List of newsbits we currently track at Philanthropy Public Policies

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Portman Presented with Humanitarian Award (Teen Hollywood)
USA student Andrew Schneider to bike across country (The Vanguard)
Former Microsoft exec is new Gates Foundation CEO (San Francisco Chronicle)
Help recognize Treasure Coast philanthropists (TCPalm.com)
Leader admires 'audacious goals' (The Post-Standard)
Could Gustav Trigger Funding to Fix What Ails Louisiana? Philanthropy Changing Ways of Giving to Disaster Recovery (PRWeb)
Former Microsoft exec is new Gates Foundation CEO (AP via Yahoo! News)
Google?s Philanthropy Arm Leads Effort to Use Weather Data to Fight Disease (New York Times)
Smart Growth Resource Library: NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund (Smart Growth Online)
Why Isn't It Easier to Track Giving to Disasters? (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Business supports arts to tune of $171m (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Private philanthropy's global reach (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT: Marci Rosenberg honored for creative philanthropy (West County Journal)
PARSA University: Involving Your Family in Philanthropy (Payvand Iran News)
New Gates Foundation Head: Good News For Philanthropy? (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Responsibility Weekly Recap (May 7 - May 14, 2008) Philanthropy Writers/Business Editors (INO News)
Venture Philanthropy: A "High-End Shell Game"? (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Students in Philanthropy at MHS award grants; 13 agencies get funds to help their causes (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
Sussex Youth Philanthropy Board present grants (Cape Gazette)