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In Pictures: Way beyond vacation: the 'Eat, Pray, Love' effect
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In Pictures: Spring has sprung
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Eight ways $100 oil may affect you
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In Pictures: Cool LEGO creations
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In Pictures: We love donuts
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Voting-machine glitches: How bad was it on Election Day around the country?
Long lines were created at polling places around the country because of a broad spectrum of voting-machine glitches on Election Day.
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Could computer hackers disrupt the US election? It’s happened in other countries.
Hackers have targeted elections in Mexico, Canada, Russia, and South Korea. Experts warn that it could happen in the US, causing temporary disruptions and perhaps delaying election results.
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Could e-voting machines in Election 2012 be hacked? Yes.
Security experts say a specific kind of electronic-voting machine is vulnerable to being hacked. Influencing a national election would be difficult, but the advance of malware makes it possible.
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Exclusive: E-voting puts vote accuracy at risk in four key states
In four battleground states – Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, and Colorado – glitches in electronic-voting machines could produce erroneous tallies that would be difficult to detect and potentially impossible to correct, a Monitor analysis finds.
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Your Baby Can Read company folds after high-cost complaints
Your Baby Can Read, a literacy program for infants, faced criticism from advocacy groups and a possible Federal Trade Commission investigation for making false and deceptive claims.
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The Eat, Pray, Love effect: How families decide to just do it
Part 2 of a Monitor cover story about how families hit by the Eat, Pray, Love effect just do it, pulling up stakes to leave it all behind and embark on extended global global travel.
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In Pictures: Way beyond vacation: the 'Eat, Pray, Love' effect
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In Pictures: Spring has sprung
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Eight ways $100 oil may affect you
In recent weeks, the price of a barrel of oil has stayed at about $100 a barrel, and gasoline prices have been edging closer to $4 a gallon. The costs are apparently due to events half a world away, in the Middle East. Even though plenty of oil is around, there is fear of further disruptions, and consumers, business people, and politicians have all been making adjustments. Here are eight ways that higher energy prices are starting to affect America.
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Difference Maker Children who lend a helping hand show they can make a difference and change the world
We highlight five kids and teens who are making a difference through volunteer opportunities, proving that helping hands can be child-sized too.
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In Pictures: Cool LEGO creations
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In Pictures: We love donuts
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Electric automaker, batterymaker score Google funding
Google's philanthropy arm, Google.org, announced that it is investing $2.75 million in electric vehiclemaker Aptera and batterymaker ActaCell.
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3 generations, 1 vacation
Extended families forge closer ties on shared vacations.
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Kids working for peace
For these kids, peace is about friendship, sharing, creativity, and much more.
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Chores for two: Men pitch in
At home, guys are tackling more and more domestic duties.
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