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Monitor articles for December 16, 2011
- Childbirth and maternal health improve in Afghanistan
- Christmas In Havana: President Obama prevails on Cuban family travel rules
- Is Puerto Rico becoming a narco-state?
- Christopher Hitchens: 10 memorable quotes
- Robert Downey Jr. returns in 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows': movie review
- Tom Cruise reprises his role in 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol': movie review
- Two couples spring into chaos in 'Carnage': movie review
- Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel: movie review
- Comet Lovejoy's death-defying plunge into the sun [Video]
- Mystery of Comet Lovejoy: How'd it survive close encounter with the sun?
- Red velvet cupcakes
- 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked' trailer shows the movie will be a hit with kids
- Congress to vote on $1 trillion bill to fund government 9 more months
- Unemployment claims down by 19000
- Industrial production down in November
- Is a 'farmland bubble' looming?
- From a Jew: America can ignore Hanukkah. It needs Christmas.
- Christopher Hitchens: 'God is not great' - but bookmobiles are
- US deficit falls: Trade imbalance smallest since 2009
- E-readers: Amazon selling 1 million Kindles per week
- Free Shipping Day: The deals and the gimmicks
- How will Congress pay for the payroll tax break?
- Stock market down 3 percent for the week
- Zynga goes public - investors eye CEO, growth potential with doubts
- Top 15 money games, toys for kids
- Across debt-stricken Europe, austerity's bite is felt
- The Monitor's Weekly news Quiz 12/11-12/16
- A third-party candidate in 2012? It's going to happen, pollster says. (VIDEO)
- Politicians, be careful talking about shared sacrifice, pollster says (VIDEO)
- Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal
- Israeli lawmakers move to annex West Bank, one museum at a time
- Syrian Army defector: We were given killing quotas by Assad regime
- Did Michele Bachmann fight her way back into the GOP race?
- Christopher Hitchens was militant pundit and humanist
- 'Barefoot Bandit,' Colton Harris-Moore to plead guilty in US court
- McQueary: I believe I saw Sandusky molesting boy
- Pre-K winners for Race to the Top contest: Will they spur broader reform?
- Better World Books' bestseller list: more classics than new titles
- More books, more choices: why America needs its indies
- Is Slate's Amazon-defending blogger really a 'moron'?
- 'Barefoot Bandit' says broken home sparked international crime spree
- Barry Bonds isn't going to prison. Is he being punished enough?
- Subprime scandal: ex-Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac execs accused of fraud
- Accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning goes to military court
- Does defense bill's anti-terror provision deprive Americans of key rights?
- Did Iran hijack the 'beast'? US experts cautious about bold claims.
- As US troops leave Iraq, some ask: Was the war worth it?
- Qaddafi's death: Will the ICC launch a war-crimes investigation?
- Skeptics cast doubt on Fukushima status, even as Japan declares nuclear reactors 'stable'
- Christian Bale roughed up in bid to visit dissident in China
- Star power that heals
- Why teens need to know risks of marijuana
- Ron Paul's economic views aren't completely off base
- Gold drops, but should you drop it?
- Which way will gold swing?
- Republican debate: Gingrich likens himself to Ronald Reagan
- The Tim Tebow moment and other takeaways from last pre-Iowa GOP debate (VIDEO)
- Where did the tea party go? Into the trenches
- GOP candidates blast Ron Paul over Iran policy. Is one side crazy?
- Gold rush? Why gold standard glitters for some in GOP.
- Nikki Haley endorsement for Romney: Will it help him in South Carolina?