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Bestselling books the week of 5/19/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Test your Gangnam style?

Pop music sensation Psy has taught his signature horsey dance to everyone from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon to Britney Spears. But how much do you know about the artist?
Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used the IRS to bash political foes

Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to use its formidable police powers to harass or punish enemies, political rivals, and administration critics. Here are six infamous episodes.
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IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal

The Internal Revenue Service is under the microscope now, as revelations have emerged that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. Here’s an accounting of what has happened, along with the ramifications.
Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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Letters to the Editor

Readers write about nuclear power, how to improve the US healthcare system, Democrats and the economy, and why the credit crisis will bring multilateralism back into world politics.
Opinion: America's other deficit: leadership

A staggering 80 percent of survey respondents say we have a leadership crisis.
Opinion: Government regulation, not free-market greed, caused this crisis

When government distorts incentives, the invisible hand can become a fist.
The Monitor's View: Restore trust in voter rolls

Charges of fraud and suppression undermine confidence in voter registration.
Tough times ahead for Silicon Valley?

Financial crisis puts squeeze on tech sector start-ups.
The Wordy Shipmates

Sarah Vowell offers her witty take on the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
China's economy cools

Its growth rate slowed to 9 percent in the third quarter as exports to the US and Europe start to slacken.
US referees Iraq's troubled Kurdish-Arab fault line

At a flash point for violence, an Army general plays diplomat.
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In global vote, McCain would lose – but not in Georgia

In a Gallup poll released Tuesday, respondents preferred the Democratic candidate, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, by a margin of 4 to 1.
Biden predicts international crisis if elected - McCain reacts
Palin agrees with Biden that Obama presidency will create crisis
Now Obama's got Colin Powell AND Google?
Bachmann's campaign implodes -- anti-Americans run wild
Guest workers win in court over low pay

Increased rights from recent rulings in San Francisco and Atlanta, Georgia, may force a rethinking of this immigration program.
Opinion: Thanks to Angelina Jolie, having lots of kids is hip

My four children aren't status symbols. But they do represent an opportunity to share love.
The Monitor's View: Build steam for nuclear power

Nuclear power can be a safe, clean, major source of electricity.
eBay bans ivory sales
Wood heat rises again

High cost of oil and gas fuels a boom in wood stoves. But what is the cost to climate?
Falling oil prices dent Hugo Chávez's clout

With oil prices down by half since July, the Venezuelan leader's largess may dry up.
Pakistan eyes 'peace pipeline' for region

It hopes a deal to ship Iranian gas to India via Pakistan can boost its energy supply, regional ties.
US-Iraqi security pact still unsettled

Amid growing opposition, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called on Sunday for more time to negotiate a plan that could begin US troop withdrawals in June 2009.
US sends envoy to Pakistan amid growing economic, security concerns

Pakistan weighs asking the IMF for a loan, while continuing to battle militants in Swat and Bajaur in the northwest.
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