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Wild plum buckle
A buckle is essentially a coffee cake you can serve for breakfast or brunch.
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Candice Millard talks about "Destiny of the Republic"
Candice Millard calls assassinated US President James Garfield a "very admirable" person whose death was "a real loss to the nation."
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Bestselling books the week of 10/6/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Egyptian blogger's hunger strike turns critical; hearing delayed
The Egyptian military has postponed by three weeks an appeal hearing for blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad, whose case symbolizes the lack of freedom of expression in Egypt today.
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Pronouncing Ralph Fiennes
Preparing for a London theater outing, the Monitor's language columnist stumbles upon a YouTube clip purporting to help her get the leading man's name right – but maybe not.
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Bo Ne Vietnamese steak and eggs
A simple, but quite luxurious dish often eaten for breakfast.
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The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and the God that frees
A Christian Science perspective: The new memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. to this viewer honors the eloquence, strength, and inspiration of a leader and spiritual thinker.
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When moving has a spiritual cost
An Orthodox Jewish family considers a move to a town where Kosher foods aren't readily available. Here's how they can make it work.
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Eisenhower: The White House Years
A new biography on Eisenhower is engaging but airbrushes some of Ike's mistakes and flaws.
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Spending through the tax code
Those who pledge not to raise taxes yet are comfortable with spending cuts make an artificial distinction between spending and tax cuts which look and smell no different from spending.
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Nobel Prize in Literature: Winners from the past 10 years
The 2011 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a notoriously hard-to-predict award, will be announced on Thursday. Here are the winners from the past decade. Some were surprise candidates while others were expected but all – in their own unique styles – caught the attention of the Nobel committee.
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Food stamp use on the rise
As a logical consequence of the prolonged economic downturn, participation in the federal food stamp program is continuing to rise
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Tesla Model S California factory hosts electric car fans
Tesla Model S: People who preordered the electric vehicle got a chance to see it up close over the weekend. The company's CEO pleaded with fans to talk up the Tesla Model S.
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Nestlé launches TV ad aimed at dogs. Will it work?
Nestlé has launched a Austrian pet food commercial that contains high-frequency sounds designed to catch the attention of dogs.
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The Monitor's View: The Supreme Court and the 'ministerial exception'
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears the case of a Christian schoolteacher fired in a dispute over a disability and church doctrine. The justices should be careful about allowing government to judge a faith's teachings when it is charged with discrimination.
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An attractive fall wreath starts with a disliked vegetable
You don't have to like to eat okra to find it useful. Okra has beautiful flowers, and its dried pods are great in crafts, especially on fall wreaths.
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Ban on judge's Ten Commandments poster stands as Supreme Court declines case
A federal judge and a US appeals court ruled previously that the judge's poster, expressing preference for the moral absolutism of the Ten Commandments, violated previous Supreme Court rulings on the separation of church and state.
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Meatless Monday: Creamy risotto
If you don't mind stirring, creamy risotto makes a delicious meal for fall.
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Overworked? Take a 'timeout' with God
A Christian Science perspective.
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US Supreme Court opens, likely to wade into health care debate
It seems inevitable that the US Supreme Court will agree to hear the legal challenge to President Obama’s health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act. As the court opens Monday, gun laws, immigration, racial preferences, and separation of church and state loom as major issues as well.
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How to choose the best crab apple tree
When you're choosing a crab apple, it’s the fruits that matter, not the flowers. Fall is the time to select the best one for you.
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Ig Nobel prizes cause a stink
Ig Nobel prize winners this year include a team who created a fire alarm using the smell of wasabi, research on the effects of withholding urine, and others. The light-hearted science prizes are funny, but also aim to make people think.
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Inchworm
A poem.
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'Magic School Bus' series celebrates its 25th anniversary
The book series featuring science teacher Ms. Frizzle and her unusual field trips has 58 million books in print in 10 languages.
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'50/50' cast discusses new comedy in roundtable
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and writer Will Reiser talk about their movie about two friends dealing with cancer, out today.
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