During the year of 2008, Madonna donated more than 3 million dollars through charitable organizations. Some of her donations were towards cancer and Aids research, but the most of the donations were towards the Kabbalah Center.

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During 2007 there was a 45% increase in solar energy industry, and although there are still not official numbers for the year of 2008 it seems that 2008 had an even better increase despite of oil prices and the economic crisis. Today there are over 30,000 employees in more than 3400 companies in the solar industry, the European union has set some goals and Australia is investing major dollars on renewable energy.

New long-term research in one Colorado city shows direct link between smoking ban to heart attacks. Three years after the smoking ban in Pueblo Colorado there was major drop of 41% in hospitalized cases rate while in others cities in the area there was no such change.

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