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Monitor articles for August 20, 2012
- UN observers pull out of Syria as Western intelligence work ramps up
- Myanmar ends censorship on media publications
- Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai's wife, gets suspended death sentence for British businessman's murder
- Why Curiosity zaps Mars rock with 30 laser blasts
- Tony Scott: Maker of action films, including 'Top Gun'
- Mitt Romney campaign rebukes Akin's 'legitimate rape' remark
- Moscow: Will police find other Pussy Riot members?
- Facebook stock: the biggest Ponzi scheme in history?
- Autopsy: Arkansas police car shooting was suicide
- Facebook stock: Early backer sells most of his shares
- Arts center helps youths in Bogota shun guns, drugs
- Democrats attack Paul Ryan over Social Security privatization
- South Korean conservative politician could become first female president
- Mitt Romney's 13 percent tax rate is shameful
- 'Legitimate rape' comment by GOP's Todd Akin shakes up Missouri Senate race
- Mars time: One family lives by the Martian clock
- Special needs students stay in traditional public schools as others leave
- Jodi Picoult quiz: How well do you know her books?
- iPhone and Android apps to help you do some good
- Garcia wins rain-delayed Wyndham golf; FedEx playoffs next
- Curiosity rover begins vaporizing Mars, one rock at a time
- With end of long strike at Caterpillar, a blow to US labor movement
- Ponderosa fire in Northern California forces evacuations
- How Russia transformed Pussy Riot into international cause célèbre
- Voters say they're not better off than four years ago. Trouble for Obama?
- Apple stock makes it the most valuable company ever
- Small business revenues are the most important predictions you can make
- All-male Augusta National invites first female members
- Did researchers spot Amelia Earhart's plane?
- Mars rover Curiosity zaps ‘Coronation’ rock with rapid-fire laser
- Michelle Obama hosts first 'Kids' State Dinner'
- Why Utah tops list of most generous US states
- OpinionCan Paul Ryan educate voters about Medicare reform?
- Romney's attacks on Obama and welfare deemed false by fact checkers
- Global ViewpointWill America kill the curiosity that sent the rover to Mars?
- When did modern humans first arrive in Asia? Skull pieces could hold clues.
- Pakistan's black marketers cheer reopening of NATO supply lines
- Pakistani president wades into 'Down's Syndrome' blasphemy case
- Curiosity Mars rover gets ready to roll
- Todd Akin says he's staying in Senate race, despite furor over rape comment
- Mortgage shopping? Get an HUD-1 form. What's that?
- Republicans urge Akin to leave Senate race
- Prop. 37: Will California be first state to label genetically modified food?
- Did Todd Akin just cost GOP a US Senate takeover?
- The Monitor's ViewCharity begins where?
- Stocks edge down as doubts mount about ECB action
- Pussy Riot: the anonymous band behind the high-profile conviction
- NASA to launch new mission to Mars to probe below the crust
- Next Mars mission to probe Red Planet's core
- Augusta National admits first women – all two of them
- Obama warns Syria of 'enormous consequences'
- Phyllis Diller: Her hilarious wisdom still rings true
- As grain prices rise, so does Germany's debate over biofuel
- Apple stock: the market's new MVP
- Leaky valve on space station delays spacewalk
- Viva Assange! Latin American groups rally around Ecuador's asylum decision.
- As Patriots (and pro sports) go solar, will fans follow?
- Diaries
- Reader recommendation: The Hour of Sunlight
- Housing prices: How much house can you afford?
- Some South African miners back to work after shooting
- Merriam-Webster adds 'e-reader,' 'gastropub' and more
- Healthy lunches for kids require organization
- Bruce Willis in 'The Expendables 2' rules the box office
- Why Chinese are protesting Japan again
- A Christian Science PerspectiveThe great equalizer
- China adoption diary: Through the looking glass into the US, and having a blast
- Diana Nyad, blown off course by storms, back on track
- US general talks with Afghan officials about attacks on NATO personnel