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Jimmy Carter's North Korea trip: quiet, matter-of-fact diplomacy
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Wyclef Jean's disqualification signals Haiti diaspora not welcome in politics
Nicaraguans say US turns blind eye to abuses of Daniel Ortega
Chile miners got toothbrushes. Now to address their greater needs.
Africa Monitor
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Where does Somalia's Al Shabab suicide attack leave the government?
Mass rape in Congo reignites questions on efficacy of UN force
Monitor Breakfast
Economist Zandi: John Boehner 'just wrong' about Obama stimulus
Monitor Breakfast
Economic forecast grim for Democrats trying to hold on to Congress
The Vote
Social Security: Alan Simpson offends almost everyone with 'cow' quip
The Vote
Glenn Beck sticks 'liberation theology' label on Obama's Christianity
Bombing spree doesn't shake Mullen's faith in Iraq security forces
Wal-Mart asks Supreme Court to block giant gender bias lawsuit
Jimmy Carter: Can Obama trust him in North Korea talks?
Where GOP's Lisa Murkowski went wrong and John McCain went right
Alaska's Lisa Murkowski: No. 7 on list of ousted incumbents?
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In governor's race, will Arizona immigration law be decisive?
Alaska election results: Upset in the making for Sen. Lisa Murkowski?
Poll: Americans' grade for Obama education policy is slipping
Horizons
Jimmy Fallon will incorporate Twitter into 2010 Emmy ceremony
Horizons
Internet Explorer 9: What Microsoft cribbed from Google
Horizons
Digg redesign: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Discoveries
Fire tornado caught on film in Brazil, want to make your own? (VIDEO)
Cool Astronomy
Exoplanets - as many of seven of them - spotted in newfound star system
Pea-sized frog discovered in Borneo
Oddball solar system found: Six giants and an exoplanet pipsqueak?
Now you can phone people using Gmail
Chile miners to get coping advice from NASA
Americans using less energy, thanks to recession, technology
Pet insurance bill in California to ensure better protection for animals
Hurricane Frank forms in the Pacific
Elin Nordegren says her marriage was 'without trust and love'
Egg Recall boosts demand for West Virginia eggs
Ebonics interpreters needed for war on drugs, says DEA
Credit card debt drops, lowest in eight year as cardholders pay off balances
The Monitor's View
Obama's other surge -- in Yemen
Walter Rodgers
Price of August naps: history's rudest awakenings
Opinion
Art in America: Does a great nation deserve great art?
Editorial Board Blog
The Taj Mahal of public schools in Los Angeles?
Editorial Board Blog
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Driving with love
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The Reformed Broker
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Stefan Karlsson
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Economist Mom
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