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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?
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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
How the tables have turned: The Internal Revenue Service is the one under the microscope now, as revelations emerged Friday that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. Here’s an accounting of what has happened, along with the ramifications.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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3 priorities for Pakistan's new government
After 14 years, Nawaz Sharif is back at the helm in Pakistan. The nuclear-armed country faces a welter of problems, from terrorism to tensions with Afghanistan, India, and the United States. To move Pakistan forward, Mr. Sharif must focus on three priorities.
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McCain campaign strategy: Go nu-cular or go nice?
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'Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency'
Dick Cheney became the most influential vice president in US history.
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McCain campaigns for Obama at McCain event?
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'Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World'
How a stray kitten helped a Midwestern town through its darkest days.
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No poetic justice for the US?
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Review: 'Frontrunners'
Documentary follows the insanely competitive race for student council president at Stuyvesant High School in New York City.
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Will Asian financial centers overtake Wall Street?
Hong Kong is rising fast thanks to the growth of China. It passed New York as the biggest issuer of initial public offerings in 2006.
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On crisis, Europe to US: 'I told you so'
Europeans blame economic mess on US 'anything goes' capitalism as Iceland faces a full meltdown.
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In Georgia, Russia saw its Army's shortcomings
Decades of neglect, outdated technology, and an ineffective conscript system reduced the capabilities of the Russian Army.
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DiCaprio film glamorizes Jordan's feared spy agency
Human rights groups charge the mukhabarat, portrayed in the new Ridley Scott movie 'Body of Lies,' with systematic torture.
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Is North Korea set to come off US terror-sponsor list?
Report says it could happen today, but Japan opposes the plan.
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Reporters on the Job
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USA
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Obama, flush with cash, buys up primetime network TV
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Showdown ahead over 17 Uighur detainees
The Justice Department says the judiciary does not have the power to release Guantánamo detainees into the US.
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Asia trumping US on science R&D
Federal funding for research has been falling in real terms. Is the nation's economic edge at stake?
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Letters to the Editor
Readers write about ways to bring stability to Bolivia and whether today's conservatives more resemble Lincoln or Douglas.
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The Monitor's View: Can the US be pals with the terrorist Taliban?
McCain and Obama need to say if they back Karzai's talks with the Afghan Taliban.
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A scramble to unlock bank lending
US regulators are cranking out an array of options.
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Americans tightening belts
More consumers are trimming spending and debt because their net worth has fallen fast.
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Climate activists: Prez-elect should go to UN climate talks in Poland
The global environmental group 350.org has issued a challenge to whoever wins the presidential election: attend the next round of UN climate talks this December in Poznań, Poland.
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Why won't ABC air that clean-energy ad?
ABC refused to air an ad from the Alliance for Climate Protection. How come?
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People pressure: Is immigration an ecoissue?
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New estimates on global warming
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'The Forever War'
Chilling on-the-ground accounts of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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