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Old 2006-01-17, 20:02   Link #50
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William Shatner sells kidney stone for charity

Oh my...I admit I like Star Trek as well, but...

William Shatner sells kidney stone for charity
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The $25,000 raised will be donated to Habitat for Humanity

LOS ANGELES - An online casino has a piece of Capt. Kirk.

Actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity, it was announced Tuesday.

Shatner reached agreement Monday to sell the stone to GoldenPalace.com. “This takes organ donors to a new height, to a new low, maybe. How much is a piece of me worth?” he said in a telephone interview.

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The money will go to Habitat for Humanity, which builds houses for the needy. “This would be the first Habitat for Humanity house built out of stone,” joked Darren Julien, president of Los Angeles-based Julien’s Auctions, which handled the sale.

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