Last week a college student from China lost nearly $1,000 in a fraudulent scam just hours after landing in Santa Barbara. This week, the student was offered an anonymous $900 donation, but is opting to direct the money to charity. Police released surveillance images last week of a man and woman believed to be responsible for the crime. The couple approached the 23-year-old student on August 11 ...

An unsuspecting victim who was conned out of $900 last month in Santa Barbara received an unexpected donation from local citizens - that he asked be donated to the American Red Cross.

Associated Press NEW YORK — One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.