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Frugal Teacher Leaves School $2.1 Million

HOUSTON – A retired public school teacher who was so frugal that he bought expired meat and secondhand clothing left $2.1 million for his alma mater, Prairie View A&M (search) — the school’s largest gift from a single donor. Whitlowe R. Green (search), 88, died of cancer in 2002. He …

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Al Qaeda in Iraq to Recruit Locals for Attacks

CAIRO, Egypt – Iraq’s most feared terror group said Tuesday that it has formed a unit of potential suicide attackers who are exclusively Iraqis, an apparent bid to deflect criticism that most bombers in Iraq are foreigners. Al Qaeda in Iraq (search) announced the unit in an Internet posting signed …

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Killer Walks Free Because of Old Law

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – A man was convicted of manslaughter for beating his girlfriend to death with a hammer in 1982, but he will walk free because the law in effect then included a five-year statute of limitations. Jurors found Marc Ferrara (search), 43, guilty of aggravated manslaughter Thursday in …

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