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KCET says that all of the money raised during the three-hour telethon it aired on May 24 will go for Japanese tsunami relief efforts. (The show aired again on Saturday.) The station reports it's working with U.S.-Japan Council to disburse funds to organizations in Japan, including the Japan Platform and the Center for Public Resource Development.
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