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Columbus Day: Your guide to the top 5 political events today
Election season doesn’t stop for Columbus Day, and the action isn’t limited to the presidential contest. Here are your top five political events to watch this Columbus Day.
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Will North Korea time its third nuclear test to coincide with Kim Jong-il's birthday?
Dates and numbers have great symbolic importance to North Korea, so Pyongyang often schedules what Washington calls 'provocative acts' around holidays and important political events.
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Stocks slump after weak IMF report
Stock traders were discouraged by an International Monetary Fund report released overnight that said the global economy was weakening. Energy stocks were the only major group in the S&P 500 to finish higher.
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The Vote In dedicating César Chávez monument, Obama reaches out to Latino voters
On Monday, President Obama designated the César E. Chávez National Monument in Keene, Calif. Still, the tireless advocate for laborers' rights was a controversial figure, even among Latinos.
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Stocks fall on Asia's gloomy economic outlook
US stocks faltered Monday after the World Bank said Asia's economies won't grow as much as expected this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36 points to 13574 an hour after the opening bell.
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Columbus Day: Your guide to the top 5 political events today
Election season doesn’t stop for Columbus Day, and the action isn’t limited to the presidential contest. Here are your top five political events to watch this Columbus Day.
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Modern Parenthood China adoption diary: Homeward where yours versus mine becomes ours
Part 14 – China adoption diary: Homeward bound, Mom contemplates how parenting angst has turned slowly but surely to expectation for a future as an interracial, multi-lingual family in America.
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Decoder Wire The other Martin Luther King Jr. holiday: how it's observed
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, established in 1994, is meant to be a day of personal action in Dr. King’s memory – as its boosters say, a day on, not a day off.
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Christopher Columbus: Five things you thought you knew about the explorer
It’s Columbus Day – a time when faulty lore about the “discoverer of America” abounds. The myths surrounding the epic voyages of Christopher Columbus are as plentiful as the riches he supposedly discovered. Here are some commonly held beliefs that have endured since, well, 1492.
10/10/2011 03:10 pm -
Columbus Day: What's open, what's closed, what's happening?
On Columbus Day, many Americans observe Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World, which the explorer himself mistakenly thought was India. True, it's not the most exciting holiday on the calendar. It's not even observed in every state, which means Columbus Day comes with a lot of gray area about practical matters, such as who's working and who's not. Here's your practical guide to Columbus Day.
10/10/2011 12:42 pm -
Stock markets rise on hopes of Fed easing
Stock markets from Asia to Europe are higher, anticipating that the Federal Reserve will try to boost the struggling US economy.
10/11/2010 08:47 am -
Opinion Is it Presidents Day or President's Day or Presidents' Day?
In Virginia there is no Presidents' Day. It's legally only George Washington's birthday. How well do you know America's (often bogus) holidays?
02/15/2010 08:44 am -
Will a longer school day help close the achievement gap?
A longer school day can help improve student test scores, closing the achievement gap. But critics question the cost of those additional hours.
11/10/2009 12:00 am -
Opinion Should we even have a Columbus Day?
Though the holiday has been used to teach American ideals, we need to remember that to many native Americans, Columbus symbolizes slavery.
10/09/2009 01:00 am -
The words we need for the state we're in
On reflection, the Monitor's language columnist decides that bailout isn't a bad choice after all for 'Word of the Year.'
12/26/2008 12:00 am -
The Vote McCain campaign strategy: Go nu-cular or go nice?
10/13/2008 01:00 am -
Chapter & Verse Instead of 'Chihuahua,' try a book
10/12/2008 01:00 am -
Obama struggles to attract wavering Jewish voters
False rumors have tempered enthusiasm from this slice of the Democratic base.
10/08/2008 01:00 am -
Disagreement widespread within US government over 2002 harsh interrogations
Even some military lawyers opposed the techniques, according to congressional testimony this week.
06/21/2008 01:00 am
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