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Monitor articles for August 27, 2014
- Syrian rebels take control of Golan Heights crossing with Israel
- 'Full House' revival: Stamos and other stars on board. Will fans have mercy?
- What Republican wave?
- A mother's plea to Islamic State: 'Please release my child'
- How climate change could ruin your Hawaii vacation
- Scientists solve mystery of Death Valley's 'sailing' stones
- With Internet outage, anger rises over proposed Time Warner-Comcast merger
- How New York mayor de Blasio trumped Obama on equal pay for women
- Common Core: Bobby Jindal says Obama forcing a national curriculum
- Pakistan faces a major political crisis: 6 things to know
- Gov. Jerry Brown calls for mention of 'significance' of Obama's election in California textbooks
- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appoints new public safety director
- Josh Gordon season suspension for drugs spotlights NFL domestic violence policy
- Girl, 9, accidentally kills Uzi instructor. Too young for guns?
- Astronomers stitch together best view yet of distant galactic merger
- Will climate change wipe out the sequoias?
- Bobby Jindal sues Obama over Common Core. What's that mean for 2016?
- Robin Williams biography will be written by a New York Times reporter
- Kate Bush performs first official concert in 35 years in London
- Despite sci-fi tropes, robots make better managers, study says
- Aileen Hefferren preps minority students for top schools
- Coolest cooler sets record for most-funded Kickstarter project. Yes, a cooler.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveJustice and peace in Ferguson
- Nine-year-old with Uzi shoots instructor by mistake
- 'Lisette's List' is aimed at Francophiles and art lovers
- Train delayed again? Blame the oil boom.
- What's the deal with Rick Perry's $500 hipster glasses?
- California braces for monster waves, biggest in a decade
- Why Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is suing Obama administration
- The car that I could fix
- Another 'red line'? Obama again considers airstrikes in Syria
- Slather that grilled corn with sriracha-lime-honey mayonnaise
- Israel believes it's developing regional support for hurting Hamas
- 'Birdman' is a movie to watch after rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival
- Mass. National Guard F-15C fighter jet crashes in Virginia
- Climate change: Is your opinion informed by science? Take our quiz!
- CBO: US economy to grow by 1.5 percent in 2014
- Rotherham sex abuse report draws outrage from Muslims
- Curiosity passes on drilling Mars rock, keeps on roving
- Paleontologists discover world's oldest known muscles
- Civil War soldier to get Medal of Honor for overlooked role in pivotal battle
- Caesar salad kits recalled from Sam’s Club for possible listeria contamination
- Stock market downturn? How to cope.
- Social workers channel Indiana Jones to deliver welfare checks to Brazil's Amazon
- 'Gone Girl': A new trailer shows more of the twist-filled story
- Chelsea Handler hosts the last episode of her E! program 'Chelsea Lately'
- IMF chief Christine Lagarde under investigation in France
- Why Rick Perry can't carry a concealed weapon in Texas
- Zara pulls 'Nazi concentration camp' shirt off the market
- American, US Airways pull flight listings off Orbitz. Why?
- Laptop deals: Students and faculty can save big on a MacBook Air
- Death of American fighting for Islamic State in Syria: A threat to the US?
- Time Warner Cable customers back online after nationwide outages
- Why I decided to hang it all up
- Will global warming produce more intense snowstorms?
- Florida smackdown: Why Crist vs. Scott is marquee governor's race of 2014
- Back to school: Take the famous schools in literature quiz!
- Bestselling books the week of 8/28/14, according to IndieBound*
- 'Shutter Island' is reportedly being developed as an HBO TV series
- Reader recommendation: Here If You Need Me
- Utah mother arrested for placing baby in trash
- Court overturns hate-crime convictions in Amish beard cutting case
- US accuses Russia of orchestrating a new military campaign in Ukraine
- Israel and Hamas both claim victory
- Fake Quotations
- President Griswold? The nation lampoons vacations
- Dragon fish experiment could shed light on shift from fish to four legs
- Florida court fast-tracks key gay marriage case to state Supreme Court
- Signs point to Apple iWatch debuting with the iPhone 6 in September
- Texas dad acquitted in slaying of drunk driver who killed his sons
- Dueling Ferguson funds: Donations near $700,000
- The Monitor's ViewNATO on Russia's border: a check, not a threat
- Spiders prompt not so itsy bitsy Suzuki Kizashi recall
- Microsoft debuts standalone Xbox Kinect with a free game
- Douglas McAuthur McCain: What was lure of Islamic State for him – and others?
- Investigation details Uber's coordinated plan for undermining the competition
- Hurricane Cristobal: A category 1 storm seen passing Bermuda
- Nine year-old shoots instructor with Uzi: Did the gun fit?