Charity Connection II
The Washington Post picks up the story of diverted earthquake relief funds that officials claim were connected with the airline bomb plot.
The Washington Post picks up the story of diverted earthquake relief funds that officials claim were connected with the airline bomb plot.
Charities in the UK and Pakistan are named in reports as conduits for funds, and other reports say earthquake relief in Pakistan was a pretense for fund transfers and personnel moves in the guise of relef workers.
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Texas civil rights groups sues organization for better pay for disabled workers.
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A year after a congregation took in a Mississippi woman who had appeared on an Oprah segment, they now want her to move on and give them their parsonage back.
This Geneva-based organization tries to coordinate a balanced world-wide response to the top three diseases, with an intense focus on results.
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So a Senator wants to know how extensive earmarking has become among major institutions.
Continue reading "Federal Grant Earmarking Leads Universities to Lobbyists" »
With a new catalog offering trips from Timbuktu to Antarctica, the program is an adventure in earned income.
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But for-profit homes are more prevalent and regulators are not enforcing standards.
Continue reading "Nonprofit Nursing Homes Provide Better Care, Says Consumer Reports" »
The agreement reduces up front payment to musicians, but provides for profit sharing on CD and Internet sales.
Continue reading "Musicians Agree to New Deal for Live Symphony Recordings" »
Musuem publishes list of 221 missing items in the newspapers and on the Internet, which seems to have led to at least two recoveries and arrests that may lead to more.
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