Dan Rather gives alma mater &#36;2 million
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Dan Rather has donated $2 million to his alma mater, Sam Houston State University &#151; the largest single monetary gift in the school's 127-year history.
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A new stadium for Major League Baseball in Washington D.C. will cost around &#36;90 million more than the mayor expects, the city's independent chief financial officer told the City Council Thursday.
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In the most expensive presidential contest in the nation's history, John F. Kerry and his Democratic supporters nearly matched President Bush and the Republicans, who outspent them by just &#36;60 million, &#36;1.14 billion to &#36;1.08 billion.
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Dan Rather&#39;s &quot;reporting&quot; on George W. Bush&#39;s service record in the Texas Air National Guard has been misleading at best.
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A former high school coach told a federal jury Wednesday that he got offers of money, a job and free law school for his wife before he accepted a &#36;150,000 payoff to steer his best player to sign with Alabama.
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On the field, and off it, the final verdict seemed to take an eternity. After going into double overtime in last week's Atlantic Coast Conference triumph over then-18th-ranked Clemson, Boston College's charmed football team, ranked 23d in the country, yesterday went into double OT again to pull out a flawed but pulsating 30-23 victory over Brigham Young at Alumni Stadium, ...
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Maryland's Jason Garey has the second-highest goal total in the country this season, and could emerge as the key figure in Friday's College Cup semifinal against defending champion Indiana.
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Prosperous alumni helped make 2006 a record fundraising year for colleges and universities, which hauled in an all-time high of $28 billion, a 9.4 percent jump from the year before.
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The Democratic National Committee is donating &#36;2 million to help the party's House and Senate fund-raising operations prepare for the 2006 elections.
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When they negotiated to build a new stadium, the Yankees and elected officials agreed the team would give roughly $1.2 million a year to local groups. Theyâre building it, but no money has been distributed yet.
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Democratic presidential contender Sen. John Kerry nearly caught up to President Bush's record-breaking fund-raising efforts by taking in &#36;233.5 million, his campaign said on Friday, just behind the incumbent's &#36;242 million.
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West Virginia was penalized 12 times for 116 yards, the second straight week they were flagged for more than 100 yards...The Mountaineers have won both meetings between the schools...Marshall entered the game in a tie for ninth place with 27 career TD
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The Terps score more than 88 points per game, third-most in the nation. Saturday, their foe is No. 3 North Carolina, and no team in the country scores more than the Tar Heels.
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The upsets have begun and the little guys are moving into The Associated Press poll. After ranked teams started the season 21-0, five fell to unranked opponents this weekend, shaking up media poll released Sunday.
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Saying the news &quot;needs backers who won&#039;t back down,&quot; former CBS anchor Dan Rather confirmed Tuesday that he&#039;s joining Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban for a weekly program that begins in October on HDNet.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Mar. 12--The raging debate over capital spending on college campuses has largely obscured equally important problems with the omnibus higher education bill being promoted by Republican Sen. Gary Nodler.
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Aware that success can be fleeting, George Mason Coach Jim Larranaga and school officials have scurried to capitalize on last seasonÂs basketball windfall.