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"Apple has donated $2.5 million to the American Red Cross to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief, 9to5Mac reports citing an internal company memo. \n\"For the past week, our thoughts have been with those affected by Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. And Apple employees and customers the world over have raised millions of dollars toward the relief effort so far. But we can always do more. That's why, on behalf of all our employees, Apple is making a donation of $2.5 million to the American Red Cross to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief. We hope this contribution will help families, businesses and communities recover and rebuild,\" says the memo signed by Apple CEO Tim Cook. \nLast week, Apple provided a link for donations for Hurricane Sandy relief on iTunes. Under Steve Jobs' leadership, Apple wasn't known as a very charitable company, but judging by these two charity efforts, it seems Tim Cook is out to change that. \nMore Coverage of Hurricane Sandy\n\n\nThe Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreezy Point, Queens\n\"Destruction after fire in Breezy Point, Queens.\" Via Official New York City Fire Department\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreezy Point, Queens\n\"Destruction after fire in Breezy Point, Queens.\"Via Official New York City Fire Department\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuantanamo Bay, Cuba\n\n\"Damage being repaired on the roof of the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Arts and Crafts Center after Hurricane Sandy made landfall.\"\nVia Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs/Sgt. Brett Perkins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNorth Carolina\nVia North Carolina Department of Public Transportation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nManhattan\n\n\"No traffic on the FDR today. This was all under water the night before. It's amazing how a storm like Sandy can completely shut down an entire city.\"\nVia WanderingtheWorld\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSouth Ferry Station, Manhattan\nA submerged escalator at the South Ferry subway station in Lower Manhattan. Via MTA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Village, Manhattan\nPeople bail water from a basement of an East Village business. Via Brennan Cavanaugh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWest Village, Manhattan\n\n\"Bleeker Street Pizza: OPEN- The electricity was still out, but they were making pizza anyway, with the help of their gas-fired oven and a few spelunker head lamps.\"\nVia Nick Sherman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Village at Avenue C, Manhattan\nVia jesseandgreg\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBattery Park\nA truck is submerged in Battery Park, Manhattan. Via Andrea Canning\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBelmar, New Jersey\n\"Hurricane Sandy damage in Belmar, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.\" Via Talk Radio News Service\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeaside Heights, New Jersey\n\n\"Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, Oct. 30, 2012.\"\nVia U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhite Hall subway station in NYC\nVia Andrew Cuomo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNorth Wildwood, New Jersey\nVia thejkinz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWest Wildwood, New Jersey\nA street underwater. Via thejkinz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLong Island, New York\nA tree uprooted in Long Island, New York. Via nikki_skye\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStonybrook, Long Island, NY\nvia Meghan Pipe\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichigan\nVia lafontainenissan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNYC\nVia miss_pagano\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDumbo, Brooklyn\n\"Main St. After Hurricane Sandy\" Via DumboNYC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDumbo, Brooklyn\n\"Jane's carousel is basically an island now. Poor horses.\"  Via andjelicaaa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToronto\nVia toastmatic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStaten Island\nVia katemcdermott7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWest Virginia\n\"John Schmidt, of the West Virginia Field Office, photographed his backyard during Hurricane Sandy.\" Via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFort Greene Park, Brooklyn\nVia juspostbellum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStaten Island\nVia anitaaaaaaaaaa3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRed Cross Digital Command Center\n\"President Obama visits the American Red Cross Digital Command Center following Hurricane Sandy\"Via Dell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPortsmouth, Virginia\n\"Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, visits Soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment Oct. 30 in Portsmouth, Va. \"Via Virginia Guard Public Affairs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPiscataway Township, New Jersey\n\"Spc. Anthony Monte along with Soldiers from the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, mobilized for Hurricane Sandy provide assistance to displaced residents at an emergency shelter at the Werblin Recreation Center, Piscataway Township, N.J., Oct. 29, 2012.\"Via U.S. Army\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDamaged Space Shuttle Enterprise\nVia John deGuzman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMears, Virginia\n\"Virginia National Guard Soldiers trudged through high water and cut trees to clear a path for two rescue missions that transported seven adults and one child to safety at two locations on Cattail Road in the Mears, Va. area Oct. 30.\" Via The National Gaurd\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFort Greene, Brooklyn\nA car that has been smashed by a tree in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Via CSondi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto courtesy New York Fire Department. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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