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Monitor articles for August 02, 2013
- Baseball fans, how much Dodgers history do you know?
- Customers are more likely to buy books if they smell chocolate, says study
- Laurie Halse Anderson's 'Speak' will be adapted as a graphic novel
- What America can learn from Detroit's pension blues
- 'Sleeping on the plane' takes on new meaning in Stockholm
- 10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks
- Before debating democracy, poor Egyptians want their stomachs filled
- Slovakia's Roma face new alienation: being walled away
- After 8 defiant years, Ahmadinejad leaves Iran isolated and cash-strapped
- The Son
- Too many classified papers at Pentagon? Time for a secrecy audit.
- Reader recommendation: War and the Soul
- After August break, a September fire drill? Fiscal crises await Congress.
- Selfish traits no good: Nice guys finish first, evolution researchers say
- US unemployment rate drops to 7.4 percent
- Freedom of information in Venezuela: How hard is it to collect data?
- The Monitor's ViewWhat Obama should see in his Federal Reserve nominee
- It's not too late: Snap up deals on trips to Florida
- US closes embassies, issues global travel alert over Al Qaeda threat
- Summer reading and the beauty of serendipity
- OpinionRepublicans hold key to progress in Washington
- US economy plods along at 162,000 new jobs in July; unemployment dips
- Lumosity: Brain-bending games come to iPad
- Afghanistan's middle class: What will happen to us when the US leaves?
- U.S. embassies closed: Worldwide travel alert based on terror threat
- Supreme Court: 'Baby Veronica' to return to adoptive parents
- Department of Justice proposes a fix to Apple's e-book price fixing
- Sen. Mitch McConnell fighting for his political life?
- Sex offenders awarded $1 in liability suit over N.Y. illegal 'civil commitments'
- Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro blames porn addiction. Credible?
- Genetic Adam and Eve could have been contemporaries, scientists say
- Good Reads: From Normandy, to a Biden profile, to McDonald’s ‘Subway buster’
- Monitor BreakfastObama won't name new Fed chairman until fall, advisers say
- Stocks rise after tepid jobs news
- TransCanada moves forward with oil pipeline, but it's not Keystone XL
- With little aid in Lebanon, Syrians dig their own wells, forage for roofs
- Vi Ripken abduction: Family offers $100,000 reward for information
- Mary Lynn Rajskub will return for 12-episode run of '24'
- Twitter releases news government transparency report
- US: China's human rights situation is getting worse
- Standards for humanitarian aid to be unified, simplified
- Difference MakerSri Lestari travels by motorcycle to bring an empowering message to disabled people
- Russian blogosphere finds something fishy about Putin's pike
- Baby born in Washington's L'Enfant Plaza Metro station
- A Christian Science PerspectivePadlocks of love and commitment
- Egypt this is not: Tunisia stays calm as it debates democracy
- Top Picks: BBC America's murder mystery 'Broadchurch,' CDs from world music label Putumayo, and more
- Michelle Knight speaks at Ariel Castro sentencing
- Berlusconi finally falls. Could he take Italy's government with him?
- Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe will leave the NBC comedy 'Parks and Recreation'
- '2 Guns' has a none-too-original premise
- 'The Artist and the Model' weds lushness, innocence
- The frugal birthday wish list
- Russia: Anti-gay law will be enforced during Olympics
- Summer's delight: grilled corn
- 'The Spectacular Now' is often better than the average teen coming-of-age drama
- The ExplainerEU ends arms embargo on Syria. What does that mean for rebels?
- As Israeli-Palestinian talks get under way, optimists keep up drumbeat
- Family dynasty in Togo tightens its grip with another election win
- The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail