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Monitor articles for August 26, 2011
- New species emerge as rebels fade from Colombia's rainforest
- Monterrey casino massacre shocks Mexico
- Drug tunnel found in Arizona, but it's no fancy, million-dollar underground corridor
- Beijing school closures leave thousands of migrant children without classrooms
- Seven Bolivian Mennonites sentenced to 25 years for rape
- A watering can with added benefits
- Baseball's top numbers guy tackles true crime
- How to read "Area 51"
- Cheney's memoir: few apologies, some evasion, and critical words for Condi Rice
- Our Idiot Brother: movie review
- Vera Farmiga directs, stars in 'Higher Ground': movie review
- The Interrupters: movie review
- Brighton Rock: movie review
- The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency
- Six Southern cookbooks
- What happens next in Libya? America's five greatest concerns.
- Why Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe won't pardon the West Memphis Three
- GDP shows weak expansion
- 'Bridesmaids,' 'The Help' draw women audiences – and big box-office numbers
- A calm preparation for hurricane Irene
- Fixed-rate mortgages edge up, but still low
- Will Bernanke announce another round of quantitative easing?
- Low rates squeeze savers. Should Fed hike them?
- Stocks close high following Bernanke speech
- Ben Bernanke announces more monetary stimulus
- Inequality dragon rears its head. Again.
- Steve Jobs: One of the greatest business leaders?
- Hurricane Irene: big storm, but its economic punch?
- Flight cancellations could top 10,000. Here's what to do if Irene cancels yours.
- Debit card fees: You can still avoid them. For now.
- Revised US growth rate: just 1 percent in second quarter
- Why aren't African leaders giving more for famine relief?
- Syrians in the street laud Libyan rebels
- Libya's rebels struggle to control Tripoli
- Libya rebels, triumphant in Tripoli, now face a different kind of battle
- Nigerian Islamist militants claim UN attack
- Libya's rebels say, again, that they've cornered Qaddafi
- Hurricane Irene heading for North Carolina, Washington, New York
- Danica Patrick officially heads to NASCAR
- Power outages after hurricane Irene: Are utility crews prepared for them?
- Robo-Rover? California bill would require microchips implanted in pets.
- Rallying cry for hurricane Irene preparations: not Katrina, not again
- Ben Bernanke optimistic that economy can avoid another recession
- Hurricane Irene winds diminish, but a sloppy Category 2 still expected
- Apple's new CEO: Who is Tim Cook?
- A new alien diamond planet discovered
- The perennial vacation question: Why don't we just move here?
- Why inflation numbers aren't always comparable
- Decreased worker wages will hurt stock market
- Do Republicans want to cut taxes on the rich and raise them on the rest?
- When can you eavesdrop on police? Chicago case exposes legal gray area.
- Solar firm taps social-media expert to spur a 'rooftop revolution'
- Libyan rebels send brigade to negotiate surrender of Sirte
- Libyan boy starts his own news agency, elbowing past foreign correspondents
- In an island nation, living in fear of the water
- The Monitor's weekly news quiz for Aug. 22-26, 2011
- Hurricane Irene: Are surfers crazy to love hurricanes?
- For tourist and grizzly bear, a team of referees
- How much do you know about America's landmarks? Take the quiz.
- Hurricane names: Why is it named Hurricane Irene?
- In hurricane Irene bull's eye, coastal North Carolina braces
- Hurricane prep: Are you smarter than a storm tracker? Take our quiz
- Hurricane Irene and safety in a storm
- Which is cheaper: hot water or the microwave?
- Hurricane Irene carries threat of inland floods, not just coastal surge
- Window for hurricane Irene preparation 'quickly closing'
- Rick Perry's 'Texas miracle': a demographic quirk?
- George Pataki isn't 11th GOP presidential candidate, after all
- How many presidents felt earthquakes in the White House?