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Monitor articles for October 18, 2012

• Herman Melville books: At first, 'Moby Dick' was a total flop
• What women want: Is it abortion, contraception, and equal pay – or jobs?
• Clean Water Act at 40: Is it failing to meet new pollution challenges?
• Is that online review a fake?
• Herman Melville book 'Moby-Dick' on screen stretches from Gregory Peck to 'Futurama'
• Reader recommendation: The Bluebird Effect
• Amazon struggles to get its books onto the bestseller charts
• Bruce Springsteen's letter: supporting Obama, despite 'rough ride'
• Let us now praise the popularity of presidential debates
• Moon formed from humongous Earth collision, new theories attempt to explain
• EU expands sanctions on Iran
• Colombia-FARC peace talks: 5 ways the Left lives on in Latin America
• Pumpkin poppers
• The men behind schoolgirl Malala
• Vladimir Putin joins pajama workforce, decides to work from home
• Bully study hype? Do 80% in high school really see bullying weekly?
• Space shuttle Endeavour's L.A. journey subject of beautiful time-lapse video
• Missing from Colombia, FARC peace negotiations: women
• There will be no cease-fire in Syria
• Jessica Sanchez: 'Glee' to open spot for American Idol runner-up
• Earth-size Alpha Centauri B planet detected by telltale star wobble
• Superman rights stay with Warner Bros.
• Mitt Romney's five sons: What's their role in the campaign?
• Honduras to reevaluate gun control laws: How will it impact violence in the region?
• What really happened in Benghazi?
• The real lesson about capping itemized deductions
• Presidential debate: How would you rate this musical parody?
• Bullet tax? Chicago eyes curbing violence, raising money.
• NY appeals court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act, joining Boston court
• Twitter bans Neo-Nazi group, a first for the website
• Should military veterans endorse presidential candidates?
• Mark Strong, Zumba sex case co-defendant, says he broke no laws
• Jobless claims jump by 46,000
• Eurozone summit: Will EU get veto over national budgets?
• Will tiny nanowires double the power of solar cells?
• R.I.P. town-hall presidential debates
• Jobless claims jump 46,000 – but on a technicality
• Google's big miss highlights Wall Street's big worry
• Pakistanis debate real enemy: girl-shooting Taliban or drone-firing US
• The Fish That Ate the Whale
• Nobel prize for economics: A win for the narrow view
• Presidential debate 101: When did Obama label Libya attack 'terror'?
• Dolphins able to sleep with half their brains, stay awake for two weeks straight
• How will FARC peace talks play out in rural Colombia?
• The thrifty joy of hosting a potluck
• Prosecutors allowed to examine James Holmes' college records
• Mystery deepens about US enemy No. 1 in Libya
• Syria's wealthy business owners face war-time squeeze
• Presidential debate 101: Where did Romney get those 'binders full of women'?
• Still occupying: Occupy Des Moines targets World Food Prize Foundation
• Spike in assaults leads US violent crime rate to first increase since '93
• FBI arrests man plotting to blow up NY Federal Reserve
• 9/11 cases: Do broad constitutional rights apply to Guantánamo detainees?
• Gloomy Google report hurts Nasdaq; Stocks fall
• How Obama can defeat Romney: Break up the big banks.
• 5 wolves killed in first days of Wisconsin wolf hunt
• 'American Horror Story': Did the season 2 premiere measure up to last year's episodes?
• Actress Megan Fox has new baby – it's a boy
• China economy hits bottom. Time to buy stocks?
• Texas cheerleaders fight ban on biblical banners at football games
• Tiny ancient critter hitched rides on insect wings
• New York terror case: Is recruitment process for foreign students flawed?
• For Mars rover Curiosity, at last, it's dinnertime. On the menu: dirt.
• No surprise to students: College debt is up 5 percent for Class of 2011
• Malala Yousafzai and the meekness and might of innocence
• Arrests of US sailors in Okinawa reignites opposition to bases
• Cease-fire in Syria? Support from Iran and Turkey boosts UN envoy's bid
• Raising the Costa Concordia, the biggest sea salvage operation ever
• Brass City Harvest brings fresh food to an urban 'desert'
• Sprint to gain control of Clearwire
• Newsweek to drop print for all-digital editions
• How much revenue would a cap on itemized deductions raise?
• Walking back, to avoid climbing down
• Australia, India to begin uranium talks
• Herman Melville's "Moby Dick": 10 most memorable lines
• Buy a ring, get a free gun, jeweler offers
• Kids need sleep: Study shows the difference a half-hour makes
• Herman Melville books: Remembering the author of 'Moby Dick'
• Flight attendants: Pay is less, but American has openings
• Average student debt rises. Again.
• A 4th presidential debate? Larry King to moderate third-party candidate forum.