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Monitor Articles for August 21, 2012
What's keeping Todd Akin in Senate race? (+video)
Mars rover Curiosity wiggles wheels (+video)
Poll: Akin's lead narrows against Democrat McCaskill (+video)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity gears up for test drive (+video)
Todd Akin ignores first deadline to drop out of Missouri race. Now what? (+video)
Mars rover ramps up for its first test drive (+video)
Mirrors completed for successor to Hubble telescope
BP recalls gas in Indiana. You can recall gas?
Modern Parenthood
Kindergarten teacher: August dreams, the best laid lesson plans
The Simple Dollar
House hunting: Know the budget before you start
Syrian minister warns US against intervention after chemical weapons remarks (+video)
Nigerian government enters talks with Boko Haram
Long cherished, the shorter workweek loses ground in Europe
Astronomers spot humongous star devouring planet (+video)
Moscow court responsible for sentencing Pussy Riot hacked (+video)
Why Claire McCaskill wants Todd Akin to stay in Missouri race
Where Todd Akin and Paul Ryan agree, and disagree, on abortion
9/11 hearings set to begin. Should Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be censored?
Arctic ice to reach record lows, say scientists
Chapter & Verse
Teachers buying lots of Ayn Rand for the classroom
Horizons
Microsoft opens registration for Windows 8
Tax VOX
Will getting married help or hurt your tax rate?
Chapter & Verse
Olympic medalist Alex Morgan to write young adult series
Change Agent
Buy a share of a fresh, sustainable fish catch
Helping a neighbor: When is it too much?
With death of Ethiopian leader Meles, US loses an anti-terror ally (+video)
The Fight For Home
Reader recommendation: The World America Made
Will Arizona-inspired illegal immigration laws run afoul of Constitution?
The Monitor's View:
The 'light' touch to curb urban killing
Blue whales, whale watchers flocking to California coast (+video)
Culture Cafe
'The Office' will end after this year
Bestselling books the week of 8/23/12, according to IndieBound*
Chapter & Verse
Barnes & Noble will begin selling its Nook e-reader in the UK this fall
Curiosity Mars rover flexes its arm for the first time (+video)
Tropical storm a-brewing, headed for Haiti, Cuba ... Tampa?
'Paterno': 8 stories from the biography
Backchannels
Remember Afghanistan? The war makes rare appearance in Obama-Romney race.
Chapter & Verse
'Hunger Games' passes 'Harry Potter' as bestselling Amazon series
Stir It Up!
Diner en Blanc comes to Boston, New York
Stefan Karlsson
The fairy tale of British spending cuts
Culture Cafe
Michael J. Fox will head to NBC for his new show
Canada money controversy: Bank apologizes for 'racist' dollar bill
Decoder Wire
Why is Hank Williams Jr. upping his anti-Obama rhetoric?
Todd Akin and Republican abortion plank: bad timing? (+video)
Anonymous attacks UK government websites to protest Assange-case
Opinion:
Why Paul Ryan is no Ayn Rand on Social Security
Robert Reich
Romney/Ryan economic plan: Five reasons it's a disaster for America
Best Buy second-quarter profit drops 90 percent, missing estimates
Latin America Monitor
Caracas: The most dangerous city in Latin America - or is it?
Opinion:
Why peace has a foothold in the Philippines
Huge wildfire reaches edge of three Calif. towns
Maryland freight train derailment claims two lives
The Beloit College Mindset List for the class of 2016
Global News Blog
Despite drones and blimps, rocket attacks in Afghanistan prove hard to stop (+video)
Social media: Parents unconcerned by Facebook, Twitter
How not to be an old fogy when face to face with Class of 2016
Deadline intensifies pressure on Rep. Todd Akin after rape remarks (+video)
Focus
A lot riding on California dream of high-speed rail
Apple vs. Samsung: Battle royale of smartphone behemoths
Stir It Up!
How to make corn broth
The Reformed Broker
Shocker: Stocks defy expectations
In (modest) praise of Barbie
More telltale signs of cyber spying and cyber attacks arise in Middle East (+video)
US Joint Chiefs of Staff's plane damaged in Afghanistan
Focus
Obama plan for high-speed rail, after hitting a bump, chugs forward again
Diana Nyad ends Cuba-to-Florida swim short of goal (+video)
The New Economy
Greed is (not) good. Here's a better capitalism.
Terrorism & Security
Kurds deny hand in Turkey car bombing
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister and Western ally, dies (+video)
Stock futures nudged higher by possible ECB deal
The Daily Reckoning
Are economists useful anymore?
Will Todd Akin quit Senate race? The GOP wants to know (+video)
College students: high in self-confidence but low in basic work skills
Hologramlike performers hit the stage – and airport, and drugstore