Inmate charity makes bid to run private jails (Times Online)

Inmate charity makes bid to run private jails (Times Online)
A charity that opposes plans to build huge new "Titan" jails and has campaigned for the better rehabilitation of offenders today launched a surprise bid to run two new prisons.

Suspect Arrested In Beating Death Of Volunteer Firefighter (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
Authorities arrest a 22-year-old man in the beating death of a Hazlet volunteer firefighter.

Charity protests over lottery funding rules (Scotland Today)
A Scottish animal charity has taken to the streets of the capital, campaigning for the right to apply for lottery funding. Larger-than-life animals chained themselves to railings in protest that lottery money can only be allocated for human causes.

Glanbia golf tourney raises $103,000 for charity (AG Weekly)
TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Glanbia Foods hosted its 15th Annual Charity Challenge Golf Tournament Aug. 18 at Blue Lakes Country Club and raised $103,000 for local charities. Over 190 golfers from around the country played in the tournament, fully underwritten by Glanbia Foods.

Charity takes over agenda for GOP (The Washington Times)
Politics gave way to charity out of respect to those suffering from Hurricane Gustav when the Republican National Convention gaveled open Monday, but outside the Xcel Energy Center the parties rolled on.

More women blazing trails as volunteer firefighters (The Hazleton Standard-Speaker)
While general volunteer firefighter recruitment has decreased over the last decade, female membership has been on the rise.