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LABOR PAINS
Organizers of this weekend's annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon are blaming Hurricane Frances for this year's non-record-breaking haul. Donations totaled $59.4 million — down nearly 2 percent from 2003's $60.5 million. Disruptions and outages prevented many Florida stations from airing the telethon. It was only the second time in the telethon's 39-year history that Jerry and Co. failed to surpass the previous year's total.
Organizers of this weekend's annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon are blaming Hurricane Frances for this year's non-record-breaking haul. Donations totaled $59.4 million — down nearly 2 percent from 2003's $60.5 million. Disruptions and outages prevented many Florida stations from airing the telethon. It was only the second time in the telethon's 39-year history that Jerry and Co. failed to surpass the previous year's total.