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Monitor articles for December 17, 2014
- In surprise move, Mike Enzi will chair Senate Budget Committee
- Nathaniel Kibby charged in case of kidnapped New Hampshire teen
- 70 years later, judge rules 14-year-old boy was wrongly executed
- If Congress objects to Obama's move on Cuba, what can it do?
- Is New York governor's ban on fracking grounded in science?
- In last-ditch effort, BlackBerry launches Classic phone
- How did a Texas plumber's truck end up with Syrian rebels?
- Five best laptop deals for the holidays
- Bristol Bay: Obama blocks drilling where no one really wanted to drill anyway
- The Monitor's ViewObama's Cuban invasion
- After school massacre, Pakistan's media point accusing fingers
- On Arab uprising anniversary, US back to business as usual with Egypt's military
- James Patterson completes $1 million in donations to independent bookstores
- Sony debuts Google Glass-like gadget that clips onto your favorite shades
- New York bans fracking: Why shale is off-limits across state
- Bestselling books the week of 12/18/14, according to IndieBound*
- Is Europe really making things better for Palestinians?
- ABLE Act: How one bill offers hope on Congress's biggest problems
- Sony hack: Attack threat leads Sony to cancel 'The Interview' release
- Life on Mars? NASA rover spots ingredients.
- Pentagon's floating missile defense future: a pair of billion-dollar blimps
- Remembering author Norman Bridwell, creator of Clifford the Big Red Dog
- The 10 best movies of 2014: Our critic's picks
- What inflation? Consumer prices fall by largest amount in six years.
- Angelina Jolie has cybersecurity detail for her kids
- Entrepreneur Barbie doesn't need to wear pink to get the job done
- OPEC of the West? North America eyes stronger energy ties
- Race in school discipline: Study looks at silence among educators
- A Christmas lesson for later
- In northeast Iraq, flashes of resistance against Islamic State militants
- Wealth gap between the rich and the middle class is now the widest on record
- Pakistan outraged over school massacre. But will mood tip scales against Taliban?
- Why Miami's Cuban-Americans are divided on US thaw with Cuba
- Venezuela's role in warming Cuba - US relations
- Arctic still heating up twice as fast as rest of planet
- From the Monitor archives: US slaps Cuba with trade embargo
- Fed opens door to interest rate hike – a tribute to healing economy
- Sony hack: Why do analysts believe North Korea is behind attack?
- Obama's historic opening to Cuba: A hint of things to come with Iran?
- Small-town sleuth meets Shakespeare in 'Absolutely Truly'
- More Cuban-Americans now favor thawing US-Cuba relations. Why?
- Fourteen charged in deadly meningitis outbreak case
- How's the water on Mars? Curiosity rover finds out.
- Why Texas dads gave a school crossing guard a car
- Caramelized onion and apple slab tart
- Five great Christmas gift ideas for kids
- K.C. school punishes blind boy by replacing cane with pool noodle
- Can Putin convince Russians to rally in face of new sanctions?
- Oil prices, energy sanctions, and the Russian ruble crisis
- Watch Derby the dog run on 3-D printer legs
- Founder of D.C. Central Kitchen tries feeding Los Angeles
- Hackers threaten movie theaters showing 'The Interview': How serious is threat?
- 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies': Any magic the trilogy had is mostly gone
- Calling in Mom is the best solution to quiet squabbling pundits
- 'The Voice': Here's who won the seventh season
- Now is your chance to name a crater on Mercury
- Will Alan Gross release pave way for new US - Cuba relations?
- CommentaryOil, gas, and the Saudi factor
- How one hostage escaped from Sydney cafe
- Pakistan's Army chief heads to Kabul as nation mourns slaughter of students
- Mars methane discovery: What does it mean?
- Fed removes 'considerable time' from rate guidance. Stocks surge.
- New details about botched 43-minute Oklahoma execution
- A Christian Science PerspectiveUnder God's law
- Retiring lawmakers offer glimpse into hidden and more hopeful Congress
- Obamas speak out on 'racist experiences.' Why now?
- 'Creeping humanitarian crisis' in Central America? Droughts lead to crop loss.
- US consumer prices slide by most in six years thanks to cheap gas
- California mudslide blocks Highway 91 in Orange County
- 'Arcady's Goal' is a beautiful story of soccer, love, and Stalin
- China tops the world in jailing journalists
- What did Hillary Clinton say about the torture report?