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Monitor Articles for October 15, 2012
Mexico accuses China of breaking world trade rules
In Mass. Senate race Elizabeth Warren outspends rest of the country (+video)
Guantánamo trial boycott? Judge says defendants don't have to attend (+video)
Water on the moon? Maybe a lot more than we thought ... thanks to the sun.
Obama vs. Romney on 'fiscal cliff': May the bolder man win, polls say (+video)
UN envoy for Syria shops a cease-fire idea. Will there be any takers?
Libyan prison break: 120 prisoners escape Tripoli jail
Robert Reich
A memo to the president re: the next debate
Readers Write: More advocates needed for foster children; Empower women with family planning to end world hunger
Brownie bonanza: A collection of brownies, blondies, and bars
Stir It Up!
White and dark chocolate chip blondies
Modern Parenthood
Jessica Ridgeway abduction: Getting a grip on the parenting overreaction
Sierra Leone's dilemma: There's gold under those trees
Vox News
Why did Mitt Romney cancel appearance on 'The View'?
Stocks higher after retail sales improve
Energy Voices
Uranium woes: no relief for prices amid low demand
Tax VOX
What the Joint Tax Committee really said about tax reform
The Monitor's View:
Why Romney, Obama must drop the fear-mongering
Will US economy rebound in 2013? Forecasters say not much.
Bizarre alien 'Tatooine' orbits two suns, in four-star solar system
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Reader recommendation: Hostage
In Gaza's smuggling tunnels, Egypt's interests trump Brotherhood ties
Energy Voices
Germany's push to end nuclear power comes with a hefty utility bill
The Malala moment: 6 Pakistani views on the girl shot by the Taliban
Benghazi attack: Will Senate inquiry be a factor in presidential election?
Paper Economy
Retail sales rise in September
Culture Cafe
'The Walking Dead' season 3 premiere offers multiple intriguing plotlines
Horizons
Winsor McCay: Remembering the artist behind Little Nemo (+video)
Backchannels
A quiet waiver for Pakistan from the Obama administration
Modern Parenthood
Amanda Todd bullying suicide: "Nice it Forward" in her memory
Ohio pushes welfare recipients to find work and exit the system
Global News Blog
Amid ongoing economic crisis, EU celebrates 'Single Market Week'
Romney campaign sues over absentee ballots in Wisconsin
Scottish independence: Scots likely to vote in 2014
Morgan Stanley faces ACLU discrimination lawsuit
World's hottest September: Global temperatures tie record
Presidents and the economy: Who was best, worst? Take our quiz.
Decoder Wire
What does Obama want to accomplish in next presidential debate? (+video)
Pizza Hut reworks presidential debate stunt. Sort of.
Supreme Court to review Arizona law making would-be voters prove citizenship
Salafis' rise in Gaza robs Hamas of resistance banner
A truce in Syria? Peace envoy calls for ceasefire during Eid. (+video)
Opinion:
NATO must offer Turkey military support in Syria crisis
Culture Cafe
Amanda Seyfried and other 'Les Miserables' stars sing in a new video
Mysterious moon water: Did solar winds create lunar water?
Energy Voices
Oil prices' new dynamic: too much oil, too little demand?
Of 25 primates on brink of extinction, a quarter in Madagascar
Opinion:
50 years after Cuban missile crisis: closer than you thought to World War III
Editor's Blog
Election 2012: Choose a future, any future
Peanut butter recall expands again. Now included: peanuts (+video)
Chapter & Verse
Amazon may offer refunds on e-book purchases
Putin's United Russia dominates regional elections
Malala Yousafzai airlifted to Britain for treatment (+video)
Costa Concordia pre-trial starts: Will captain use 'I tripped' defense? (+video)
SNL: Usain Bolt is fast, but is he funny?
Chapter & Verse
'Charlotte's Web' celebrates its 60th anniversary
Cambodia's political Houdini, former King Sihanouk, dies
Chapter & Verse
California high school considers a ban on a Stephen King book
Donald Marron
Shapley and Roth get the Nobel Prize for economic engineering
Giant eyeball mystery solved: Experts say it belonged to swordfish (+video)
Stir It Up!
Roasted pumpkin caramel bisque
Winsor McCay: How his vaudeville act led him to animation (+video)
Donald Marron
Five things you should know about Mitt Romney’s '$5 trillion tax cut'
Amanda Todd: Bullied teen shared story, then committed suicide
Change Agent
Mobile technology boosts access to clean water for the poor
Chapter & Verse
Ben Affleck will write and direct a film adaptation of Dennis Lehane's new book
Accusations mount of Hezbollah fighting in Syria
Terrorism & Security
Turkey grounds Armenian plane in growing de facto air blockade of Syria
Felix Baumgartner breaks the sound barrier. Sponsored by Red Bull. (+video)
Two Americans awarded Nobel Prize for economics (+video)
Softbank to pay $20 billion for Sprint (+video)
Government: What does God have to do with it?