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Monitor articles for December 16, 2015
- First LookFBI director labels Chattanooga shooting 'terrorism.' Does it matter?
- Abby Wambach retires from soccer, but she's not going anywhere
- Majority of Americans now oppose assault weapons ban
- Ten ways to celebrate community through food
- Two dozen Qatari hunters kidnapped in Iraq
- Why Arctic is warming twice as fast as rest of planet
- Lonesome George returns? How to bring back extinct Galápagos tortoise species
- Baby panda celebrity, Bei Bei, preparing for his first public appearance
- North Korea sentences a Canadian pastor to life in prison. His crime?
- Darth Vader or Dark Vador? France gives Star Wars a Gallic twist
- Are new laws leading more teens to smoke marijuana?
- First LookTo save the species, pandas need love, not just a mate
- US housing starts surge to five-month high in November
- Peppermint-chocolate chocolate chip cookies
- In debate, Republicans call on tech sector to aid terrorism fight
- First LookAs Arctic sees record-warmth, old whaling logs offer new insights
- Are menu prices rising too quickly?
- Bestselling books the week of 12/13/15, according to IndieBound
- How did Fido come to be man's best friend? A dog's tale.
- Do presidential candidates' tax proposals matter?
- Will Hong Kong's venerable South China Morning Post stay independent?
- Interest rates: Why some are already celebrating the hike
- California's new rules for self-driving cars disappoints Google
- Freddie Gray mistrial: Still a 'huge step forward' in how cities try cops
- Federal Reserve hikes interest rates: Are its policies for the 1 percent?
- Facebook, Google, and Twitter agree to halt hate speech in Germany
- How Donald Trump has shaken the Republican Party
- The benchwarmer show: A distraction or addition to college basketball?
- 'The Voice': Who won and how the new winner can succeed in the music industry
- Six times to stay away from stocks
- 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': How sci-fi and fantasy films have changed since 1977
- Four ways to save for a down payment
- Why Malala Yousafzai is taking on Donald Trump
- What the tiny mites on our faces reveal about our history
- First LookFor another year, US sees drop in executions. What's driving the decline?
- First LookNew York City and Los Angeles school threats: A tale of two districts
- Southwest Airlines flight skids off taxiway in Nashville, injuring eight
- Why the Ted Cruz-Marco Rubio debate mattered most
- 'To Hell and Back' chronicles Europe on the brink of annihilation
- How 'Qi' wireless battery charging could help people ditch the cords
- US authorizes $1.83 billion arms sale to Taiwan, drawing China's ire
- For America’s drone warriors, help to deal with mental and physical tolls
- Tips and tricks for saving money on holiday shopping
- 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is the best movie in the series since 'Empire Strikes Back'
- White House, lawmakers hail year-end deal on spending, taxes
- Feds revamp terror alert system: What you should know
- Bizarre new dinosaur species sported a mysterious 'sail' on its back
- The Monitor's ViewPakistan’s self-reflection, a year after its deadliest terror attack
- First LookNew York proposes sweeping solitary confinement changes. Why now?
- Why Sen. Lindsey Graham says a dislike for Obama is 'unhealthy'
- World's warmest-ever November weather recorded
- GOP debate: Should US deal with dictators?
- First LookParrots use tools and aren't afraid to share, study shows
- Federal Reserve raises key interest rate, but it’s still a great time for borrowers
- 'Leaders not looters': South Africans march in anger over corruption
- 'House of Cards' returns: How the show changed Netflix
- How efforts to combine arts with STEM education could improve tech diversity
- Facebook's real name policy: What cyberbullying activists and drag queens share in common
- Smog alert: Will Chinese buy clean Canadian air for $14 a bottle?
- Opinion: From Internet shutdowns to 'the encryption problem,' rating the Republicans on tech policy
- Road trip? Record numbers of Americans hit the highway
- 10 best fiction books of 2015: the Monitor's picks
- Silver bells? In Mexico, breaking pinatas herald the Christmas season
- First LookWest Point ushers in new era for women in military with first female commandant
- SpaceX selects 124 teams to compete to build supersonic Hyperloop pods
- Three generations, seven fishes
- $7 million XPrize for robots to explore the deepest sea
- Is the Nazi train of gold and gems a myth after all?
- Wal-Mart 'Santa' pays off $106,000 in layaways at 2 Ohio stores
- On a quest for a realistic lightsaber? Taiwan 'master' cashes in on Star Wars
- A Christian Science PerspectivePersistence to take flight
- Hangry, climatarian, piecaken: The top food words of 2015