LDS Charities gives $1 million in humanitarian effort for Syrian refugees (Deseret News)

“Our focus has been on the particular needs of women and children,” Sharon Eubank, director of LDS Charities said recently. Read more of Joseph Walker’s report here.

1.4 million Evangelicals plan to ‘Vote for Jesus,’ not a Mormon (God Discussion Blog)

Some Christians pledge to write in Jesus Christ for president on November 6. Find out why in Deborah Beeksma’s article here.

Mitt Romney’s university familiar, but a world apart (CNN)

“By now I was realizing I was the victim of my own preconceptions and prejudices about this faith and its worshippers.” Check out this and other of Richard Quest’s revelations here.

Billy Graham faces backlash over Mormon’cult’ removal (Washington Post)

“I will never again support anything by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,” said the Rev. Samuel Wynn. Find out who Wynn is and why he said what he did in Daniel Burke’s piece here.

A look at the media’s use of ‘cult’ in LDS coverage (Deseret News)

Lane Williams writes, “one of my biggest criticisms of the news coverage of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the mainstream press has been that it seems to use the word cult in describing the church too often.” Read more here.

LDS missionary applications jump 471 percent (Deseret News)

During the last two weeks, nearly five times the typical number of young Latter-day Saints have begun the application process to serve as full-time missionaries. See why in Joseph Walker’s article here.

Brandon Flowers talks politics, Mormons on ‘The Colbert Report’ (The Celebrity Cafe)

Comedic political analyst Stephen Colbert sat down with The Killer’s Brandon Flowers and discussed the band’s clean-cut reputation, how presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a fan, and the band’s Mormon affiliation. Check out Connor Murphy’s piece here.

But Mitt Romney’s A Mormon! (Fear Not) (Washington Times)

Amanda Read writes why it would be unethical and unchristian to not vote for Romney based on his LDS faith.

Speaking in tongues — Mormon style (Salt Lake Tribune)

“For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language.” (Doctrine and Covenants 90:11). Learn more about the 199 congregations in Utah that hold services in languages other than English here, courtesy of Lee Davidson.

Missionary preparation: Young Men general president answers questions about new policy (LDS Church News)

All should feel an urgency today in seeing that young men consistently fulfill their duty to God. Read more of Jason Swenson’s Q&A with Brother David L. Beck here.