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Monitor articles for August 18, 2014
- Ferguson: In calling the National Guard, emphasis is on 'limited' role
- Will SeaWorld's larger whale pools quell 'Blackfish' backlash?
- Do black holes come in 'medium'? They do now.
- After autopsy, Mike Brown's parents call for officer's arrest
- Hillary Clinton to speak at Iowa steak fry. Time to talk 2016?
- On Alaska's oil tax referendum, Palin joins with liberals
- These fitness apps provide short, sweet workouts
- Can Obama take the juice out of corporate inversions?
- 'Outlander' is renewed for a second season after high ratings for series premiere
- What's going on with the Washington Post's 'buy it now' Amazon book links?
- US wades into Iraq: Is it all about oil? Libya reintegrates. Shale and GOP. [Recharge]
- As US steps up air campaign in Iraq, Kurdish forces seize strategic dam
- Hillary Clinton to attend Iowa fundraiser, fueling 2016 predictions
- USDA: Cost to raise kids rises, now above $245,000
- Back to school for band & orchestra: The art of extracting petrified hot dogs
- Rafael Nadal pulls out of US Open due to injury
- 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' holds off 'Expendables 3' at the box office
- Ukraine claims advances in east as rebels' ranks churn
- Dollar General makes move for Family Dollar, starts a bidding war
- Why the National Guard is going to Ferguson
- Malia leaves Obama vacation early. Where's Sasha?
- Rick Perry defends veto, moves ahead with presidential courtship
- 'Panic in a Suitcase' is a story of Odessan émigrés in Brooklyn, told with humor and catharsis
- Birds igniting: California solar power plant scorches birds in mid-air
- Cost of raising a child born in 2013 tops $245K. Where is it cheapest?
- Gas prices are trending downward despite overseas conflicts. Here's why.
- Humongous 1,000-pound alligator caught in Alabama
- A Christian Science PerspectiveIn the ark of Love
- Gaza requires 'unprecedented' reconstruction, says UN
- Will these two new products be able to combat electronic spying?
- UE BOOM speakers and Lindsey Stirling master the tides of technology
- The arrogance of power and the case for presidential term limits
- Obama to people of Ferguson: Let's seek to heal each other
- Police are not soldiers; our communities are not war zones
- J.K. Rowling reveals new information about 'Harry Potter' singer Celestina Warbeck
- In #TwitterExperiment, users upset as favorites become retweets
- Could Rick Perry benefit from indictment?
- When debt becomes a carrot, not a stick
- Google's IPO launched a decade of big bets
- Tiny cube satellite launched by hand: Nano, nano?
- Hezbollah lowers fighting age as it takes on Islamic State
- Palestinians, Israelis agree on extending Gaza cease-fire, continue talks
- Facebook adds 'satire' tag. Can you tell when a news story is fake?
- Community Health Systems hacked; over 4 million patient files breached
- The Monitor's ViewSmarter police work
- Gritty memoir from the author of 'Little House on the Prairie' to hit shelves this fall
- Obama's break from vacation: How unusual is that?
- Ukraine says refugees in east have been killed by rebels
- Deja vu in Finland: new Russia-West sanctions war brings back old memories
- Mike Brown protests: why the looting, tear gas got worse
- David Cameron: UK mission no longer strictly humanitarian, no boots on the ground
- Get moving! Five great deals on athletic footwear.
- Amazon-Bonnier battle goes public with protest by European authors
- With Islamic State threatening region, can Iraq's peshmerga turn the tide?
- Why one-third of Americans aren't saving for retirement