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Monitor Articles for March 18, 2013
Stop-and-frisk trial: What's next for the controversial tactic?
Jason Molina dies: Singer-songwriter turned ... farmer? (+video)
Zombie worms colonized Antarctica's first-ever whale skeleton
More charges coming in Steubenville, starting with two teen girls
$22/hr minimum wage: Will Senator Warren get a wisecracking ally?
Pastor gets life sentence: Did he kill his first wife, too?
Stir It Up!
French toast breakfast bake
Sheriff vows not to enforce Colorado's tough new gun-control bills
Why History Channel's 'The Bible' draws boffo ratings despite reviews (+video)
BlackBerry CEO calls iPhone interface outdated
Wallenda, a tightrope, and the Grand Canyon: why stunts are new TV staple
Energy Voices
More politics than policy in Arctic oil drilling debate
Backchannels
Thomas Friedman, Iraq war booster
First-ever cyberattack on US election points to broad vulnerabilities
All sides claim victory with new UK press regulator - except the press
Citizenship papers a must to register to vote? Supreme Court to decide.
Stocks fall on Cyprus bailout plan (+video)
Tiny Cyprus could have a big market impact
How German fears of underwriting Russian oligarchs pushed Cyprus to crisis
Modern Parenthood
Steubenville rape trial: How can I raise my boy not to rape, nor be a bystander?
Making nice? Argentina's Kirchner and Pope Francis meet in Rome (+video)
$4m of pot on beach in California highlights smuggling trend (+video)
Warlord surrenders: Congolese warlord surrenders at US Embassy in Rwanda
Curiosity Mars rover suffers another glitch, remains in safe mode
Guns in dorms: Why did Florida student stash weapons before suicide? (+video)
The Monitor's View:
Euro crisis: Why a Cyprus bailout must be seen as 'fair'
Poll: support for gay marriage soars to record high 58 percent
Republican Party charts course for reinvention: Will it work?
Energy Voices
Clean-coal power plant to break ground in Texas
Latin America Monitor
Can Latin America ride out the global economic storm?
23 years after $500 million art heist, a breakthrough
Backchannels
Bad reason to invade Iraq No. 2: weapons of mass destruction
Energy Voices
Behind the oil boom lurks oil well depletion
Chapter & Verse
Amazon's new imprints give opportunities to debut authors, short story writers
Why I can't 'come out of the closet' as a Muslim Republican quite yet
Rooster's crows driven by internal clock, say scientists
Decoder Wire
Hillary Clinton backs gay marriage. A sign she's serious about 2016? (+video)
Gun Guys: A Road Trip
Reader recommendation: Franklin and Eleanor
The Entrepreneurial Mind
The key to growing a business? Moderation.
George H. W. Bush in his own words: 10 stories from the updated 'All the Best, George Bush'
Backchannels
Bad reason to invade Iraq No. 1: Saddam was 'evil'
Are birds evolving to dodge cars?
Paper Economy
Housing market activity drops in March
Africa Monitor
In Senegal, a new president confronts an ancient tradition: child beggars
Spiders eat bats all the time, scientists reveal
Consumers abandon newspapers, local TV as quality of coverage sinks
Pakistan's education crisis: What ever happened to Malala's friends?
Change Agent
Green housing: In Buffalo, it's not just for rich people
Deepest spot on Earth a hotspot for bacteria, say scientists
Decoder Wire
Rove mocks Palin. Who'll win this feud? (+video)
Modern Parenthood
Eastwood daughter wedding OK'd by Dad, but couples often buck the tradition
Modern Parenthood
David Hasselhoff, Katidis' 'fatherland' furor: Think global, parent local
US drops Europe missile defense plan – but Moscow is unimpressed
5 steps to bipartisan cuts in Medicare – and the deficit
Chapter & Verse
'Persepolis' removal from some Chicago classrooms prompts protests
Chapter & Verse
Emma Watson rumors: The star addresses 'Fifty Shades of Grey' stories
Two dead after small plane crashes into Indiana home
More bees, please
Brawl on train in New Jersey gets 16 riders ejected
NCAA tournament bracket info: Who are the top March Madness seeds?
Earthquake gold: Earthquake movements turn water into gold
The new face of Chinese diplomacy: Who is Wang Yi?
Latin America Monitor
Propaganda and self-censorship in Venezuelan media
The latest hot language among Palestinians in Gaza? Hebrew
Say hello to Sony's new Xperia L and Xperia SP
Terrorism & Security
China warns US missile defense plan will antagonize North Korea
David Hasselhoff joins campaign to save Berlin Wall (+video)
Florida campus closed after explosive devices found (+video)
Boehner: Gay marriage is not marriage (+video)
Girl Scouts hoax rallies town to buy pranked troops' cookies (+video)
Iran launches destroyer, a made-in-Iran guided-missile ship
A spiritual approach to anxiety and depression
Cardinal: pedophilia not a crime says cardinal, followed by swift apology
Stir It Up!
Cookbook review: Vegetable Literacy by Deborah Madison
Readers Write: GOP can attract Hispanics; Keystone pipeline spells destruction