State bags a bundle.

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N.C. State University has found a new, if roundabout, way to turn trash into cash for itself. Lonnie C. Poole Jr., who earned a degree in civil engineering from State and made a fortune hauling garbage, and his wife are giving the university $40 million, the biggest gift in its 124-year history. It will swell State's endowment by nearly 10% and boost the profile of the university's young management college, which is...

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