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10 best books of 2012 – fiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the best novels of 2012.
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What recovery? Top 10 cities losing jobs
For some regions of the US, talk of an economic recovery is more wishful thinking than reality. Here are the top 10 metropolitan areas that continue to struggle with unemployment, from the Carpet Capital of the World to the home of an Ivy League university.
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4 noteworthy new novels: What happens when a past love reappears?
These four new novels all feature the specter of a past relationship.
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10 stories from Frank Langella about his famous friends
In his new memoir Dropped Names, Frank Langella recalls meetings and friendships with bold-face names.
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3 spring novels journey to foreign lands
From China to Australia, Korea to Michigan and other journeys, these novels show protagonists trying to navigate new territory.
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Let it snow? Christmas may be white in Northeast, southern Plains, Seattle
Snow on Christmas Day marks the start of a week of wet and wild weather through much of the US, including more of the white stuff. Here's where residents will want their shovels and sleds.
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Reader recommendation: Mohawk
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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10 best books of 2012 – fiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the best novels of 2012.
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Difference Maker
Restaurant mogul George Schenk melds the needs of people, planet, and profitsServing nutritious food, following ecological principles, and helping his community in Vermont make George Schenk a businessman with a social conscience.
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Stir It Up!
Turnip puff with buttered breadcrumb toppingWondering what to do with turnips? Boil a batch with a potato to remove any bitterness, then mash, and bake them with brown sugar and nutmeg to bring out a sweet flavor. Top the whole thing with buttered breadcrumbs.
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Energy Voices
Gas shortages, long lines add to post-Sandy misery (+video)Many gasoline stations in areas hardest hit by hurricane Sandy remain closed, forcing motorists into long lines for precious fuel. Will pipeline, terminals, and other distribution facilities reopen before gas prices spike?
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Superstorm Sandy: Where is it heading now? (+video)
Sandy is moving slower now, but the storm is still packing high winds, rain, and snow on Tuesday, extending from New York City to Lake Michigan.
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Earthquake shakes New England
Eyewitnesses across New England experienced an earthquake of moderate size on Tuesday evening. In Boston, there have not been any reports of damage yet.
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"Lincoln's Hundred Days" and "Seward"
Two new Lincoln-related biographies offer further evidence that we will never tire of reading about our sixteenth president.
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School lunch: mixed grades for new, healthy rules
Healthy school lunches get some thumbs down from chicken nugget lovers not so enthused by fewer calories and more fruit.
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Bullied bus monitor starts foundation with donations
Bullied bus monitor Karen Klein is establishing an anti-bullying foundation.
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Chapter & Verse
Gore Vidal remembered: a larger-than-life literary presence (+video)Gore Vidal, who died yesterday at the age of 86, was a legendary writer and contrarian commentator.
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Intense storms strike Northeast, cleanup begins
A state of emergency and curfew remains in effect in Elmira, N.Y., as crews continue clearing trees and repairing power lines that were brought down by a possible tornado.
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The road to freedom
A Christian Science perspective: For many people in the United States, the Fourth of July inspires celebrating freedom. The quest for freedom, regardless of one's national origin, runs deep in the human heart.
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Bullied bus monitor: 'fine' with boys' one-year suspension
Bullied bus monitor Karen Klein says she is 'fine' with the punishment of the four boys who verbally abused her while riding the bus two weeks ago. The boys will be suspended from their public school for one year.
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Unexpected legacy of wildfires and other emergency events: innovation
While wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other emergency events leave behind devastation, they also create the impetus for investment in new technologies and life-saving innovation.
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Bullied bus monitor: Karen Klein case shows power of crowdfunding
Donations for bullied bus monitor Karen Klein poured into a website at such a clip that they overwhelmed the site. Her case may be a tipping for the phenomenon called crowdfunding.
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Bullied bus monitor: how she's now in line for $250,000 in donations
Web users who became aware of Monday's bullying of Karen Klein, a bus monitor in upstate New York, have pledged more than $250,000 to give her a nice vacation.
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What recovery? Top 10 cities losing jobs
For some regions of the US, talk of an economic recovery is more wishful thinking than reality. Here are the top 10 metropolitan areas that continue to struggle with unemployment, from the Carpet Capital of the World to the home of an Ivy League university.
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Lake on Saturn's moon could be fed by underground rivers, say scientists
The discovery of a huge methane lake at tropical latitudes on Titan could help scientists better understand the bizarre atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon,
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4 noteworthy new novels: What happens when a past love reappears?
These four new novels all feature the specter of a past relationship.
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JP Morgan chief apologizes for $2 billion loss
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of the bank, told shareholders that the loss should have never happened.
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JPMorgan Chase's Dimon survives pay, chairmanship votes (+video)
JPMorgan Chase shareholders voted Tuesday at the bank's annual meeting to keep CEO Jamie Dimon in his role as chairman of the board, in addition to his pay package.
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Who won 'The Voice'? Jermaine Paul, no longer a 'backup singer' (+video)
'The Voice' winner, Jermaine Paul, gets a $100,000 and a recording contract. Justin Bieber also appeared on the The Voice stage Tuesday night. Jermaine Paul was once a backup singer for Alicia Keys.
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A Disposition to Be Rich
The author's great-grandfather was the Bernie Madoff of his age – a Ponzi schemer and con man who cheated a US president and kidnapped his own son.
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