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$68 million mystery: Who’s behind college gifts?

Published April 23, 2009

DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) âÄî It's the question on everyone's lips in philanthropy: Who is the mysterious donor giving away millions of dollars to at least a dozen colleges across the country?...

Michigan State gets $10 million from mystery donor

Published April 23, 2009

EAST LANSING, Michigan (AP) âÄî An anonymous donor is giving Michigan State University $10 million. The university announced the donation Thursday. It's not clear if the gift is connected to a...

Bond denied in Georgia immigration fraud case

Published April 23, 2009

ATLANTA (AP) âÄî A federal judge on Thursday denied bond for a man and a woman charged in an alleged fraud that authorities say allowed hundreds of Koreans to illegally enter and stay in the U.S....

GM to temporarily shut 13 plants, cut production

Published April 23, 2009

DETROIT (AP) âÄî General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will temporarily close 13 assembly plants in the U.S. and Mexico âÄî some for more than two months âÄî as it tries to pare...

Temple U announces 2.9 percent tuition increase

Published April 23, 2009

PHILADELPHIA (AP) âÄî Students at Temple University will be paying about 3 percent more for tuition next year, the school's lowest rate hike in 13 years. The university also will increase its financial...

Wis. university chancellor resigns amid criticism

Published April 23, 2009

MADISON, Wis. (AP) âÄî A central Wisconsin university chancellor announced her resignation Thursday after a series of conflicts with students and donors and questions about how she handled a traffic...

SC student’s killer asks judge for death sentence

Published April 22, 2009

he Tennessee man who confessed to raping and killing a South Carolina college student asked for a death sentence Wednesday, saying prison time would do no good because he's too violent.

Maine’s marriage debate turns deeply religious

Published April 22, 2009

Gay couples took turns pleading for recognition of their partnerships, while opponents warned that state sanctioning of same-sex marriages would fracture a basic building block of society.

Man arrested in Mexico in Cincinnati-area slayings

Published April 22, 2009

Authorities in Mexico have arrested a man in the slayings of four Mexican construction workers who had been beaten and methodically stabbed in the heart at the Ohio apartment they shared, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Police: NY man beat, asphyxiated family in hotel

Published April 22, 2009

A New York tax attorney whose investment dealings prompted an FBI investigation beat and asphyxiated his wife and daughters in a Maryland hotel room, then answered a call from his daughter's roommate before killing himself, police said Wednesday.