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Mitt Romney's five sons: What's their role in the campaign?
There’s no “Mitt Mobile” or Five Brothers blog like there was in 2008, but Mitt Romney’s five sons – Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben, and Craig – still play a vital role in the presidential campaign. Here's a quick look at the Romney Five and what each brings to the campaign.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/11/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Everyday heroes: Nine tales of American heroes
Victor Perez stopped the abduction of an 8-year-old girl. Two teenage boys rescued a couple from a burning car wreck in Florida. New Yorker Kashmir Singh goes the extra mile to help a Swiss couple. Here are nine stories of everyday American heroes who responded to trying circumstances with extraordinary grace and courage.
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'The Three Stooges': 5 other movies bringing back beloved stories
"The Three Stooges" hits theaters this Friday, and over the next year, everything from '70s TV shows to '90s hit comedies are coming to the multiplex.
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Strauss-Kahn case: 4 ways French and American law differ
International Monetary Fund chief and Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest underscores how differently France and the United States view privacy and sexual assault. Here's a look at where the countries’ legal systems clash as they pertain to Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s case.
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Decoder Wire
Might Ben Affleck try leap from Hollywood to US Senate? So far, he's cagey.The actor and director says he's 'happy being involved from outside in government.' But Ben Affleck didn't exactly put the kibosh on talk about a possible run for John Kerry's Senate seat.
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Video games and shooting: Is the NRA right?
The NRA says the problem with mass shootings like the recent one at the Sandy Hook grade school in Connecticut is not too many unregulated guns but violent video games. But most academic and government research does not support the gun lobby's charge.
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Websites go dark: Moment of silence honors Sandy Hook victims
Websites go dark one week after the shooting in Newtown, Conn. A group of tech leaders and celebrities interested in tightening gun laws organized for the websites go to dark at 9:30 a.m.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Act 3: global warming crusader
The Terminator took on global warming as governor of California. Now, Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined a Showtime miniseries to try to educate the everyman about climate change.
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Change Agent
Designing from nature could solve the world's biggest challengesCan a boat be designed to clean the water? How does a spider manufacture resilient fiber? The world needs products that don’t harm humans or the environment, and nature’s already done the research.
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The Monitor's View: 'Petraeus scandal' as a mirror on marriage
As the 'Petraeus scandal' widens with probes and politics, it should also throw a spotlight on the state of marriage.
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Jerry Brown tax hike suddenly on the ropes. Does he have time to save it?
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, support for Jerry Brown's tax hike has plunged below 50 percent in two polls. If it fails, $6 billion in automatic cuts kick in.
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Mitt Romney's five sons: What's their role in the campaign?
There’s no “Mitt Mobile” or Five Brothers blog like there was in 2008, but Mitt Romney’s five sons – Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben, and Craig – still play a vital role in the presidential campaign. Here's a quick look at the Romney Five and what each brings to the campaign.
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Bestselling books the week of 10/11/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Manson family member's plea for freedom is answered (+video)
Bruce Davis, a former follower of Charles Manson, was sentenced to life in prison in 1972. On Thursday, after 40 years in prison, a panel recommended his parole.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: rebuilding a career – and battered reputation (+video)
The former California governor is on a media blitz to promote his memoirs, a second film career, and a new public policy institute with global aspirations. But first, he needs to win back a little respect.
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Chapter & Verse
Arnold Schwarzenegger's new memoir: anything but 'total recall'?Arnold Schwarzenegger's new memoir 'Total Recall' is disappointing many readers.
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Box office results: Expendables 2 punches up second box office win (+video)
Box office results show that the 'Expendables 2' won the weekly race with $13.5 million in ticket sales from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters.
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California Fish and Game official removed after killing cougar
The official, who was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008, has said he plans to remain on the five-member commission until his term expires in six months.
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Culture Cafe
'The Bourne Legacy,' 'The Campaign' are two movies to look for in August'Premium Rush' and other upcoming releases mean the end of summer may hold some of the season's biggest movies.
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Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel in Total Recall: movie review (+trailer)
With one-dimensional characters, 'Total Recall' is just a big-screen video game.
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From Our Files: the unvarnished Gore Vidal (+video)
Gore Vidal, who died Tuesday, was a prolific American author, provocateur, and Renaissance man. The Monitor's Daniel B. Wood interviewed Vidal in 2006 at his art-studded home in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills. Here's the story that emerged from that Vidalian encounter.
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Obamacare insurance exchanges: look to California
Well before last month's Supreme Court ruling, California already had a jump on setting up the health-care marketplaces known as insurance exchanges. Now as the 2014 deadline approaches, many states will be looking to the Golden State for lessons on what to do.
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Change Agent
Schwarzenegger still a man of (environmental) actionThe former California governor and action film star has founded R20 Regions of Climate Action. It teams local and state governments, and other partners, to find ways to become energy efficient in economically viable ways.
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Condors threatened by 'epidemic' lead poisoning from hunters' bullets (+video)
A review of more than 1,154 blood samples taken from wild California condors and tested from 1997 to 2010 found that 48 percent of the birds had lead levels so high, they could have died without treatment.
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Decoder Wire
Mitt Romney's sons on 'Conan': Why so much focus on pranks? (+video)Mitt Romney as prankster has been a campaign theme of late – and his five sons played it up again Wednesday on 'Conan.' Why this might not work for Romney, image-wise.
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Richard Dawson remembered for personal touch hosting TV's 'Family Feud'
Richard Dawson was an actor, comedian, and television game show panelist. But at least for one generation of fans, Richard Dawson will be revered for being the host of TV's 'Family Feud.'
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Cover Story
US prison inmates returning to society: How will they be received?States, eager to save money and adopt alternatives to incarceration, release inmates in record numbers. Is society ready for the surge?
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Change Agent
Mama Hope uses humor to change the West's view of AfricaNonprofit Mama Hope has released three videos that employ humor to create new perceptions of Africa and to show that it is full of capable people with the potential to support themselves. The aim is to create a new conversation about the continent and humanize the people who live there.
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Kim Kardashian for mayor? When public service becomes publicity. (+video)
Kim Kardashian sort-of announces that she wants to run for mayor of Glendale, Calif. Yes, California has its share of celebs-turned-politicians. But reality TV is changing the game.
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