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Inauguration 2013: 10 highlights from previous second-term addresses

Barack Obama will be the 17th American president to deliver two inaugural addresses. Here are 10 highlights from such speeches by previous two-term presidents, including the shortest one ever.
Golden Globes: 8 book adaptations that won

Book adaptations did very well at this year's Golden Globe awards – one of the US's most prestigious award ceremonies.
2013 Oscar nominations: 15 films that came from the printed page

The list of Oscar nominations features 15 movies that got their start in the world of words, from Snow White to a Tolstoy classic.
Oscars 2013: Will one of these movies win Best Picture?

Nominations for Best Picture won't be announced until Jan. 10, but these films stand the best chance of earning nods in the category.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: 10 memorable quotes on her birthday

Enjoy memorable 10 quotes from abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe on what would have been her 201st birthday.

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Color schemes – imported from the Caucasus?

The 'all of the above' identities of the Boston bombing suspects illustrate the conflation of 'color' and religion.
Reader recommendation: The Last Runaway

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
'Lincoln' factual flaw is discovered by Connecticut congressman

A 'Lincoln' factual flaw was spotted by Rep. Joe Courtney when he went to see the film in theaters. 'Lincoln''s factual flaw 'was really bugging me,' said Courtney.
Reader recommendation: The Energy of Slaves

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Inauguration 2013: 10 highlights from previous second-term addresses

Barack Obama will be the 17th American president to deliver two inaugural addresses. Here are 10 highlights from such speeches by previous two-term presidents, including the shortest one ever.
Golden Globes: 8 book adaptations that won

Book adaptations did very well at this year's Golden Globe awards – one of the US's most prestigious award ceremonies.
Top Picks: 'Downton' returns, a celebration of the funny women of the small screen, and more

Writer Gretchen Rubin studies how to be 'Happier At Home,' National Geographic ranks the best trips to take in the coming year, and more.
2013 Oscar nominations: 15 films that came from the printed page

The list of Oscar nominations features 15 movies that got their start in the world of words, from Snow White to a Tolstoy classic.
Oscar nominations: 'Lincoln' pulls down 12 nominations

Oscar nominations: 'Lincoln' got Oscar nominations for best picture, best director, best actor, and best-supporting actress and actor. Other Oscar nominations for best picture: 'Amour,' 'Argo,' 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'Django Unchained,' 'Les Miserables,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Silver Linings Playbook,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty.'
'Fiscal cliff' meeting at White House: Will it be 'Lincoln' moment for Obama?

Many Senate Republicans say that with Congress deadlocked on averting the fiscal cliff, it is up to Obama to force a deal. The lesson from the movie 'Lincoln,' they say, is 'the president has to lead.'
Oscars 2013: Will one of these movies win Best Picture?

Nominations for Best Picture won't be announced until Jan. 10, but these films stand the best chance of earning nods in the category.
Chapter & Verse CBS will air a sneak peek at Steven Spielberg's new biopic 'Lincoln'

'Lincoln' is loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography 'Team of Rivals.'
Chapter & Verse 'CBS This Morning Reads' kick off with ‘Team of Rivals’

'CBS This Morning' launched their new interactive book club, 'CBS This Morning Reads.'
"Lincoln's Hundred Days" and "Seward"

Two new Lincoln-related biographies offer further evidence that we will never tire of reading about our sixteenth president.
Battle of Antietam anniversary recalls Civil War's deadliest encounter

Battle of Antietam anniversary will be commemorated on Monday near Washington, D.C. The Battle of Antietam anniversary will remember over 23,000 soldiers from both the Union and Confederate armies who were killed, wounded, or reported missing.
Chapter & Verse Garfield: America's most obscure president may also have been one of its best

Biographer Candice Millard talks about the courageous, independent, largely forgotten US president – James Garfield – whose term was cut short by an assassin's bullet.
Opinion: 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' denies origin and legacy of slavery

The film wishes away responsibility for America’s most horrific events, because no one is to blame for these tragedies but vampires. America should examine its appetite for this fantasy, when Hollywood transforms the most eloquent statesmen into an axe-wielding action hero.
Snow-Storm in August

In 'Snow-Storm,' author Jefferson Morley intensely captures the tension-filled 1830s and draws historical figures of the time in subtle shadings.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: 10 memorable quotes on her birthday

Enjoy memorable 10 quotes from abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe on what would have been her 201st birthday.
Tax deadline: Why you get until April 17 this year to file your return

The tax deadline for filing 2011 federal income tax returns comes two days later than usual. For this, last-minute filers have President Lincoln to thank.
Opinion: Another anniversary for the overlooked Mrs. Dred Scott

April 6 marks a key date in one of the most divisive cases in the US Supreme Court's history. The Dred Scott vs. Sanford ruling led the nation into the Civil War. Dred’s name remains well known. Lost is the story of his wife, Harriet, whose cause gives the case its greater meaning.
Stephen King's 10 favorite books

Stephen King, author of 'Carrie' and 'The Shining,' reveals what he likes to read.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War

Forgotten hero – or crazed fanatic? Journalist Tony Horwitz reexamines the story of John Brown and his raid on Harpers Ferry.
Fall books: 20 nonfiction titles you don't want to miss

From the energy crisis to The Doors, from Hitler’s Germany to Rin Tin Tin, here are the nonfiction titles that have readers buzzing this fall.
The little woman behind a very big war

A Q&A with David S. Reynolds, the author of "Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America," about Harriet Beecher Stowe's influence on the Civil War.