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'Stop and frisk': 7 questions about New York's controversial policing tactic
A federal class-action lawsuit regarding the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program has raised questions about the controversial practice made legal under a 1968 US Supreme Court ruling. But what is it, and does it work?
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2012's 'good news' stories
2012 saw jobs returning to the US, health concerns improve in historic numbers, and more.
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Mainstream media biased against Romney? Four points to consider.
Many supporters of Mitt Romney argue that his potential path toward the White House has been made a lot steeper by the media. Here are some of the main arguments pro and con.
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Top 5 bullying myths
We all know that bullying is wrong but you may know even less about bullying than you originally thought. Monitor correspondent Stephanie Hanes debunks 5 popular misconceptions.
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June weddings: 7 measures of matrimony
June has traditionally been the most popular month for Americans to wed. Here are some facts about the American wedding landscape.
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Global News Blog Fiscally conservative Romney-Ryan ticket: Does it appeal in Germany?
Germany has promoted austerity as central to fixing eurozone woes. So is there any resonance between Chancellor Merkel's views and the Romney-Ryan ticket?
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Global Viewpoint Will America kill the curiosity that sent the rover to Mars?
The landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity on Mars marks a historic triumph for NASA, space exploration, and American innovation. But the endangered state of curiosity-driven basic research endangers America’s capacity for future innovations.
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Opinion Can Paul Ryan educate voters about Medicare reform?
Paul Ryan and his Republican supporters see the presidential election as a chance to educate voters about Medicare reform. Some claim that campaigns are not for educating, but for winning. That's only partially true. Campaigns still have great teaching value.
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US government and politics no longer run by WASPs. Does it matter?
Neither of the top leaders in Congress nor any member of the US Supreme court is a WASP – a white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant. And now, for the first time in US history, none of the major party candidates for president or vice president is a WASP.
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For Romney and Obama, it all comes down to ‘the persuadables.’ Are you one?
Swaying the 6 percent of likely voters who haven't yet decided could determine the presidential election. Who's really left to convince in an election where the differences between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are so stark?
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The Monitor's View Romney, Obama must call a truce on nasty campaigning
As mudslinging escalates, voters will use new digital tools to avoid campaign ads. Romney and Obama can agree to keep negativity in check.
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Global News Blog Atheism on the rise around the globe
According to a new poll, religiosity worldwide is declining while more people say they are atheists. In the United States, a growing number consider themselves non-believers.
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Decoder Wire Poll: Obama wins if likely nonvoters show up
Some 82 million Americans are eligible to vote but typically don't. If they did vote this fall, Obama would cruise to victory, according to new poll. Top two reasons for staying home on Election Day: too busy to vote and my vote won't count.
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Decoder Wire Will Sikh temple shooting spark US conversation on gun control?
The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting elicited renewed calls for gun control, but surveys show it's not a pressing issue for the US public. Obama and his spokesman talked only of combatting violence.
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Colorado shooting: If not gun control, then bullet control, lawmakers say
In the wake of the Colorado shooting, two Democratic legislators urge restrictions on the purchase of large quantities of ammunition online. As with gun control, the effort faces an uphill battle.
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At end of rocky Europe tour, Romney visits Poland
Mitt Romney hopes to capitalize on Polish disappointment with the Obama administration, after cancellation of missile shield plans in 2009. Will he capture the Polish-American vote?
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Colorado shooting highlights barriers to tough gun control: Obama and Romney
Early in their political careers, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney advocated tougher gun laws. But as President, Obama has been largely silent on the issue, and Romney has embraced gun rights.
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Decoder Wire Will Colorado shootings inject gun control into 2012 race?
Gun control activists say the Colorado shootings should be a wake-up call, but Americans' views on guns aren't swayed by individual tragedies, polls show. The candidates know that.
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Opinion With Syria imploding, is Hezbollah next?
Hezbollah’s loyalty to the brutal regime in Syria is costing it support and exacerbating divisions in Lebanon. Its message runs contrary to the Arab Spring. If a link is found between the militant group and the bus bombing of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, that makes it look even weaker.
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Decoder Wire Is Mitt Romney catching up? (+video)
Mitt Romney's campaign argues in a new memo that the Republican presidential candidate is catching up in his race with Barack Obama. The analysis varies depending on what polls are included in the assessment, but most experts say the race remains very close.
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The elusive truth about Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital
Mitt Romney's time running Bain Capital has become the focus of charge and counter-charge, raising questions about campaign dishonesty and the candidates' own character as well as calls for apologies.
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Cover Story Polling: a look inside the machinery of public opinion surveys
Polling: Behind the scenes at Gallup, interviewers and editors try to find out how Americans will vote on election day. With the media's dependence on public opinion statistics, news consumers must educate themselves about which surveys provide valuable data and why.
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Robert Reich Mitt Romney, Bain Capital and the New Gilded Age
The system that made Mitt Romney's fortunes at Bain Capital is the same one largely responsible for the greatest concentration of the nation’s income and wealth at the very top since the Gilded Age of the nineteenth century.
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Opinion This 4th of July: The dawn of a new 'independents' day
A record-high 38 percent of Americans now describe themselves as independents. Republican and Democratic party leaders ignore this growing lack of party allegiance at their peril. Whichever party shifts to accommodate more moderate voters first will survive and even thrive.
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Global News Blog Pakistan's Texas-sized problems
Despite the some cultural overlaps, the American and Pakistani paths are parting ways.
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Health-care reform: what polls say ahead of a Supreme Court ruling
The poll results reveal a public with mixed feelings about health-care reform and indicate that both parties will have to tread carefully after the ruling, whichever way it goes.
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Chapter & Verse Pew study: library patrons largely unaware of e-book offerings
According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of respondents didn't know whether or not their local library had e-books.
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How Asians displaced Hispanics as biggest group of new US immigrants
The share of Asians among US immigrants has been growing for years, but the data released Tuesday show that a decline in Hispanic immigration is equally important.
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The Monitor's View G20 summit can help Greece by looking at host Mexico
Mexico's own recovery from a currency crisis has enabled it to play host to this year's G20 summit. What lessons can eurozone countries draw from that?
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Global News Blog Is China really the world's top economy? Much of the world thinks so
But much of the world would be wrong, according to recent study. China still lags far behind the US in GDP and personal wealth.
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