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'Once Upon A Flock': 5 stories about raising backyard chickens
In 'Once Upon a Flock,' Lauren Scheuer chronicles the ups and downs of bringing chickens into her yard and her life.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/17/13, according to IndieBound*
See what's selling in bookstores across America.
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14 Republicans who might run in 2016
The GOP has a history of nominating people who have run before, which could give heart to some familiar faces. But there’s also a crop of young rising stars who could steal the show.
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10 weird criminal sentences
Check out these 10 court cases where judges have done more than sentence the guilty to a fine or jail time.
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H.P. Lovecraft: 6 of his best stories for the Halloween season
Looking for a classic horror story to curl up with this Halloween? Check out one of these H.P. Lovecraft gems.
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Heat wave: Triple-digit temperatures push East Coast to pools, malls
The forecasts call for hot weather not just during daytime, but also at night, when many people don't have air conditioning to keep their bedrooms cool. The heat wave could persist through the week.
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Opinion: Fourth of July and Thoreau remind us that US progress is linked with its ecology
If war is a way of teaching Americans geography, then environmental disasters such as the BP oil spill seem to be the primary way that Americans learn about ecology.
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Great white shark caught off Mass. coast; shark experts 'high-five' each other
Great white shark was caught 20 miles off of the Massachusetts coast. State officials caught the shark and after a 15-minute battle, they were able to tag it.
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Lunar eclipse: Moon illusion will make partial eclipse supersized
Lunar eclipse fans living in central and western North America are in for a special treat. The 'moon illusion' will make Saturday morning's partial lunar eclipse appear much larger than normal.
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Salma Hayek and others ruin movie experience with 'Grown Ups'
Salma Hayek and Adam Sandler make a ridiculously unfunny movie. 'Grown Ups' is not worth the time or money.
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In Pictures: Scenes of summer
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Summer camp: Sunset for an American tradition?
The great American tradition – the sleepaway summer camp – is under siege by the pace of modern childhood, from longer school years to the quest for a 50-point bump on the S.A.T.
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Classic review: The Perfect Storm
Sebastian Junger's nonfiction account of the lives and deaths of the six-man crew of the Andrea Gail serves as an homage to the awesome power of weather.
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She sees the places to go, he the reasons to stay as they journey separate way
Her father's days as a pilot have left him longing for home, while she is just beginning her journeys.
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It turns out Walt Whitman was right about those giant meteors
A poem in Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' describes a 'strange huge meteor-procession dazzling and clear shooting over our heads.' Researchers now believe they know what he was referring to.
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Opinion: Hamas, Israel, and the Gaza flotilla: seven facts you need to know
Amid a barrage of criticism of Israel, fair-minded observers should consider these seven facts before judging the flotilla raid.
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Slow Love
The former head of “Home & Garden” faces the need to create a new “scaffolding” for her life.
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Four great picture books for young readers
Books that please young readers even as they teach.
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New England, a leader in creating jobs, stumbles. Should we worry?
Only four states lost jobs in April, according to the Department of Labor. All four were in New England.
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Tinkers
The little book that won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Were bad math skills behind the housing bubble?
A study find a possible cause for the housing bubble and foreclosure crisis: bad math skills of subprime borrowers.
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Blockade Billy
Two great American traditions merge when horror icon Stephen King turns his attention to baseball.
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Perversely in praise of the passive voice
Yes, it's wordy, weaselly, and wimpy – but sometimes useful, the Monitor's language columnist finds.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding: It's like being hit by a 'tidal wave'
The 5/4/10 Monitor books podcast includes an interview with Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Tinkers."
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Cape Wind project will be big test for offshore wind energy
The newly approved Cape Wind project in Massachusetts will be closely watched, by both supporters and detractors, as it goes forward. Many see it as a barometer for the future of offshore wind energy in the US.
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Once again, US military gets the call
Over the years, the Pentagon has played an increasing role in disaster assistance, and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is no exception. Is it too much when the US military is fighting two wars?
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill imperils Obama's offshore drilling plan
President Obama's plan to open new swaths of coastline to offshore drilling is being questioned anew in light of the potentially disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Politics of the pending climate-energy bill may be affected, too.
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Opinion: National Poetry Month: Why poetry needs warning labels
As National Poetry Month concludes, we should remind readers how powerful poems can be, how transforming, and yet, ultimately, how difficult to contain once they’ve left the page to linger in the mind.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/28
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Is progressive Asheville Obama’s vision for America?
Hip, environmentally aware, self-reliant and undeniably quaint, Asheville, N.C is a progressive’s vision of what America could be. But mountain liberalism comes at a price.
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