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Monitor articles for December 09, 2013
- Mormon church officials explain the past ban on black priests
- Newtown asks for privacy and kindness as Sandy Hook anniversary approaches
- Mike Ditka honored with 'Ditka Day' in Illinois
- Roy Halladay retires after signing a one-day deal with Toronto Blue Jays
- Mars was not only habitable, it was downright Earth-like, Curiosity finds
- Like NSA, local police sweep up cellphone data of innocents, report says
- Eleanor & Park
- Is Harry Reid fueling Senate's escalating 'arms war'?
- Syrian army captures highway, clearing path for chemical weapons removal
- Square introduces slimmed-down, simplified card reader
- A six-year-old explains why NASA matters
- Why is Venezuela's President Maduro happy about mayoral races?
- 3 views on the Iran nuclear deal
- Curiosity measures radiation at Martian surface
- 6 things not to buy before Christmas
- 'Parole in place': Obama's illegal-immigration order stokes amnesty worries
- Thai protesters call for a 'people's revolution' as PM sets snap elections
- Does art make kids smart?
- The balance between frugality and tastefulness
- Mandela belongs to the world
- Miss France defends 'cosmopolitan' nation from racism charges
- Inconsistent TV violence ratings fail parents
- Polystyrene homes aim to take pressure off Kenya's forests
- George Zimmerman's girlfriend withdraws her statement against Zimmerman
- Who are the 'new rich'?
- US planes will carry troops to the Central African Republic
- Grace Hopper gave us the term 'debugging' – in more ways than one
- Sysco merger pushes S&P 500 to record high
- From Grace Hopper to Ada Lovelace: women who revolutionized computer science
- Hour of Code hopes to teach kids a love of computer programming
- Ford considers diesel, hybrid and electric versions of new Mustang
- Why Palestinians embrace Mandela more as fighter than peacemaker – for now
- Mandela memorial: a national moment and a global who's who
- From D.C. north to Maine, storms' snow and ice to bedevil into Tuesday
- Obama expected to speak at Mandela memorial. Joe Biden, not so much.
- Surfacing problems to solve them
- JP Morgan Chase, the Foreign Corruption Practice Act and the corruption of America
- Beneath the ocean, a sea of drinkable water?
- Russia eyes a shale oil boom of its own
- North Korea's public purge may have hinged on economic plans
- Nuclear energy: buying local and creating jobs
- Selena Gomez moment a reminder to help kids swear off the F-bomb
- Kremlin spin: Does media overhaul herald new propaganda push?
- 'Creepy Uncle Sam' doubles down on Snapchat! Is he scaring Millennials from Obamacare?
- Why tech giants are now uniting against US surveillance
- Israel agrees to swap water with thirsty neighbors - but can it quench demand?
- The Ukraine protests for integrity
- For Mandela, the world will come to his doorstep to say goodbye
- 10 best holiday gift book ideas
- Periplaneta japonica: New cockroach in town sneers at a New York winter
- 'Sherlock' mini-episode will air via BBC service and online on Dec. 25
- Amazon's new imprint StoryFront will publish short stories
- Know your Fortune 500 companies? Take our logo quiz!
- Honduras recount: Can a free and fair election also be fraudulent?
- American Airlines, US Airways merger creates world's biggest airline
- Why a ban on plastic guns is likely to be renewed
- Thousands of flights canceled by winter storm
- N. Korea statement on official's ouster: Who talks like this anymore?
- Cruise deals to airfare: Give the gift of travel this Christmas
- NSA infiltrated online games. Was 'World of Spycraft' effort smart or a waste?
- Singapore riots put spotlight on tensions with migrant workers
- Google Doodle remembers computing pioneer Grace Hopper
- 'American Hustle' is 2013's best film in New York, Los Angeles critics choose 'Gravity' and 'Her'
- Shirley MacLaine, Billy Joel honored by Obama at Kennedy Center
- Holiday gifts: 7 ways shopping will be different this year
- WTO reaches limited deal on global trade
- Squash coconut curry soup
- Readers Write: The strong precedent for Obamacare; Waging peace with aid
- Protests turn increasingly combustible as Ukraine president announces talks