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Monitor articles for August 26, 2014
- Los Angeles schools suspend iPad plan for students
- Labor Day travel: why 35 million drivers are hitting the road this weekend
- Afghanistan's Abdullah threatens to withdraw from recount process
- Is Hillary Clinton a 'war hawk,' as Rand Paul says?
- Misquote has UK children's laureate Malorie Blackman defending her cry for more diversity in children's books
- Who needs Keystone XL? Oil sands flow to US via loophole.
- VA inspector general report says no veteran deaths due to care delays
- Emmy Awards: 'Breaking Bad' is a big winner but broadcast shows still do well
- Gift cards and sales tax: How not to get duped
- Jellyfish stung over 400 in Florida last weekend
- Why WHO calls for indoor ban on e-cigarettes
- Reader recommendation: Lifting My Voice
- Celebrating music and community from the porch
- Obama to award Medal of Honor for a 'heroic stand' – during the Civil War
- Report: Douglas McAuthur McCain, alleged American jihadi, killed in Syria
- Duxbury Beach: Shark spotted in Massachusetts waters
- Final Ferguson thoughts
- Tiny bubbles: bonanza for study of climate change's impact on marine methane
- Can US defeat Islamic State without help from Assad?
- Instagram's new Hyperlapse lets you take time into your own hands
- S&P 500 index closes over 2,000 for first time ever
- Is that really a thigh bone on Mars? NASA gives predictable answer.
- US spy flights over Syria: Prelude to airstrikes on ISIS?
- An American woman is being held hostage by Islamic State, say family members
- Burger King merger: Do 'tax inversions' really make sense?
- How does your state do on gender equality?
- US spy flights over Syria: Preparing for airstrikes on the Islamic State?
- How will movies change now that Google has bought Zync?
- 5 Pointz down: NYC demolishes storied graffiti shrine
- Click this headline to find out why Facebook is going after 'click-bait'
- NASA could use 'swarmies' to explore other worlds
- Flight diverted, police called following airline seat reclining fracas
- New audio in Michael Brown case: How important in whirl of narratives?
- The Monitor's ViewA global nix on nicotine's new delivery system
- Wide gaps remain as Putin and Poroshenko discuss Ukraine crisis
- Hypersonic space weapon self-destructs seconds after liftoff
- Cursive returns to Tennessee schools
- Penn. couple plead guilty in Craigslist murder
- UN climate change report warns of 'irreversible' impacts
- Aftershocks rattle Napa Valley: What causes them?
- Home prices on S&P/Case-Shiller index dip in June. That's a good thing.
- California earthquakes may pose threat to nuclear plant, expert says
- Israel, Hamas agree to long-term cease-fire
- Will US work with Syria's Assad as Islamic State makes gains?
- David Mitchell's 'The Bone Clocks' is the novel to watch this fall
- Back to school, and to widening inequality
- Points of ProgressIn US, a decline in domestic violence
- Aftershock rattles Napa County, quake hastens call for warning system
- Tim Hortons-Burger King deal finalized, with Warren Buffett on board
- Federal appeals court to hear gay marriage cases from Wisconsin, Indiana
- 'Augustus: First Emperor of Rome' intrigues with its view of Roman politics
- Ukraine captures Russian troops within its borders, just ahead of Minsk talks
- Amazon buys Twitch to make its name in video games
- Burning Man 'starts' with a night in Walmart parking lot
- A Christian Science PerspectiveResurrection from grief
- James Foley's killer in GOP Senate ad: Smart move?
- Grilled coconut kale
- Finally a real cease-fire between Hamas and Israel?
- Egypt, UAE bomb Islamic militant targets in Libya, according to US State Dept.
- Bear rescue: Man drives an hour to save injured cub
- Obama lays out plan to overhaul Veterans Affairs
- Hewlett-Packard recalls 5 million power cords over fire danger
- How 'One-Day Wonder' websites help disguise malware
- Emmy Awards: Sofia Vergara responds to backlash and other backstage stories
- Floating libraries take to the water
- Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has been shaking for more than a week. Will it erupt?
- Report finds 1,400 children sexually exploited in Rotherham, northern England
- Leaders faced off in final debate before Scottish independence vote