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Monitor Articles for February 3, 2012
How did Anonymous hackers eavesdrop on FBI and Scotland Yard?
Can US and Russia cut a deal on Syria action? Both sides to give it a try.
FCC: Chicago station can drop graphic antiabortion ad during Super Bowl
What gambling industry money has done on Newt Gingrich's behalf
Culture Cafe
New 'Hunger Games' trailer shows more of heroine Katniss's struggle
The Vote
Is Mitt Romney the Nevada front-runner? Yes, but . . .
10 sequels based on a classic book
The Monitor's Weekly News Quiz for Jan. 27-Feb. 3, 2012
Super Bowl XLVI: Patriots and Giants cap off clamorous NFL campaign
Jobs report boosts Dow to four-year high
The Vote
Roseanne Barr: Is she serious about Green Party presidential bid?
The Daily Reckoning
Gold prices up in uncertain times
Watching the Super Bowl?
Blue Marble: The science behind NASA's spectacular Earth images
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, made $30 million in 2011
The Monitor's View
Of presidents and prime ministers who talk of faith
Paper Economy
Long term unemployment still epically distressed
Kill List: movie review (+trailer)
Does the Milky Way galaxy have an evil twin?
Chapter & Verse
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick will write two more books
Reader recommendation: Bury Your Dead
Walter Payton: 10 things I learned from his new biography
Change Agent
Super Bowl puts spotlight on philanthropist's life
Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
Antiabortion activist plans graphic ad for Super Bowl. Can station refuse?
Horizons
Facebook IPO turns graffiti mural into a $200 million payday
Horizons
With Gmail Man spoof, Microsoft assails Google privacy policy (+video)
5 top football innovations
Reports: Iran successfully launches small Earth-watching satellite
Facebook on collision course with new EU privacy laws
Tax VOX
The tax system needs a bulldozer
Top Picks: SiriusXM's 'The Loft,' Maggie Smith on 'Downton Abbey,' and more
Five ways to preserve family wealth
Culture Cafe
'Chronicle' is an interesting twist on found-footage movies and superheroes (+trailer)
Susan G. Komen Foundation relents: Planned Parenthood grants restored (+video)
A banker's punishment: Sir Fred Goodwin is now just Fred
Unemployment rate drops to 8.3 percent. Is that a problem for Mitt Romney?
Famine ends in Somalia, as drought looms in West Africa
Global News Blog
Cleanup coalition in Haiti's largest slum
Blue Marble: NASA releases hi-res image of Earth's B-side
Israeli Defense minister implies a strike on Iran nuclear program is near
King of Devil's Island: movie review (+trailer)
A labor of logs
The Woman in Black: movie review (+trailer)
Verbal Energy
Schemes on Wall Street and in public policy
Latin America Monitor
Children armed with assault weapons spark controversy in Venezuela
Paper Economy
Unemployment rate drops to 8.3 percent
Culture Cafe
Goat Rodeo's eclectic mix is bluesy and original
Anonymous hacks FBI email, eavesdrops on call to Scotland Yard
The Vote
Did Donald Trump endorse Mitt Romney because of China?
If Apple TV is real, here's how it should work
Stir It Up!
Super Bowl mini pizza appetizers
Stir It Up!
Guyanese cheese pies
Kinect for Windows: Can a video game toy become the future of PCs?
Biggest Super Bowl shocker: a tight end could determine who wins
Eastern Europeans resourceful in face of record cold snap
No joke: Comedienne Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod
Drew Barrymore finds 'Big Miracle' in human (and whale) tale: review (+trailer)
Horizons
Apple now third largest phonemaker, pushing feature phones aside
Kim Dotcom, Megaupload founder, denied bail appeal
Africa Monitor
Sahel Blog: Tuareg rebellion in Mali's north sparks protests in South
Green Economics
Pension investing and developing countries
Unemployment rate drops to 8.3 percent, lowest in three years
Latin America Monitor
Another casualty of Brazil's rise: cheap airfare
Super Bowl XLVI: Patriots' Waters finally reaches NFL's biggest stage
Iran's top ayatollah: We're trumping the West, but beware infighting at home
Peyton Manning cleared to play, but will he play for Colts?
Super Bowl MVPs: Do you know your football stars?
Can Facebook and China be friends?
Opinion
Going green: View my world-class collection of hotel towel cards.
Two American tourists kidnapped in Egypt, held for ransom
Monster snowstorm buries Colorado, closing parts of I-70 and I-25
Tech stocks bask in Facebook's glow
Terrorism & Security
Israel's public campaign against Iran has West on edge
A relationship restored
Egypt soccer violence highlights instability under military rule
American Idol, desperately seeking the next Carrie Underwood, hypes Lauren Gray (+video)
As red ink flows, Japanese firms struggle to keep manufacturing at home
Facebook IPO: CEO is ruler. Can shareholders win?
The Circle Bastiat
Ron Paul's Fed chairman
Opinion
Russian protests – echoes of US civil rights movement
Mortgage rates: new record lows. Again.
Honda hybrid: False mileage claims, court rules