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• Top 400 charities see billions less in donations (AP)
• Man charged with murder in Md. detective's death (AP)
• After 9 years and Condit's fall, Levy trial begins (AP)
• Risky Campaign-Ad Fight: Obama vs. Chamber of Commerce (Time.com)
• Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes (or Cherrypickers) (Time.com)
• Navajo closer than ever to electing woman leader (AP)
• Barbara Billingsley, Beaver Cleaver's TV mom, dies (AP)
• No problem found on flight diverted to Fargo, ND (AP)
• Sports fans ensnared in Fox, Cablevision rate duel (AP)
• More intellectually disabled youths go to college (AP)
• 95-year-old NYC man gets medal for WWII rescue (AP)
• Obama targets key groups in election's homestretch (AP)
• Discovery of GPS tracker becomes privacy issue (AP)
• Defiant chamber vows to spend more on election (AP)
• American visits Iran blast site under freedom deal (AP)
• Murder suspect extradited from Israel to NYC (AP)

Top 400 charities see billions less in donations (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - A new ranking of the nation's 400 biggest charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ended — the worst decline in 20 years since the Chronicle of Philanthropy began keeping a tally.

Man charged with murder in Md. detective's death (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 02:15 PM PDT AP - A man was accused Sunday of fatally striking an off-duty Baltimore police detective in the head during a dispute over a parking space in a crowded nightlife district.

After 9 years and Condit's fall, Levy trial begins (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 08:56 AM PDT AP - If one person is associated with the mysterious slaying of Washington intern Chandra Levy, it isn't the man who will soon be tried on charges he murdered her. It's former California congressman Gary Condit, whose political career imploded after he was romantically linked to the woman and became the No. 1 suspect.

Risky Campaign-Ad Fight: Obama vs. Chamber of Commerce (Time.com) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:15 AM PDT Time.com - Hoping to stir his Democratic base, President Obama picks a fight with the Chamber of Commerce over its massive advertising campaign ahead of the midterm elections

Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes (or Cherrypickers) (Time.com) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:15 AM PDT Time.com - Although students at high-performing charters are admitted via lottery, the success of these top-tier schools isn't random and is very much replicable

Navajo closer than ever to electing woman leader (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 01:07 PM PDT AP - Lynda Lovejoy walks past throngs of parade-goers in her traditional, crushed velvet dress and moccassins, her campaign button on the sleeve. Speaking through a microphone, she says she'll bring fresh perspective to the Navajo government if elected president.

Barbara Billingsley, Beaver Cleaver's TV mom, dies (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT AP - The affection people had for "Leave it to Beaver" many years after the series ended was a source of both surprise and satisfaction for Barbara Billingsley, who endeared herself to TV viewers with her gentle portrayal of the mother of Beaver and Wally.

No problem found on flight diverted to Fargo, ND (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:38 PM PDT AP - A commuter jet was diverted to Fargo on Sunday after a member of the flight crew mistakenly thought a passenger had tampered with a fire-detection device in the lavatory.

Sports fans ensnared in Fox, Cablevision rate duel (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:34 PM PDT AP - For the fourth time this year, Cablevision's 3 million subscribers in New York and Philadelphia are at the mercy of one of its disputes with networks, and caught in the middle are sports fans who missed playoff baseball and Sunday's New York Giants game.

More intellectually disabled youths go to college (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:11 PM PDT AP - Zach Neff is all high-fives as he walks through his college campus in western Missouri. The 27-year-old with Down syndrome hugs most everybody, repeatedly. He tells teachers he loves them.

95-year-old NYC man gets medal for WWII rescue (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - The U.S. government has recognized the World War II architect of a mission to rescue more than 500 U.S. bomber crew members shot down over Nazi-occupied Serbia.

Obama targets key groups in election's homestretch (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - Heading into the homestretch of the midterm elections, President Barack Obama is targeting key Democratic constituencies as he tries to energize voters and build up Election Day turnout among his supporters.

Discovery of GPS tracker becomes privacy issue (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:37 PM PDT AP - Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old computer salesman and community college student, took his car in for an oil change earlier this month and his mechanic spotted an odd wire hanging from the undercarriage.

Defiant chamber vows to spend more on election (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue vowed Tuesday to "ramp up" political advertising in the final weeks before the Nov. 2 election and accused the Obama administration of conducting a smear campaign against the chamber.

American visits Iran blast site under freedom deal (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - An Iranian-American businessman freed after more than two years in Tehran's main prison visited survivors of a deadly 2008 mosque bombing as a condition of his release in a scripted event Sunday that could carry propaganda value at home.

Murder suspect extradited from Israel to NYC (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:04 AM PDT AP - A New York man accused of fleeing to Israel after killing his parents was extradited to the U.S. on Sunday and will be arraigned Monday, authorities said.

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