Philanthropic Foundations
LONDON - A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway has been found dead in a river in northern England after apparently falling off a cliff on one of the vehicles, police said Monday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Muhammad Ali hugged children and posed for photos Tuesday during an appearance to promote a charitable initiative to grow vegetable gardens at schools around the world.
ESSEX, Vt. - Pat O'Connor loved baseball so much he just had to have his own Fenway Park.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches said Friday this will be the last year its members can have financial relationships with the Harold Pump Foundation, a charity run by basketball power brokers David and Dana Pump.
TEL AVIV, Israel - Flawed intelligence-gathering and planning led to Israel's botched and deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla, with security forces underestimating the potential for violence, said the official report released Monday.
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- British priest: Shoplifting by poor sometimes OK
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- ACLU loses donor, one-fourth of yearly donations
- Gates Foundation announces grants for libraries
- New tour at Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue in Pa.
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