Eric Holder Blasts Boy Scouts’ Ban on Gay Troop Leaders
Addressing a gay-rights group Tuesday, the attorney general said the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on homosexual adults serving as troop leaders “preserves and perpetuates the worst kind of stereotypes,” USA Today reports.
University Ex-President Seeks $1.6-Million in Suit Over Exit
In a court filing last week, Evan Dobelle, the former president of Westfield State University, seeks more than $1.6-million in damages in connection with a lawsuit arising from his resignation last fall amid a controversy over his spending of university funds, reports The Boston Globe.
Cummings Foundation Board Fires CEO After Disagreements
Simon Greer, a former community organizer, is leaving just as he was putting in place a sweeping overhaul of grant-making priorities.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Nathan Cummings Foundation Ousts CEO Greer
Simon Greer, a veteran social activist, has been fired from the organization, according to several sources at Jewish organizations, reports the Forward.
Automakers Give $26-Million for Plan to Retain Detroit Art
Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors have donated a combined $26-million toward the Detroit Institute of Arts’ $100-million pledge to the “grand bargain” proposal to shield the museum’s collection from sale in the city’s bankruptcy case, the Detroit Free Press reports.
GOP Lawmakers Say IRS Gave Data on Nonprofits to FBI
House Republicans investigating the Internal Revenue Service say the agency gave a 1.1 million-page database with information on thousands of groups to the FBI in 2010 as the Justice Department was weighing a probe of electioneering by nonprofits, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Gates Foundation Drops Stake in Controversial Security Firm
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has fully divested from a U.K. security-services company that has been plagued by scandal at home and targeted by international campaigners for its work in the occupied Palestinian territories, Bloomberg and Reuters report.
Met Head Says Opera Risks Failure Unless It Cuts Labor Bill
Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb told the BBC that the company will “face a bankruptcy situation in two or three years” if it does not make major reductions in its spending on wages.
Parties Halt ‘Mockingbird’ Author’s Suit Against Ala. Museum
A federal judge threw out author Harper Lee’s trademark suit against a historical museum in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala., Thursday after attorneys for both sides filed a joint motion for dismissal, reports the Associated Press.
Maine Woman Admits to Embezzling $300,000 from Charity
A former fund accountant for community-development group Coastal Enterprises, Inc., faces up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud and tax charges, the Bangor Daily News writes.