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3 novels about family, crime, and love

In this week's fiction roundup, two girls try to hide the deaths of their parents, two American writers fall in love (at least in a novel), and an international bestseller explores the lengths a family will go to clean up after a crime.
Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools

Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
Diplomacy or military intervention in Syria? 7 opinions from around the globe.

After 15 months of violence in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad announced yesterday that the country was facing a full-on civil war, a conflict he would do everything in his power to win.This adds increased pressure to the ongoing international question du jour: Is the answer to Syria’s conflict diplomacy or military intervention? Or something else entirely? From Thailand to Jordan, here are some opinions around the globe.
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Curaçao's crude legacy

A lake of asphalt and toxic fumes bedevil Curaçao. But who will pay to clean it up?
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Opinion: What Bush should do next: run for Congress

He's in the perfect spot to be effective there.
The Wordy Shipmates

Sarah Vowell offers her witty take on the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
New bike commuters hit the classroom, then the road

The rush of new cyclists, created by high gas prices, is driving up demand for bike safety classes.
An Olympic hero, airbrushed from China’s history

Shifting political winds may explain the lack of awareness about Chiu Teng Hiok, who helped the British shine in basketball at the 1924 Paris Games.
On one stretch of California coast, it’s sand, sea, and man vs. beast

A years-long legal battle for a La Jolla cove may be ending – but for activists on both sides, the seal saga goes on.
Around the world on 80 couches

Budget travelers make friends and save money by couch surfing.
Europeans eye U.S. models to ease school segregation

A diverse area in Amsterdam weighs assigning students based in part on race, class, and parents' education level.
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Amsterdam art, off the beaten path

Rembrandt and Vermeer, of course. But this city's art treasures hardly end there.
Turbo-folk music is the sound of Serbia feeling sorry for itself

A product of the criminal Milosevic era, its odd nostalgia is the soundtrack to a new wave of nationalism.
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How to travel with kids in tow

This family found ways to make traveling fun for Mom, Dad – and son.
Viewers may wish to escape from 'Guantanamo'

The Harold and Kumar sequel squanders an opportunity for sharp political satire as the titular duo are mistaken for terrorists.
All about windmills

For kids: Windmills have been around for centuries, and the modern versions still work hard today.
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A darker view of World War II

Nicholson Baker uses historical vignettes to suggest that there is no such thing as a ‘good war.’
Cargo trikes nudge delivery trucks in Cambridge, Mass.

A Cambridge, Mass., delivery company is using industrial tricycles to deliver goods in efforts to curb global emissions.
Cargo trikes nudge delivery trucks in Cambridge, Mass.

A Cambridge, Mass., delivery company is using industrial tricycles to deliver goods in efforts to curb global emissions.
Cargo trikes nudge delivery trucks in Cambridge, Mass.

A Cambridge, Mass., delivery company is using industrial tricycles to deliver goods in efforts to curb global emissions.
'Fitna': Dutch leader's anti-Islam film brings strife

Far-right politician Geert Wilders's latest attempt to air the controversial video has been delayed by US-based website host Network Solutions.
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A darker view of World War II

Nicholson Baker uses historical vignettes to suggest that there is no such thing as a 'good war.'
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