Denver public TV plans nonprofit news operation AP (November 04, 2009) DENVER (AP) - A Denver public television station is planning a nonprofit investigative news operation with a Web site and on-air program.
Blacks still drawn to Islam despite FBI raids AP (October 30, 2009) (AP) - By now, Sekou Jackson is used to the questions: Why does he need to leave a work meeting to pray? Don't black Muslims convert to Islam in jail? Why would you even want to be Muslim?
'Slumdog' kids' truancy threatens their trust fund AP (October 29, 2009) MUMBAI, India (AP) - The two child stars of "Slumdog Millionaire" are at risk of losing their monthly stipend and their trust fund if they don't attend school more regularly, a trustee for the fund said Thursday.
Wis. nonprofit gets $3.3M grant for solar training AP (October 27, 2009) MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin nonprofit will train solar power instructors throughout the Midwest with a $3.3 million federal grant.
Law firms pay new hires to work for public good AP (October 23, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - If things had gone according to plan, Lindsay Murphy would be a big-city tax lawyer by now. Instead, the recent law school graduate found herself doing legal aid, listening to complaints about raw sewage bubbling up into the bathtubs of a Mississippi Delta housing project.
Freed Irishwoman: Darfur kidnappers terrorized me AP (October 19, 2009) DUBLIN (AP) - A freed Irish aid worker held captive for three months in Darfur said Monday that her captors terrorized her and a Ugandan friend by repeatedly staging their mock executions using live gunfire.
Google CEO creates $25M endowment at Princeton AP (October 13, 2009) TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife have given $25 million to start an endowment fund at Princeton University.