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Monitor articles for October 01, 2014

• Detroit emergency manager paints picture of blighted city
• Police made judgement call on suspect in Hannah Graham case
• Hong Kong's 'Umbrella Revolution': the politest protests ever?
• Appeals court blocks part of N.C. voting law. Will Supreme Court step in?
• Plastic bag makers fight back against California's new ban
• Hong Kong protestors use FireChat to text without cell service
• Secret Service director quits: Here's why Congress was extra-mad with her
• Antarctica's ice loss is messing with Earth's gravity, scientists say
• How do monarch butterflies migrate so far? Hint, it's in their genes.
• Navy searches for missing MV-22 Osprey crew member
• Behind Colorado walkout over 'patriotic' history classes, a power play
• US Ebola case grounds airline stocks; Dow falls 237 points
• Portland Christmas tree bomber gets 30 years as questions about arrest linger
• Progress WatchDecline in the US poverty rate: What made it happen?
• Windows 10: Microsoft merges best ideas from Windows 7 and 8
• Anti-terror overreach? UK drops case against Moazzam Begg.
• Yoga pants too distracting for boys? A N.D. school cracks down on girls
• iOS 8 'swung too far' toward privacy, says FBI director
• Ukraine crisis: Slovakia says Russian gas supply cut in half
• 1,400 US troops to Liberia: building hospitals, not treating Ebola patients
• Why did China give 10,000 pigeons a full-body search?
• Paul Ryan says he won't run in 2016 if Mitt Romney does. Is that a hint?
• More 'Twilight' movies are coming ... kind of
• Revel auction winners will re-open it as a casino. Why?
• California bans plastic bags: what you need to know
• New York Times to cut 100 newsroom jobs; stock jumps
• At least 10 dead as Ukrainian rebels attack airport in Donetsk
• Death toll rises on Japanese volcano Mount Ontake
• ADP says private firms added 213,000 jobs in September
• Taliban answer US-Afghan security pact with suicide bombing in Kabul
• Florida cop suspended after shooting black woman in back with stun gun
• A Christian Science PerspectiveSeeing love and healing
• Fighting horror with humor, Iraqis retaliate against Islamic State
• PayPal goes it alone, but likely not for long
• 2014 MLB playoffs: Why Giants and Pirates look evenly matched
• First US Ebola case: Why the delayed diagnosis?
• 'The Rosie Project': Screenwriters, directors could be set for movie adaptation
• Dangerous precedent? Argentine judge abandons case against criminal group
• Does renouncing US citizenship really save money?
• Royals rally to edge Athletics in 'wild' AL wildcard playoff
• Battle for the Senate: Who else is spending like the Koch Brothers?
• Santa Barbara aftermath: how California is breaking new ground on gun control
• Spiced apple caramel crumb bars
• Will California's new low-carbon fuel standards raise gas prices?
• Bizarre moon structures: How did they get there?
• 'Our Lady of the Nile,' a novel set in Rwanda before the 1994 genocide, has an air of foreboding and urgency
• 'George Frideric Handel: A Life With Friends' weaves an unusual tapestry from the music and friendships of a great composer
• Gas prices: Why they'll keep falling
• First US Ebola case in Dallas: why public health threat remains small
• History, served up on two plates
• Mexico snares high profile drug boss Beltran Leyva
• Facebook apologizes to LGBT community over real-name policy
• The Monitor's ViewThe Hong Kong 'umbrella revolution' pokes at China's conscience
• How Dallas schools are coping with parents' fears over Ebola case
• How big are Hong Kong protests? Check out awesome drone video
• Why GOP is poised for gains in the House, despite hitting record lows in polls
• Eleven great apps to help you navigate the farmers market
• Mom follows daughter to class with camera: Is kid shaming the new preferred punishment?
• Cameron promises political reform as British election looms. Is EU listening?
• Sandy Hook Elementary evacuated after bomb threat
• Forget deficits. For many, childcare is big worry as French budget cuts loom.
• Solar power: World's No. 1 electricity source by 2050?
• Auto sales and airfare deals: the best and worst things to buy in October.
• Kenya's President Kenyatta is summoned to world criminal court: Will he go?
• 'Gone Girl': Is the movie adaptation of the bestseller worth seeing?
• 35,000 walrus in Alaska: Why they came ashore
• Children in Central America to apply for US refugee status from home
• $1 billion recreation spending fueled by sagebrush, study says
• 'The Decent One': The documentary about Heinrich Himmler is excruciating
• How do you get from dinosaur arms to bird wings? It's all in the wrist.
• Hong Kong protests: Is there room for compromise?
• Do chimps have culture?
• The world's biggest energy hogs aren't who you think they are