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Creflo Dollar resigned from the regents, and Benny Hinn is now a "regent emeritus" with no voting power.
The evangelist Creflo Dollar has resigned from the Oral Roberts University board of regents, and another evangelist, Benny Hinn, has lost his status as a voting mem ber of the board.
ORU's spokesman Jeremy Burton confirmed Wednesday that Dollar had resigned and that Hinn had been named a "regent emeritus" without a vote on the board.
Both refused last week to respond to a Senate inquiry into lavish spending by evangelists.
A Canadian businessman, Richard Pearson, has been named to ORU's board of business regents.
Head Tiger has quite a tale
Stories years later, when Miles became a Michigan man, under the sphere of influence of former Wolverines coach Bo Schembechler, first as a player and then as an assistant coach. Stories that follow Miles through an early coaching odyssey that also included stops at Colorado, Oklahoma State, the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and finally Louisiana State, where he was named to the head job in 2005. Stories of Miles and the Tigers in the days following Hurricane Katrina, when the LSU campus served as a refuge for thousands left homeless. Stories that show Miles's aggressive, some would say reckless, attitude toward coaching, in which such things as down and distance really don't matter. Such as the five times this season against defending national champion Florida when he gambled on fourth down en route to a dramatic 28-24 victory.
Candidates Campaign Nonstop Before Primary
On the Republican side, a USA Today/Gallup poll shows Arizona Sen. McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney locked in a tight contest, 34 percent to 30 percent. Nonstop Campaigning All of the candidates have been going nonstop with rallies, debates, speeches and door-to-door campaigning in the short four-day window between the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. Clinton stepped up her attacks on Obama by questioning his record on the Iraq war and asking reporters to put tougher questions to him. Obama struck an optimistic tone at rallies filled with Independent voters and students, while Edwards embarked on a bus tour through New Hampshire with his wife, Elizabeth. As for the Republicans, front-runners Romney and McCain painted themselves as friends of the Granite State and candidates who oppose heavy taxation.
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So if you have your degree or if you borrowed money towards your degree, stop complaining. Also, the part of tax payers money, I would rather my tax dollars at least make money and are used to created 1000’s of jobs and also educate students than be a total loss to me as a tax payer. Do you realize how many jobs there are because SM has taken the same program as the FDSL and made money from it? Those thousands of employees also pay thousands in taxes. Seems way better than any government run program. All those out there without a job, wouldn’t you love an opportunity for someone to be so wise so you too could have a job? I had an opportunity as everyone in this free country to buy stock in SM. I sure wish I would have now. Kay, at 7:30 pm EDT on August 7, 2007 .
An edgy O'Malley ally
Andres Alonso, chief executive of the Baltimore City school system, testified alongside city school board Chairman Brian D. Morris, urging legislators not to balance the budget at the expense of children.
The appearance was a difficult one politically for Morris, who owes his school board position to O'Malley. When O'Malley was Baltimore's mayor, he supported Morris not only in his advocacy for the city schools but also in his work as a developer.
A few days after Morris testified in Annapolis, his stance had softened somewhat.
"I certainly do not question the governor's commitment to the school system," he said in an interview. "His track record on it has been clear. And we realize that the proposal on the table serves to mitigate what would likely be a worse scenario than what we have.
Charming Shoppes, Inc.'s Board of Directors Authorizes New $200 ...
BENSALEM, Pa., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charming Shoppes, Inc., (NASDAQ: CHRS) , a leading multi-brand, multi-channel specialty apparel retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new $200 million share repurchase program. The share repurchases will be made from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, and are expected to be funded from operating cash flow. The timing and number of shares purchased will depend on market conditions, and shares acquired will be held as treasury stock. The Company expects to complete the program over the next several years. Dorrit J. Bern, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Charming Shoppes, Inc. stated, "Our new share repurchase program reflects our strong balance sheet and cash flows from operations, confidence in our long- term growth and our commitment to returning value to shareholders." Under existing share repurchase programs, year to date, the Company has repurchased approximately 22 million shares.
National Gallery to keep director for another year
Donald Sobey, chair of the gallery's board of trustees, announced Monday Théberge's reappointment for another 12 months, as the board continues the selection process for his successor. The decision "will ensure that the National Gallery continues to have strong and experienced leadership," during the process to recruit a new gallery director and CEO, Sobey said in a statement. The chosen candidate will take office at the end of Mr. Théberge's term, he added. A Quebec-born visual art curator, programmer and arts administrator, Théberge helped revitalize programming at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the mid-1980s and through most of the 1990s. He was appointed head of the National Gallery in Ottawa for a five-year term beginning January 1998 and began a second term in January 2003.
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