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Latest News Wires Red Cross: Over $100 million in Sandy aid still unspent

The Red Cross raised about $303 million to help those affected by hurricane Sandy, but only two-thirds of it has been spent, prompting criticism that the Red Cross is losing sight of its role in emergency relief.

By David B. Caruso and Jennifer PeltzAssociated Press / May 28, 2013

Mark Lennihan / AP

Seven months after Superstorm Sandy, the Red Cross still hasn't spent more than a third of the $303 million it raised to assist victims of the storm, a strategy the organization says will help address needs that weren't immediately apparent in the disaster's wake.