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10 biggest US foundations and what they do
What are the 10 biggest foundations in the United States? Here they are in ascending order, based on their assets, along with a little bit about what social problems each addresses.
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The 20 best TV sitcoms of all time – readers' choice
What did Monitor readers choose as the best sitcom in the history of television?
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Father's Day: 12 best books for Dad
Check out these 12 books. At least one will be a perfect fit for your dad.
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10 best books of June, according to The Christian Science Monitor
Here are the 10 June books to which the Monitor's book reviewers gave their most enthusiastic thumbs-up.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: 12 quotes on his birthday
Here are 12 quotes from America's 35th President.
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Decoder Wire It's Malia Obama's birthday! Where's the party?
Today the eldest First Daughter turns 14. But it's not easy sharing a birthday with the United States.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: 10 quotes on his birthday
Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered one of the fathers of the American literary cannon. Here are 10 memorable quotes to commemorate his July 4 birthday.
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Why is Mitt Romney going to Israel?
The Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney, aims to attract Jewish voters by traveling to Israel and meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July.
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Bestselling books the week of 7/5/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Robert Reich Game changer: Justice Roberts switches teams
The Court’s majority, made possible by Chief Justice Roberts' surprise decision, has given a huge victory to the Obama administration and, arguably, the American people. The Affordable Care Act is still flawed, but it is also a milestone.
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Emancipation Proclamation fetches $2.1 million at auction
Emancipation Proclamation original copy, signed by Abraham Lincoln, sold at a New York auction for $2.1 million Wednesday. It's onlt the second highest priced Emancipation Proclamation copy.
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Decoder Wire Alien attack! Americans pick Obama over Romney to battle invasion from space
A strong majority of Americans say President Obama would do a better job than Mitt Romney handling an alien invasion, according to a new survey.
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Bestselling books the week of 6/28/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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The Passage of Power
In Volume IV of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” biographer Robert A. Caro concentrates on the succession of political triumphs and defeats that accompanied LBJ to the Oval Office.
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Chapter & Verse 88 books that shaped America
The 88-book list published by the Library of Congress includes titles like 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and 'Little Women.'
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Culture Cafe 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is surprisingly enjoyable
Despite one-note characters, 'Lincoln' is entertaining for those willing to buy into the premise.
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Decoder Wire 'Fast and Furious' probe: Obama's Watergate, or a waste of time? (+video)
The political fight over 'Fast and Furious' has escalated dramatically. Republicans say it could be as serious as the Watergate break-in 40 years ago that brought down Richard Nixon. Democrats call it a politically motivated fishing expedition designed to embarrass Obama.
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Decoder Wire On Fast and Furious, Obama invokes 'executive privilege.' What's that?
Facing a contempt vote, Attorney General Eric Holder urged Obama to invoke 'executive privilege' to avoid turning over documents to Congress. To be valid, the claim must bear on a core power of the presidency.
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America's Great Debate
Fergus M. Bordewich has penned a perceptive and tremendously witty book about the compromise that held the US together in the decade before the Civil War.
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Decoder Wire Obama leads Romney by 13 points in new poll. Can that be right?
The preponderance of evidence suggests that a new Bloomberg poll is probably an outlier. Other polls put Obama ahead of Mitt Romney in the presidential race by one or two points.
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Progress Watch US sees progress and touts 'heroes' in fight against slavery worldwide
More countries are taking modern-day slavery seriously and more people are being prosecuted, says the annual State Department report on Trafficking in Persons.
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Decoder Wire Is Ron Paul's campaign better with money than Mitt Romney's?
Six percent of Ron Paul’s campaign spending goes to fundraising, mainly via Internet 'money bombs.' Mitt Romney's campaign spends 23 percent of what he raises to do the same thing.
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Bestselling books the week of 6/21/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Tantalizing 'what if's' 40 years after Watergate
Forty years of investigation have yielded no simple answer to how a clumsy raid that Richard Nixon's spokesman termed a 'third-rate burglary' became a titanic constitutional struggle and led to his resignation.
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Decoder Wire Why isn't Flag Day a federal holiday?
Flag Day, June 14, commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes in 1777, and is celebrated by citizens across the nation. But it's not a full-blown federal holiday.
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Decoder Wire Obama's economic speech: What's he trying to accomplish? (+video)
Reelection bids often play out as a referendum on the incumbent's first term. Romney is trying to make that the case. But Obama wants the focus to be on competing economic visions for the future.
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Monitor Breakfast Gov. Scott Walker to Mitt Romney: Channel your inner Ronald Reagan (+video)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, at a Monitor breakfast Thursday, also reflected on a lesson from his own bruising recall battle: Talk about the problem first, then fix it.
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Decoder Wire Why is Israeli President Shimon Peres getting the US Medal of Freedom?
While it doesn't happen every year, it's not exactly rare for a foreign head of state or of government to be awarded the US Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian award.
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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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Decoder Wire What's Michelle Obama doing on Pinterest? (+video)
First lady Michelle Obama launched her Pinterest page with 12 images – the latest effort by Obama’s reelection team to leverage her popularity as much as possible in Election 2012.
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