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The Monitor's top 11 US stories of 2012
From storms to politics, the year was a wild ride. What are the most meaningful US stories of 2012? Here's the Monitor's list, in roughly chronological order.
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Briefing
Petraeus scandal: Did anything illegal happen? Five questions so far.
An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation has now called into question the private lives and careers of two of the nation’s top national-security officials. Here is an accounting of what is known so far.
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10 of America's best bookstores
Here are 10 of the bookstores honored by writers in the new book 'My Bookstore.'
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Four curious outcomes if the Electoral College ends in a tie
Here are four ways that a 269-to-269 tie in the Electoral College could play out in the 2012 presidential election.
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Seven battleground states: Does economy help Obama or Romney?
Seven states have emerged as battlegrounds that may well determine the 2012 presidential election. Here's a look at seven battleground states and how their economic situation is shaping the presidential election:
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Latin America Monitor
Cuban waters come up dry on oilInternational oil companies have been searching for crude off the coast of Cuba for the past few years, but all came up short. In hindsight, did the drilling program make sense?
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Whose votes count, whose don't? The legal landscape before Election Day
Here's how judges have ruled in four major election-law flash points: voter ID laws, early voting, provisional ballots, and the purging of voter registration rolls.
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Energy Voices
In some states, energy trumps the economy in election 2012 (+video)When it comes to the presidential election, energy plays a major role in states like North Dakota and West Virginia. Ohio and Pennsylvania are also swayed by energy issues.
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Paul Ryan and his modern family on the campaign trail
Paul Ryan and his modern family were on the campaign trail together last weekend. Mr. Ryan's three kids, all under age 10, are adjusting to the national spotlight as their dad campaigns for vice president.
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Chapter & Verse
Election season: Remembering the strange election of 1876During the era of Obama and Romney, historian Roy Morris Jr. looks back at the contested nineteenth-century race.
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Redskins Rule:How football outcomes predict the presidential election
Is it all over for President Obama because the Washington Redskins lost on Sunday? How the Redskins do the Sunday before Election Day almost always predicts the presidential outcome.
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Romney campaign says it could take Pennsylvania. Hail Mary pass?
The Romney campaign says Pennsylvania is very much in play despite heavily Democratic voter registration and most polls showing Obama ahead. Romney made a last-minute visit Sunday.
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Obama, Romney surrogates insist their guy will win. Both can't be right.
On this last Sunday before 2012’s contentious presidential election, campaign surrogates had their game faces on, bluffing and butting heads rhetorically about what Election Day portends.
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Dude, could pot smokers decide the election – for Mitt Romney?
A marijuana legalization measure on the Colorado ballot – promoted by Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson – could be very important in this close presidential race.
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Obama and Romney: Sprinting toward Election Day
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are racing around battleground states this weekend, and they'll keep it up through Monday. The race is dead even, but Obama holds an edge in key states.
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Could New Hampshire hold the key? Romney and Obama take no chances.
Both Obama and Romney are squeezing in last-minute visits to New Hampshire this weekend, and their campaigns are running at full speed. And all for 4 electoral votes.
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Saving Money
Five insurance lessons from SandyEven if you weren't one of the 60 million people affected by Superstorm Sandy this week, the storm offers important takeaways. Here are five.
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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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Campaign 2012: Is Obama betting it all on Bill?
There's no arguing that former President Bill Clinton has been an asset on the campaign trail for President Barack Obama. In the final days of the campaign, especially in the battleground states, Obama is leaning heavily on Clinton.
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Hurricane Sandy blows climate change back onto the presidential campaign
Climate scientists caution against any direct connection between a hybrid storm like Sandy and Earth’s warming trend. But that possibility has brought climate change back into the conversation.
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Coast Guard concludes HMS Bounty captain went down with ship
Calling off efforts to find Capt. Robin Walbridge, US Coast Guard proceeds with its investigation into why the replica of the HMS Bounty sank Monday off the North Carolina coast in high seas of hurricane Sandy.
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Coast Guard scrutiny on the Bounty's sinking begins, investigation expected to last months
The review will focus on what caused the sinking of the HMS Bounty off Cape Hatteras, Rear Adm. Steven Ratti said Friday.
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Decoder Wire
Obama vs. Romney: What do their schedules say about presidential race? (+video)At this point, the candidates are going only to the places they’re most needed. President Obama will be in Ohio at least four times, while Mitt Romney is spending all Thursday in Virginia.
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Many questions, few answers about loss of HMS Bounty to hurricane Sandy
The search continues for missing captain of the HMS Bounty, which sank Monday off Cape Hatteras, N.C., during hurricane Sandy. Rescued crew members aren't talking, leaving key questions about the tragedy unanswered.
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Biden jokes about 2016 presidential run. Is he serious?
Biden jokes about 2016 presidential bid in a phone conversation in Florida. Is this a Biden joke or is the veep serious about a 2016 run?
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As Obama, Christie survey storm damage, politics is unavoidable (+video)
Obama and Christie, a key supporter of Mitt Romney, exchanged praise as they viewed the storm damage inflicted on New Jersey, while Romney, campaigning in Florida, voiced support for FEMA.
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Opinion: What if neither Mitt Romney nor President Obama wins on Nov. 6?
What if we wake up on Wednesday, and find out that in several states the outcome is in doubt, and neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney is the clear winner? America could be heading for court battles that will make Florida in 2000 look like a tussle at the local PTA.
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Supreme Court to consider how and when police can use drug-sniffing dogs
The US Supreme Court considers Wednesday whether the Florida Supreme Court was correct in making it harder for law enforcement to use dogs to discover illicit drugs in a home or vehicle.
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Hurricane Sandy response: Officials get good marks, so far
Amid the damage caused by hurricane Sandy, local, state, and federal officials are at this early stage largely united in the opinion that everyone did everything they could.
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HMS Bounty casualty claimed tie to mutinous Fletcher Christian
Claudene Christian perished in the tragic sinking Monday of a replica HMS Bounty, after the ship went down in hurricane Sandy-swept seas. She had claimed a a family tie to Fletcher Christian, chief mutineer on the original ship.
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