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9/11 FUND HAS NO CLASS KIN STIFFED BY $125M SCHOLARSHIP CHARITY By SUSAN EDELMAN September 9, 2007 -- A charity that tapped the influence of former President Bill Clinton and ex-Sen. Bob Dole and raised more than $125 million to send the children of 9/11 to college is stiffing families it promised to help, The Post has learned. Clinton and Dole spearheaded a campaign for Scholarship America that raked in millions to "guarantee a college education to the children and spouses of everyone who was killed or disabled on Sept. 11," as Clinton vowed on the Larry King show...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The parents of a North Carolina-based soldier killed in Iraq said Saturday that they plan to start a scholarship fund for Puerto Rican students in his name at the Texas university he attended. Army Capt. Ernesto M. Blanco, 28, was killed last Sunday when an explosive device struck the vehicle in which he was riding. His father, Jose Blanco, said by telephone from San Antonio, Texas, that he will donate a substantial sum, which he didn't specify, to Texas A&M University to set up the fund and then hopes to draw additional donations from businesses....