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Monitor articles for October 18, 2013
- Homeland Security: Can Jeh Johnson handle agency's big challenges?
- Government shutdown: why new talks in Congress might avert another one
- Energy Department finds buyer for Fisker Automotive, report says
- Stocks push further into record territory
- Monitor BreakfastTrade policy must discourage 'race to bottom' for US workers, says trade rep
- Latest Curiosity feat: confirmation that Mars sent meteorite group to Earth
- Google shares, buoyed by strong ad traffic, soar above $1,000
- Gay marriage can begin in New Jersey, for now, state's top court rules
- 'Asteroid 2032:' Will 2013 TV135 crash into Earth in 2032? Probably not.
- Architecture meets energy efficiency in future of solar homes
- Did shutdown really give Democrats a shot at retaking the House in 2014?
- After Rebecca Sedwick suicide, a bid to hold parents liable for kids' cyberbullying
- Kenya: the future of African oil?
- Fired Walmart worker: Retailer ready to rehire Good Samaritan
- Former US House Speaker Tom Foley remembered for bipartisanship
- France deports schoolgirl mid-field trip, highlighting Roma debate
- Abominable Snowman actually a bear? A geneticist makes the case.
- Tesla Motors, AT&T team up for in-car Internet
- Saudis reject Security Council seat: what led to the shocking snub
- Three financial traps to avoid
- Nexus 5 debuted – for a hot minute – on Google Play (GOOG) store
- The Luminaries
- Reader recommendation: Einstein
- In Australia, a drone will deliver – books? Yes, really
- How a fossil discovery could simplify humankind's family tree
- Tilted planetary system throws planet-formation theories for a loop
- NSA or Google?
- Hardly a relic, slavery thrives in many corners of the world
- Readers rally to protest online censorship of erotic books
- Good Reads: From the strength of one girl, to an FBI sting, to 'old fogey' Scalia
- '12 Years a Slave' is a necessary, if stiff, look at the history of slavery
- How do I raise a kind son?
- Google stock poised to hit all-time high
- Robot jellyfish? Eel-like craft? Why US Navy wants undersea drones.
- Parents underestimate prevalence of cyberbullying
- Snowden says 'zero percent chance' that Russia, China have gotten NSA docs
- Beijing tackles abominable air pollution with a car ban
- 'Carrie' focuses on the girl-power aspect of Stephen King's story
- 'All Is Lost' charts the saga of a stoic survivor
- OpinionWar robots will lessen killing – not increase it
- 'The Fifth Estate' tries too hard to tell the audience what to think of Julian Assange
- Toyota recall: Spiders are causing airbag problems
- Tailgate challenge winner: German sauerkraut roll
- Fisker DOE loan sold to Hong Kong billionaire, report says
- Weapons, fighters flow to Syria's next battlefront as offensive looms
- School report cards, then and now. What's changed?
- Red Sox rely on Mike Napoli's bat in ALCS
- Trail of Kenyan mall attack leads investigators to Norway
- Why is the West worried about Somali terrorist group Al Shabab?
- A Christian Science PerspectiveGod is in the details
- How to forge a no-drama budget deal in Washington
- Difference MakerSally Sampson makes cooking fun to fight childhood obesity
- Top Picks: Lorde's new album, CNN Films' orcas documentary, and more
- BART strike? Unions threaten to cripple San Francisco's morning commute.
- Epinephrine stocked in schools: A US trend to combat allergic reactions
- Almost 300 authors sign up to participate in 'Indies First' effort
- Kristen Bell stars in the Disney movie 'Frozen' – check out the new trailer
- The Monitor's ViewSaudi Arabia's challenge to the United Nations
- Texting and driving: N.H. high court seeks teen input
- Raging Australian wildfires raise questions about climate change, emergency preparedness
- BART strike underway (again) in San Francisco
- Has Ted Cruz peaked?
- Making the right 'spur of the moment' purchase
- Lunar eclipse: How to view it
- After Westgate Mall attack: Al Shabab penetrates even to Kenya high schools
- Detroit's bankruptcy woes: five key things to know
- Elon Musk is now the proud owner of James Bond's submarine car
- 'The Fifth Estate': Does it get Assange and WikiLeaks right?