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Monitor articles for December 16, 2013
- How the Chinese domesticated cats 5,300 years ago
- China's Jade Rabbit lands on the moon, but will it play nice there?
- Gaping jaws of carnivorous plant win microphotography prize
- Michelin tires recall affects 1.2 million truck tires
- Parents and play: re-learning to play with your kids
- NASA to grant SpaceX lease to historic launch pad
- Google acquires Boston Dynamics. Robot zoo to follow?
- EPA: Cars getting lighter, more fuel-efficient
- Why this time, horse meat may be off the menu in France
- Paul Ryan wins Iowa poll! What's that mean for 2016?
- Kim Jong Un: Uncle's execution offers rare look into Hermit Kingdom
- Tea party and political buttons: Supreme Court declines Minnesota case
- Clashes in China's restive Xinjiang kill at least 16
- US boosts naval security aid to Southeast Asia. Taking aim at China?
- Peter O'Toole and the gift of watching classic movies with kids
- Jason Segel will portray David Foster Wallace in the film 'The End of the Tour'
- 'Revenge' finale: Executive producer Sunil Nayar discusses what's next
- Brian Griffin returns to 'Family Guy.' Was there ever any doubt?
- Independent bookstores capture headlines in 2013
- OpinionUS educators: Engage China, but defend freedom
- Teen gunman at Arapahoe High School bought ammo on day of attack
- How much do you know about Germany? Take our quiz!
- A Christian Science PerspectiveNelson Mandela and a greater freedom
- Copenhagen Wheel zooms toward e-bike future
- Poinsettia shakedown: Italian mafia makes shop owners offer they can't refuse
- Saudi Arabia: Women experience freedom on campus, but few changes outside
- Restraint, not retaliation, after Israeli fatality on Lebanon border
- Harvard: Bomb threat causes evacuations during finals, but no bomb found
- Short Hills mall shooting: Carjackers kill for a silver Range Rover?
- Chile's Bachelet wins big, but mandate less clearcut
- Audrey Totter obituary: 1940s film noir actress Audrey Totter dies
- James Cameron: 'Avatar' sequels to be family epic like 'The Godfather'
- Bitcoin: Should you invest?
- By the numbers: UN's Syrian refugee appeal
- How mobile money fights malnutrition in Guatemala
- As foreign funds run dry, Syrian fighters defect to anti-Western militias
- 4 fabulous picture books for the young readers on your list
- Skyway accident Manila: 17 dead after bus plunges off elevated Filipino highway
- Exclusive: Iran nabbed CIA asset Levinson, says witness
- Independent bookstores and self-published authors are increasingly teaming up
- Christmas shipping deadlines, store by store
- New editor named to lead The Christian Science Monitor
- Amber Rose shapely selfie reminds mom to stand tall
- eBay Now: Home delivery at digital speeds
- Taxes in 2013: from the Fiscal Cliff to tax reform talks
- USPS in Chicago plans Sunday holiday deliveries
- Mega Millions jackpot on track to set lotto record: Mega Millions hits $586 million
- Readers RespondReaders Write: Democrats didn't lose to personality; US hypocrisy on Israel
- Mexico gears up for an oil boom of its own
- Pumpkin whoopie pies two ways
- Brick for brick, Minecraft will finally make its PlayStation 3 debut
- FDA: Antibacterial scrubs might be worse than plain soap
- Free Wi-Fi comes to San Francisco (or a part of it, at least)
- Yellowstone supervolcano: 2.5 times bigger than anyone knew
- The Monitor's ViewTesting a US 'empathy deficit' in Syria
- Study finds evidence of domesticated Chinese cats 5,300 years ago
- Senate simmers down after two all-nighters, but what was the point?
- 10 cool science gifts (for every age and budget)
- Did the Neanderthals bury their dead?
- How will Chile's President-elect Bachelet tackle immigration reform?
- What 'charity' should really mean
- China touts prowess of moon rover, scientists just want to know what's there
- North Korea enigma: American released, uncle executed ... enter Dennis Rodman?
- Curfew in South Sudan after fighting breaks out. Was it a coup attempt?
- US judge rules NSA data sweep an 'indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion'