattle. He was 84. • ___
AP IMPACT: NYC minister raises millions for disasters, also helps himself, family and friends
• NEW YORK (AP) -- Before the Sept. 11 attacks, the Rev. Carl Keyes was a little-known pastor of a small New York City congregation searching for members and money. • When the twin towers fell, his fortunes changed. • Donors poured $2.5 million into the minister's charity to help 9/11 victims. More opportunities to raise relief money would come later, with at least another $2.3 million collected for efforts along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, in the poorest corners of West Virginia and Tennessee, and even in remote African villages. • Tens of millions more flowed through his fingers from the sale of church properties. • But Keyes, a one-time construction worker, did more than help the needy with the millions donated -- he helped himself. • ___
Grocery chain Trader Joe's recalls peanut butter linked to salmonella
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