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Monitor articles for August 19, 2014
- Detention, not jail: LA public schools drop 'zero tolerance' policies
- Prosecutor to convene grand jury in chokehold death, prompting mixed reactions
- Poll: Ferguson police response 'has gone too far,' more Americans say
- St. Louis police shoot and kill armed man after robbery report
- West Virginia Senate test: Which candidate can cozy up closest to coal?
- Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft board after 34 years with software giant
- Joni Ernst, the next Sarah Palin? GOP fights back.
- Chris Kluwe, Vikings reach settlement over punter's pro-LGBT remarks
- Strange, clawed, lonely worm fossil finds family tree at last
- Tom DeLay calls Rick Perry indictment 'conspiracy.' Any evidence?
- Food costs up, energy costs down as inflation rises slightly
- Ignore No More app: Helicopter parenting in the digital age?
- As maritime disputes simmer, Vietnam counts cost of anti-China riots
- Grandmother unintentionally shoots 7-year-old grandson: Need for caregiver gun safety?
- McDonald's 'McCafé' coffee is coming to your grocery store
- Doris Kearns Goodwin's 'No Ordinary Time' will be adapted as a limited series
- Obama's Michael Brown address: I won't do stupid things
- Three things to know about Iraq's Mosul Dam
- Taylor Swift: Here are the details of her new album announcement
- In Ohio, protests over police shooting of black man in Walmart
- As Ferguson seethes, Europe weighs its own policing efforts
- In Nigeria, Ebola threat tests the rhythms of daily life
- A Christian Science PerspectiveHonoring one another's spirituality brings peace and healing
- India calls off Pakistan talks after envoy meets Kashmir separatists
- Rule update will make it easier to escape the no-fly list
- Is the Kremlin's two-avenue 'diplomacy' in Ukraine paying off?
- Keurig coffee lovers, take note: K-Cup prices are going up
- Lebanon to US: We need military aid, too
- Ancient flying pterosaurs lived all around the world, had no teeth
- Israel pulls out of Gaza peace talks over latest Hamas rocket fire
- 'In the Kingdom of Ice' turns into one of the summer's hottest books
- Ann Leckie wins top sci-fi award for debut novel 'Ancillary Justice'
- Portugese egg tarts (pasteis de nata)
- 2013 most-stolen cars include Hondas, pickups. Is yours on the list?
- Don Pardo, longtime 'Saturday Night Live' announcer, dies
- Iceland raises alert level, warning of possible volcanic eruption
- Money has made Americans sick of politics. What we can do about it.
- CommentaryIn modern education, metrics 'r' us
- Ferguson: Who are the outside agitators entering the fray?
- Stock market jitters? When a bear market can be a boon.
- Sprint reveals new family data plans to take on the wireless competition
- California teens plotted high school shooting, police say
- Home Depot profits soar as weather, housing market improve
- Why the FAA banned US airline flights over Syria
- Brand loyalty? Forget it. Five car brands that customers don't buy twice.
- California wildfire update: Firefighters gain ground near Yosemite
- In Ferguson's wake, outcries arise about police shootings in other cities
- US trying to verify video of journalist James Foley's execution
- The Met averts shutdown: Does opera have to be grand to survive?
- Opposition protesters march on Pakistani capital buildings
- Uber appoints former Obama advisor to lead policy efforts
- 30-day emoji challenge: Are we the new Egyptians?
- Alaska Senate primary: GOP mobilizes to thwart Democratic 'meddling'
- Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano rumblings prompt orange alert
- Dropbox's e-mail app, Mailbox, now available for Mac – sorta
- Uber picks David Plouffe, former Obama advisor, to take it global
- The Monitor's ViewAmerica’s rainbow schools
- Bestselling books the week of 8/21/14, according to IndieBound*
- Octopuses' color-changing skin inspires new type of camouflage
- 'The End of Absence' chronicles one man's quest to pull away from a hyperconnected life