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Monitor articles for August 09, 2012
- Summer at my fingertips
- Tasintha sets Zambia's sex workers on a better path
- Germany debates not an Olympic rower's form, but her choice of boyfriend
- Hey, is that Mars or the Mojave in NASA rover's photo?
- Romney blasts Obama over TV ad while President pushes for economic fairness
- Scandal in China: Bo Xilai's wife does not contest murder charge
- Syria: U.N. says no one will win
- Another quiet day for Wall Street
- 'Welfare voters' are latest battleground in Brown-Warren Senate race
- Did NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spot a flying saucer?
- Google to integrate Gmail into general search results
- Roasted tomatoes
- Sarkozy ignites furor with push for foreign intervention in Syria
- President Obama opposes Boy Scouts' reaffirmed ban on gays
- OpinionOlympian Gabby Douglas – the gymnast is golden, but her family is obscured
- Self-driving cars: Coming sooner than you think?
- Texas man stable after being stung more than 300 times by Africanized bees
- London 2012 Olympics: Why Usain Bolt is bigger than Michael Phelps
- Iran convenes conference on Syria, vowing to preserve the 'axis of resistance'
- Rescue dog: Albie is a 'dog that won't hunt' – or swim
- Health-care reform: Has Team Romney embraced the individual mandate?
- London 2012 Olympics puts the glam into volunteering
- Google pays record fine to settle federal suit
- On Mars: It's Curiosity's moment to shine, but MAVEN is in the works
- Postal Service unstoppable in rain, snow. But red ink?
- Showdown at Shepherd’s Bush
- Reader recommendation: Catching Fire
- 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is bestselling book ever in Britain
- Oscar Pistorius, South Africa advance to Olympic relay final
- Florida nuclear plant hosts crocodile hatching
- Does Mitt Romney really want to raise taxes on the middle class?
- Zimmerman lawyers seek hearing on 'stand your ground'
- A Christian Science PerspectiveA decisionmaking guide
- Smartphone sales: Android extends lead over iPhone
- Prepaid cards are here to stay. Do you need one?
- Astronomers release biggest ever 3-D map of the universe
- Could George Zimmerman walk free after 'stand your ground' hearing?
- Don't believe housing's permabears
- Olympics soccer: Is Alex Morgan the next Mia Hamm? Teammates gush.
- Teddy bear air drop still roils in Belarus
- 'The Hobbit': High frame rate showings will be limited
- Monitor BreakfastAFL-CIO chief Trumka: Race is less of an issue in 2012 election
- Effects of US drought trickle down through the Americas
- Honey Boo Boo Child: Spinning off 'Toddlers & Tiaras' on her own terms
- Kobe Bryant awakens in Team USA's win over Australia
- Attention booklovers: Tokyo and Paris are your cities
- The Monitor's ViewAfrica as muse, not mess
- Libya celebrates first peaceful transition of power
- Accused of lying about military past, two Central Americans face extradition
- Defense spending and the declining 'bang' for the buck
- Global ViewpointGermany must shift from crisis mode to steady leadership in Europe
- On fifth anniversary of credit crisis, global markets fall
- Does Zimmerman have a 'strong claim for self-defense?'
- Postcards from Mars reveal Martian bedrock
- Aurora shooter sought help for mental illness, says lawyer
- Plug-in hybrids to outsell all-electric cars?
- Olympics medal count: US women's soccer, Usain Bolt gather more gold Thursday
- Ouya Kickstarter drive nets $8.5 million. What's next?
- Peyton Manning: Denver hopes he's 'comfortable' as NFL preseason kicks off
- PGA Championship: Pettersson on top at 1st round midpoint; McIlroy, Tiger lurking
- Google fined $22.5 million in Safari case for violating FTC deal
- Donald Trump to 'surprise' GOP convention. What might he do?
- Why is Mars red anyway?
- Obama slams Romney opposition to wind power tax credit
- London 2012 slalom canoe: Can you 'Google' your way to the finish line?
- In US-Japan Olympic soccer final, a triumph for women's sport
- Mars rover: Color panorama of crater brings scientific treasure into view
- In Sikh temple shooting, signs of a changed white supremacist movement
- Does Olympic gold light a path to riches? Not for everyone.
- Unmanned NASA spacecraft explodes spectacularly
- As drought withers US corn crop, ethanol industry feels the squeeze
- US Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam indicative of stronger ties
- In France, high-frequency traders now get taxed for fictitious orders
- Kindergarten mindset list: 5-year-olds’ cultural DNA