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Five ways Americans can save water through food choices

As eaters and consumers, Americans can profoundly reduce water waste and water consumption through the food choices they make. Here are five ways American food consumers can help save water.
Top 10 places to buy a foreclosed home

Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas to buy a foreclosed home, according to RealtyTrac:
If not 'sequester,' then what? Five ideas from left and right.

Few in Washington believe that "the sequester,” $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to hit the federal budget as of March 1, is a good idea. But what's the alternative? Here are five proposals, from the right, the center, and the left, to replace the sequester. Which do you like?
'Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye': 5 stories from a family's time near the Arctic

Zac Unger temporarily moved his family to Churchill, Manitoba, to experience life in the polar bear wild. Here are some of his stories from his book "Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye."
6 reasons why President Obama will defeat the NRA and win universal background checks

Something is going to happen this session in the US Congress that hasn’t happened in more than a decade: The National Rifle Association (NRA) is going to lose on a top priority issue. Here are six reasons why President Obama will win a victory on universal background checks.

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Home prices less dismal, but still falling steeply

They had been dropping at record levels for several months, but a new report says the decline eased slightly in February.
While the US economy struggles, ten states are doing OK

They've avoided the worst of the housing bust. Oil and gas revenues have helped too.
In Arizona, cameras that nab speeders record a murder, too

Controversy flares after shooting death of a worker inside a camera-equipped van.
Home sales slide in March

Sales of existing homes fell 3 percent from February to March, but activity with lower-priced units may be picking up.
Supreme Court hears case of strip-searched schoolgirl

It heard arguments Tuesday on whether Arizona school officials violated Fourth Amendment privacy rights in strip-searching a 13-year-old girl.
Strip searches in middle school? Top court to decide.

The Supreme Court must decide whether an Arizona school went too far in strip-searching an eighth-grade girl for drugs.
Stimulus money puts teachers in layoff limbo

Funds trickle out, leaving many state and local education budgets in flux.
Opinion: The naked truth about strip searches in school

Ensuring school safety is important, but the Supreme Court must uphold students' rights.
EPA and CO2: If the right hand don't get you, the left one might
Obama talks guns, immigration in Mexico

He vows to support a regional treaty to curb gun trafficking as well as greater cooperation on clean energy.
Military services largely on board with Gates's defense budget

But it could be the lull before the storm as lobbyists and lawmakers begin to weigh in on controversial cuts.
Soon to grow on the moon: Brussels sprouts and flowers

Not only does the White House have a vegetable garden, the moon may, too, in a few years. And flowers, too.
Warmer temperatures play big role in droughty tree die-offs
Review: 'Sugar'

Poignant tale of an aspiring Dominican baseball player explores lessons in dashed hopes.
How climate change may be threatening national parks

Thriving forest pests and melting glaciers may make parks a warning system for climate change effects.
States move against in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

In recent years, states have barred undocumented students from getting the lower tuition fees.
Senators grill Petraeus on new Afghanistan strategy

Top concerns are troop levels and yardsticks for success
Letters to the Editor

Readers write about the threat of terrorism's global reach, a doctor's role in their patient's healthcare, and why Muslims and nonMuslims should take care in how they address each other.
Politicians using Twitter: Morons or visionaries?
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The Monitor's View: As Mexico goes, so goes the US

Congress and Obama finally wake up to Calderón's bold war on drug cartels.
In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare

In California, some counties consider screening them out from nonemergency services.
Holbrooke: western Pakistan key to resolving Afghanistan war

The US special envoy told allies at the Brussels Forum that the Talibanization of the region was a top concern.
Can't sell your house in this market? Trade it.

Permanent home swaps, while complex arrangements, are gaining momentum – 8,000 a month by one estimate.
As They See ’Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires

A journalist explores the world of umpires.