Dan Rather gives alma mater $2 million (AP)

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Dan Rather has donated $2 million to his alma mater, Sam Houston State University — the largest single monetary gift in the school's 127-year history. "So many people, known and unknown, helped me to get through Sam Houston State when I was there, desperately trying to make it, that I've always wanted to give back — somehow, some way — to the best of my ability," the former "CBS Evening News" anchorman said Tuesday in a statement released by the university, which ...