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Bob Moog: 6 artists influenced by his work
On what would have been Moog's 78th birthday, here are 6 musicians whose work was influenced by his groundbreaking technologies.
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6 life lessons a male reader learned from Jane Austen
Writer William Deresiewicz shares how Austen changed his life in "A Jane Austen Education."
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Extradition fight: Who is Julian Assange, why is Sweden seeking him?
A British court is hearing a final appeal from Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks whistleblower site, to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations. Here are four questions about the man and the case.
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What can be done to create jobs? Six leading ideas.
The job market has shown some very welcome signs of improvement lately, but it still has a long way to go before approaching something Americans would call normal. Here’s a look at some of the proposed solutions out there.
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6 stories that made Christmas what it is today
From 'A Christmas Carol' to 'The Nutcracker,' these six stories have become essential to the holiday season.
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Galactic slam: Milky Way to hit nearby galaxy – in 4 billion years
The collision between the Milky Way and the nearby Andromeda galaxy will result in a single, enormous new elliptical galaxy, but not for another 6 billion years, researchers say.
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Latin America Monitor
Rio scrambles to prepare for impending mega-events
Rio has a lot of work to do before Rio+20, the World Cup, and the Olympics. But by the time the last event is over, not only will Rio have changed dramatically, but Brazil will be a different country.
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Two Tibetans self-immolate in Lhasa: is protest spreading?
Two Tibetans set themselves on fire Sunday in the first such protests against Chinese rule in Lhasa, the tightly controlled Tibetan capital. At least 34 Tibetans have self-immolated since March 2011.
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Decoder Wire
Donald Trump mulls super PAC. What's next – VP?
You knew this was coming: Trump in an interview said that he should be Mitt Romney’s choice as a running mate. He was kidding. We think.
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Bob Moog: 6 artists influenced by his work
On what would have been Moog's 78th birthday, here are 6 musicians whose work was influenced by his groundbreaking technologies.
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Horizons
Bob Moog: How he changed music forever
A Google doodle today honors the legacy of Bob Moog, the creator of a famous line of synthesizers, and the grandfather of electronic music.
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Latin America Monitor
Look who got a US visa: Raúl Castro's daughter
Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban President Raúl Castro, will travel to California this week on a US visa to attend a conference. But many Cuban scholars were denied entry, writes a guest blogger.
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A filmmaker breaks down ballet stereotypes
Documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman followed the rigorous world of ballet competition for her new documentary 'First Position.'
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Chapter & Verse
Book world expresses disappointment, outrage over Pulitzer snub
Pulitzer juror Susan Larson said she and the rest of the fiction jury are 'shocked … angry … and very disappointed' that the Pulitzer board elected not to choose a 2012 fiction winner.
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Pulitzer Prize for history, but not for fiction
The late Manning Marable won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for history, honored for a Malcolm X book. But no Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction.
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AP wins Pulitzer Prize for series on New York City police spying on Muslims
The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., won for breaking the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. The Huffington Post received its first Pulitzer for reporting about American vets.
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Intelligent space dinosaurs: How worried should we be?
An eminent chemist concluded an article in an academic journal with a fanciful note, positing the existence of advanced dinosaurs on other worlds. How plausible is his assertion?
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6 life lessons a male reader learned from Jane Austen
Writer William Deresiewicz shares how Austen changed his life in "A Jane Austen Education."
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Backchannels
Did Libya's revolution topple Mali into crisis?
Maybe, but the Tuaregs have longed for independence for decades, and Mali's security has been declining for years.
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Casino mogul Adelson pressures Spain to bend rules for EuroVegas
American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's EuroVegas project could bring Spain much-needed investment, but the deal comes with demands for unappealing legal and financial exemptions.
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Chapter & Verse
Adrienne Rich: a voice for the marginalized
Adrienne Rich shaped her verse and prose into a passionate cry for justice.
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Africa Monitor
With coup, #Mali generates noise on Twitter
During Tuesday's coup in relatively stable Mali, a dearth of information from standard news outlets made Twitter the go-to source for information.
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Barnard College flap: Competition among women shouldn't be over men
Columbia University women are outraged that Obama will deliver the commencement address at Barnard College, the neighboring women's school. Some accuse Barnard women of wanting to bed and wed 'their' Columbia men. Why do women still define themselves in terms of men?
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Law school rankings: The results are out, but do they really matter?
US News & World Report released its annual law school rankings Tuesday, reviewing about 200 schools. The rankings can have a powerful impact on universities, experts say.
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Keep Calm
How US presidential politics gives leverage to the Taliban, Iran
While America’s adversaries in Afghanistan and Iran cannot actually pull key strings to choose the next US president, election year politics ends up giving them some leverage.
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Africa Monitor
Crisis mapping: How Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign changed advocacy
Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign includes an early warning radio network and crisis map that help civilians prepare for attacks by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, guest blogger Patrick Meier says.
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Rushworth Kidder: Ethicist, journalist, scholar
Rushworth Kidder, who passed away on March 5, was a former Monitor columnist and a leading advocate of ethical conduct in business, government, education, and personal life.
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Green Economics
Raising revenue at elite public universities
Could public universities boost their endowments if it admitted more four-year students and fewer transfer students?
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Ocean acidification worst in 300 million years, study finds (+video)
Researchers at Columbia University have found that carbon dioxide emissions have lowered the pH at a rate unparalleled in at least the last 300 million years of our planet's history.
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Change Agent
Rethinking Carbon Dioxide (CO2): from a pollutant to a moneymaker
Three startup companies led by prominent scientists are working on new technologies to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The scientific community is skeptical, but these entrepreneurs believe removing CO2 can eventually be profitable and help cool the planet.
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