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Four U.S. cancer charities charged; two settle

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has charged four cancer charities with misusing more than $187 million in donations, with two agreeing to be dissolved and two fighting the allegations, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. The FTC, 50 states and the District of Columbia charged the Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services Inc, the Children’s Cancer Fund of America and the Breast Cancer Society

Blanchett, Mara on crafting the lesbian romance of 'Carol'

CANNES, France (AP) — Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are sitting in a bright room, with the Mediterranean all around, atop the Palais des Festival, the hub of the Cannes Film Festival. As the stars of Todd Haynes’ ’50s lesbian romance “Carol,” they’ve been at the very center of Cannes both because “Carol” epitomizes the positive female focus of this year’s festival and because few films have been more lauded