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Web site ranks Obama as best-loved do-gooder

Published: Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008 12:03 a.m. MST

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Oprah Winfrey might be the best-loved do-gooder of them all. But this year she lost out to Barack Obama in the ranking of celebrity do-gooders by DoSomething.org, coming in at No. 2. USA Today says the report, which ranks how celebrities inspire people 25 and under, also includes, in order: Angelina Jolie, Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Pitt, Al Gore, Lance Armstrong, Michelle Obama, Bono and Michael J. Fox.

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