There's a lot of expense with an injury like this. We knew there had to be something we could do to help.

The whole community is pulling together to help. All the area businesses that have donated items for the auction have been really good to us. It's just wonderful all the support we're getting.

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.

In working with UNICEF our corporate partners have demonstrated time and again that their financial resources, leadership and expertise can bring about real and lasting benefits for the world's children.

I think many times news organizations, whether it's for lack of resources or something else, cover the headlines and don't follow up, even though the story continues for the people living there - they can't leave. I think it's critical that they do these follow-up stories to realize that there is still suffering, and the need is dire.

The 1969 experience has been a rude awakening for many hedge-fund investors and has left some of them with strong reservations about the whole concept. For the first time in their relatively short history, the funds are not growing: in fact, some have suffered large withdrawals of capital, and a few have actually folded.