NEW YORK - Checks are pouring into charities for victims of the terrorist attacks with pledges nationwide rising quickly past $500 million, even as officials try to get a handle on the number of relief efforts and how best to coordinate them.

...December helped offset a drop in contributions immediately after the attacks. The newspaper interviewed more than 60 charity officials and consultants and found that while gains over 2000 were generally modest, few organizations reported significant...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Cameron J. Lewis, a charity official accused of cheating public schools across the country on sales of fitness gear and who was the focus of a Minnesota investigation...