Topic: United States
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Top 10 fitness apps
With summer in full swing, you might be wondering about the best way to get fit. Click through our top 10 summer fitness apps to find out how your iPhone or Android smart phone can help you stay in shape.
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'Full Upright and Locked Position': 7 (sometimes sobering) facts about air travel
From the facts about airline food to the truth about why bags get lost, writer and former FAA chief counsel Mark Gerchick takes a hard look at traveling by plane in "Full Upright and Locked Position."
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NSA surveillance 101: What US intelligence agencies are doing, what they know
US intelligence agencies are gathering massive amounts of US telephone calling data and social media data on both foreigners and citizens. Here are seven questions and answers about what is known so far.
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Bestselling books the week of 6/10/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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How well do you know your mob bosses and gangsters? Take our organized crime quiz.
Crime groups including the Mafia have long provoked both fear and fascination. Sometimes mob bosses have risen to wield extraordinary power – seemingly out of reach of the law – in cities in the US and beyond. And often they fall just as spectacularly. Here's a quiz that will test (and elevate) your street smarts in the world of "wise guys."
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Chapter & Verse Burn, Babar, burn?
09/21/2008 01:00 am -
Moscow's moves in Georgia track a script by right-wing prophet
Is Alexander Dugin really the new sage of the Kremlin?
09/20/2008 01:00 am -
The Vote McCain - no more earmarks. Biden - no more cowboys
09/20/2008 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View Lessons from disasters like Ike
America has tightened building codes in danger zones, but it also needs to stop building.
09/20/2008 01:00 am -
U.S. airstrikes test alliance with Pakistan
Militants are targeted by drones to keep them from entering Afghanistan.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Can Livni clean up Israeli politics?
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni won the Kadima Party primary to replace Ehud Olmert who has been beset by corruption charges.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security North Korea claims to be restarting nuclear reactor
The Yongbyon reactor could be operational again within a year.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
World
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
USA
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Congress prepared to work quickly on administration financial rescue plan
Key members call for bipartisan effort after meeting with administration officials.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Paulson announces plan for massive federal intervention to calm markets
Investors cheered. The Dow jumped 369 points Friday.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
The Vote Biden on higher taxes: Be a patriot!
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Will Ivy League embrace R.O.T.C again?
Both McCain and Obama have said the schools should be more open to the military recruitment program.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Defying Ike: Why 140,000 stayed behind
They weathered the hurricane against the orders of authorities, to protect their property and way of life
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Study: U.S. financial aid fails students who need it most
The $86 billion system is so complex and piecemeal that experts call for an overhaul.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion Keep military aid separate from aid organizations
Even the perception of bias undercuts humanitarian help.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View Israel's next big hope
Livni's victory as head of the ruling party help cut the despair among Israelis.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Next step in economic crisis: a giant resale agency?
Some lawmakers and economists are calling for the US to absorb damaged assets of firms.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Aerosol cans: Are they OK to use now?
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Chapter & Verse "Brisingr" is here!
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Unswayed by celebrity, Scottish singer keeps music first
Amy MacDonald launches US tour after her debut album hits No. 1 across Europe.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Ladybug, ladybug, where have you gone?
Because many native ladybugs have disappeared, a citizen-scientist project aims to find as many as possible.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
Zimbabwe: Latest test of Africa's power-sharing model
Zimbabwe follows Kenya's path. Will international donors be as supportive?
09/18/2008 01:00 am -
Afghan civilian death toll undermines U.S. support
Afghan civilian deaths rise 39 percent. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pledges to do more to solve problem.
09/18/2008 01:00 am -
U.S. Embassy hit in Yemen, raising militancy concerns
Five explosions and sniper fire struck the US compound in a coordinated attack on Wednesday.
09/18/2008 01:00 am
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