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Monitor articles for August 16, 2012
- Which side is winning the battle to define Paul Ryan?
- Washington residents wait for word as wildfire burns
- More valuable than money or posessions
- 'Home is a Roof Over a Pig' and 'The Forgetting River'
- Reader recommendation: City of Veils
- GE 'Skypump' charges electric cars with wind power
- Octopuses inspire flexible, crawling, color-changing robots
- Debt collectors: Why are they so abusive?
- New biography offers an inside look at Joe Paterno and family after his firing
- Robert Pattinson delivers a star turn in 'Cosmopolis'
- Grading teachers: Tone is part of the conspiracy of learning
- Amid pressures of daily life, more Koreans revive interest in shamanism
- Counting sheep? Could mean counting fewer bills in your wallet
- Kidnappings tied to Syria threaten Lebanon's fragile peace
- We've become accustomed to its face: Tax cuts and 'My Fair Lady'
- Mariners' Felix Hernandez tosses baseball's third perfect game this year
- The 'savings glut' question, resurrected
- Facebook shares hit new low as lock-up period expires
- OpinionWhy the world can't tolerate a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran
- The unprecedented Phoenix Galaxy Cluster: How many stars does it form?
- Suffering Spanish farm workers on the march for help
- 'ParaNorman' has flawless stop-motion animation
- Long Island man suspected of attempting to fake his own death re-arrested
- Disney Princess diversity: Characters changed via Tumblr, D-Tech
- Kimchi-style corn
- Pussy Riot punk band verdict caps rocky first hundred days for Putin
- Airstrikes kills over 40 in northern Syria, watchdog group says
- Seven American, 4 NATO troops die in Afghan helicopter crash
- An end to endless waiting
- A Christian Science PerspectiveSpoiler alert!
- Taliban attack Pakistani air base ahead of reported military operation
- Ecuadorians rally around decision to offer asylum for Assange
- UN to end observer mission in Syria
- Romney says he's paid at least 13% of income in taxes over last decade
- Hypersonic X-51A WaveRider nosedives in Pacific Ocean
- Did Joe Biden 'chains' remark go too far?
- Who coined the name 'United States of America'? Mystery gets new twist.
- Two sheriff's deputies killed, 2 injured, in La. shootout 'ambush'
- Mitt Romney says Obama 'robbed' Medicare of $716 billion. True?
- Felix Hernandez is perfect, but the return of the Dead Ball Era? Nah.
- Police in South Africa shoot dead several striking miners
- UN ends observer mission in Syria, but isn't giving up
- Germany debates plan to pay stay-at-home moms
- Jan Brewer leads 'constitutional throwdown' against DREAM Act-lite
- Wal-Mart rethinks overseas strategy, nixes planned stores
- Are Obama critics using 'Swift Boat' tactics?
- The Monitor's ViewRomney, Obama must call a truce on nasty campaigning
- Apple blasts the DOJ's proposed e-book price settlement
- Tax reform, up close and personal
- Primary violent space weather concern for next decade: the sun
- Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks
- With new Reader, Sony attempts to turn the page
- Is Ryan the 'Coke Zero' of the Romney campaign?
- Family Research Council: Security guard credited for thwarting DC shooting
- Insurgent attacks in Iraq result in over 20 deaths
- Japan considers deporting arrested Chinese activists
- William Shatner as 'Negotiator': He's back
- Taliban attacks major Pakistani air base, 10 dead
- Gun, ammunition, Chick-fil-A? A shooting suspect's unusual profile.
- 'We're NASA and We Know It' video spoofs JPL Mars team. How cool is that?
- Housing construction falls. But permits, optimism rise.
- China's role in funding Ethiopian dam draws ire
- Bumbo Baby Seats recall is a bummer: Mom mourns loss of cool idea
- Romney pays at least 13 percent in taxes. Is that low or high?
- Will WikiLeaks founder Assange go free?
- S&P closes near four-year high