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Monitor Articles for March 29, 2012
Militia leaders plead guilty to gun charges
Best Buy closings: steep cuts. More to come?
Next step for Supreme Court on Obamacare: secret Friday vote
Chavez leading rival in run-up to Venezuela elections
Spike Lee and Geraldo: Why is a good apology so hard to find?
Attacking Iran: Did US just torpedo Israeli deal for a base in Azerbaijan?
Ryan budget, passed in House, becomes political weapon for both sides
JetBlue pilot's outburst: Could side effects from medications be at fault?
If Supreme Court scraps health-care law, who wins politically?
Assad: Aid to rebels must stop for Annan's Syria peace plan to succeed
Khamenei: Iran strongly opposes any foreign intervention in Syria
Paper Economy
GDP report: US economy is expanding
Are bees threatened by insecticide use? New studies say yes. (+video)
Why India is trying to expand trade with Iran
Stocks mixed; Dow rallies late
Spain leader vows hard line as hundreds of thousands protest austerity
Latin America Monitor
The pope in Cuba: a reporter's notebook
Obama: Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize oil industry's record profits (+video)
The Simple Dollar
Student loans: the more you can pay at once, the better
Tax VOX
How will the Supreme Court's health-care ruling affect taxes?
Are pesticides responsible for bee deaths? (+video)
How did humans evolve to walk upright? Fossil discovery complicates the picture. (+video)
Ethnic violence belies Balkans peace
What Teachers Make
The Monitor's View:
Mexico presidential campaign: Off to a good start
Reader recommendation: The Boy in the Moon
Amazon CEO Bezos will hoist mammoth, antique rocket engines from seafloor (+video)
Follow the money: Government influence on private media in Argentina
Global News Blog
A Jewish synagogue makes a comeback in Lebanon
Chapter & Verse
'Game of Thrones': as you prepare for Season 2 (+video)
Arab leaders stay away from Baghdad summit
African presidents forced to turn back from occupied Mali runway
Horizons
PlayStation 4 'Orbis' could rewrite the rules for used games
Stir It Up!
Simple cheese souffle
Trayvon Martin case: Three key questions still not answered
Latin America Monitor
Indicted: US soldiers offer to serve as hired guns for Mexican gangs
Paper Economy
Jobless claims continue to fall
Horizons
Apple CEO's visit to Foxconn plant dredges up controversial history
President Obama vastly outspends GOP presidential campaigns
Chapter & Verse
Adrienne Rich: a voice for the marginalized
Whether Obama or Romney, next US leader faces severe foreign challenges
North Sea gas leak has environmental activists concerned
6 signs of hope in Pakistan
EU leaders agree on need for more money - just not how much
Global News Blog
Pedals, gears, and poles: India's makeshift wheelchairs
Amazon's Jeff Bezos to search for sunken Apollo 11 engines (+video)
Atheist and pro-Israel, Maikel Nabil tests free speech in Egypt
Stefan Karlsson
The warm weather job boost
Flight attendants call police on unruly children
Will Ferrell announces Ron Burgundy's return in 'Anchorman' sequel
Romney gains key endorsements, moves into mop-up phase of campaign
Libya to Europe: Remember us?
Africa Monitor
Sudan and South Sudan say no to war, but violence continues
JetBlue pilot: Are some jobs too stressful?
Opinion:
Why George Zimmerman should not be 'crucified' for killing Trayvon Martin
Egypt takes second shot at coming up with a fair constitutional convention
Why the Simpson-Bowles budget defeat isn't the end of the line
The Circle Bastiat
The US government's war on cash
Top Picks: 'I, Claudius,' improv on the subway, and more
Latin America Monitor
Pope in Cuba: Trip shows how church playing balancing act (+video)
Why Algeria refused to let French gunman to be buried there
Oil prices: Can US, UK, and France drive them down?
Change Agent
Why Boulder, Colo., took charge of its electric company
Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize as more than 'simple Buddhist monk'
Terrorism & Security
Report: North Korea gassing up rocket, imperiling diplomacy
American Idol: Stevie Nicks coaches and the top nine shine (+video)
Legendary musician Earl Scruggs remembered for revolutionary banjo playing style
Inviting God into your day
New police video casts doubt on George Zimmerman injuries
Winds She Said