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Bestselling books the week of 5/19/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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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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FARC extortion rackets in Venezuela, say locals
In border states, Venezuelans say Colombian rebel groups extort monthly 'protection' money from businesses and ranchers.
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Nations offer Afghanistan aid, demand accountability
Afghans sought help for its $50 billion five-year plan as donors met in Paris June 12.
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Syria sees warming ties in Middle East
Its improved standing poses challenge to US policy of isolation.
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Iran's nuclear program: will more sanctions work?
The EU's Javier Solana heads to Iran this weekend to offer revised US-EU incentives.
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Israeli settlers' attack on Palestinian family captured on video
The recording's release comes as the UN Security Council prepares to discussa resolution demanding the halt of Israeli settlement construction.
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USA
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Global perceptions of U.S. improve
The prospect of a new president may be helping favorability ratings.
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Congress wary of oil-market speculation
After a failed effort to boost taxes on oil companies, lawmakers turn attention to role of speculators in driving up oil prices.
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Guantánamo detainees win right to court review
The US Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 Thursday that those held in Guantánamo can challenge their detention.
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U.S. judges can't pull Americans from Iraqi courts
Thursday's Supreme Court ruling involved men accused of kidnapping-for-ransom schemes.
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U.S. strike aggravates alliance with Pakistan
Tuesday's deadly US incursion is under investigation, but it points up the contrast between the two nations' approaches to militants along the Afghanistan border.
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Fortunately, the British are coming – with their names
They have always been more creative with monikers: Consider Tom, Dick, and Harry versus Drusilla, Prunella, and Cuthbert.
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In California, a segregation bastion falls
The state's prisons will begin full integration July, amid some worry about racial violence.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers write about overpopulation, meat and food crises, appeasement, and faith in politics.
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Opinion: Obama's appeal in the Muslim world
An Arab Muslim foresees a possible new era of positive US leadership.
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The Monitor's View: Terror in retreat
The US and Colombia are winning a campaign against rebels and Chávez.
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U.S. wheat acreage rises – even in New England
Under the radar for 50 years, it stages a comeback in the region, due to rising demand.
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A weather-beaten economy
Severe weather in the US interior has wrought economic disaster. But recovery may be quick.
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An Amtrak comeback?
Things are looking up for Amtrak. The House overwhelmingly approved nearly $15 billion for the national passenger railroad Wednesday, more than doubling its funding, just as ridership is at the highest point in its 37-history.
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A world in which the US is no longer No. 1
Journalist Fareed Zakaria writes of the rise of new global powers.
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Fortunately, the British are coming – with their names
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Not quite the end of 'history'
The presidential race shows history to be both the deeds and the writing about them.
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Winner by a Knock Out
A rose that’s won millions of fans across the globe
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What Tiananmen crushed in me
As an American student in China, I saw idealism bloom – then get trampled.
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Volunteers send aid through Burma's (Myanmar's) back door
They are channeling supplies across the Thai-Burmese border to existing underground networks spread across the disaster zone.
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