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Monitor articles for October 17, 2013
- The Goldfinch
- Federal minimum wage a step closer to reality... in Germany
- Reader recommendation: Stoner
- Are we poised for an economic explosion?
- Caltech star survey plots two cosmic explosions
- Windows 8.1 – out now – re-starts the Microsoft OS
- Spirit Airlines fire stemmed from engine failure
- To fix Washington, look to Mexico
- Robert Redford: What role is he really playing in the 'Captain America' sequel?
- Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' temporarily banned at a New Mexico high school
- What's behind South Korean president's new strategy on North Korea?
- CDC Report: Donated egg pregnancies on rise in US
- The government shutdown was about...a meeting
- OpinionTo help John Boehner herd cats, bring back earmarks (and other ways to fix Congress)
- Xenophobes of the world, unite? French, Dutch far-right weigh alliance
- What Louisa May Alcott's 'Hospital Sketches' reminds us about military hospitals
- Panama presses US to clean up chemical weapons it left on island
- Paul Rudd, Joseph Gordon-Levitt are reportedly contenders for Marvel's 'Ant-Man'
- Congress passes bill ending fiscal crisis. What was it all about?
- Can schools ban American flag T-shirts?
- A Christian Science PerspectiveThe blessings of home despite a difficult housing market
- Sudan is in revolt. Why isn't anyone listening?
- Laos plane crashes in Mekong River
- Cookbook review: One Bowl Baking
- Did you try hitting it?
- IBM stock falls after tech giant's earning's miss
- Saber-toothed whale? 15-foot-long Stejneger's beaked whale found dead.
- Remarkable skull hints at dramatically simpler view of human evolution
- A new shutdown clock is ticking. Can Washington avoid a rerun?
- Jobless claims fall to 358000
- Stocks hit all-time high after debt deal
- Why did tea partyers surrender? Because January will be different, they say.
- Do schools' anti-bullying programs really help?
- How the 1973 oil embargo saved energy
- Humanity in the wake of a terrorist attack in Israel
- Haiti's child slaves land country high on new global slavery index
- Harper Lee is back in court – this time suing her own hometown
- Government shutdown over: How big of a hit did the US economy take?
- 'The Rosie Project' is optioned by Sony Pictures
- A pause, not an end, to budget battle in Washington
- Mortgage rates rise to 4.31 percent
- On Honesty: Should finders ever be keepers?
- Facebook pulls back privacy curtain on teen posts
- County fair bullfrogs are better jumpers: Why?
- Outlook for Syria peace talks dims
- Shoeless Indian boys: No Nikes needed to win basketball tournament
- Harley-Davidson recall: 'Do not ride' some '14 bikes
- Blackwater shootings: New charges filed against Blackwater contractors
- Booker wins Senate seat for Democrats
- Stenographer unleashes surprising outburst on the floor of Congress
- Florida hunts for convicted killers who used forged papers to escape prison
- Why a little-noticed chat between the US and Iran is a big deal
- Obama tells Republican foes to 'win an election.' Taunting?
- The Monitor's ViewInklings of a deal on Iran's nuclear program
- Does the iPhone 5S have a sensor problem?
- Iran nuclear talks: Will 'bad cop' Congress approve a deal?
- Can students be barred from wearing patriotic clothes? Dispute goes to court.
- For users 13 to 17, Facebook is now a much freer place
- Penumbral lunar eclipse Friday: So what's a penumbral eclipse, anyway?
- Oil spill puts North Dakota back in the spotlight
- Justin Auciello turns Facebook into journalism with Jersey Shore Hurricane News
- Dammed, dirty, drained by war: can Iraq's Tigris River be restored?
- Yeti bear: Yetis are real – but not magical, says British geneticist