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Original Source by Ledyard King Gannett News Service WASHINGTON - For kids pouring out of school this month, the hazards of summer go far beyond sunburns and bug bites. Many children - especially poor ones - will take a step back academically as the lessons…

Chuck Feeney, who nudges others to give while living, plans to donate $8 billion by 2016. Just don't put his name on anything. By Margot Roosevelt One by one, speakers rose to toast the elderly gent with baggy pants and a shy, gaptoothed smile. "Of…

Anonymous Gifts Are Growing, But Groups Are Under Pressure To Reveal Benefactors' Names As anonymous giving to charities increases, it's getting harder for donors to maintain the anonymous part. Wealthy philanthropists last year made 37 gifts of $5 million or more without publicly revealing their…

The American Association of Community Colleges is developing a nationwide program to retrain the crush of adults who will want -- and need -- to find new work after traditional retirement age, the group will announce today. The organization, which represents 1,200 community colleges across…