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Monitor articles for August 17, 2016

• Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly bring out the comedy in Sherlock and Watson
• First LookWhy Turkey's post-coup crackdown is good news for some prisoners
• Louisiana floods: Is this what climate change looks like?
• Why is the film 'Ben-Hur' being remade now?
• First LookAnother big fire: Why fleeing Californians aren't surprised
• First LookWhy Australia is closing its refugee detention center on Manus Island
• Opinion: Why political campaigns need chief information security officers
• First LookIn flood-ravaged Louisiana, new challenges for rescuers, residents
• Why Donald Trump’s 'ideological screening' wouldn’t be a first for the US
• Aetna shows why we need a single-payer system
• First LookTrump campaign leadership shift: What does it mean?
• First LookNorth Korean diplomat's mysterious defection latest in rising number
• A Christian Science PerspectiveWhere is God when we need Him?
• Two Barbados bird species pull strings, join elite group
• Airbnb rescue: Flooded homes in Baton Rouge, open hearts in New Orleans
• Homeless and transgender: HUD set to issue new shelter regulations
• Do we need a 400-mile hiking trail inspired by Alice the Moose?
• Delhi bans dangerous kite string. But how to enforce the ban?
• First LookPet goldfish, discarded, become giant problem for Australia
• Trump's staff shakeup: a defiant move
• Why Uber is suing over London's English skills requirement for drivers
• Russia emerges as prime suspect in apparent NSA hack
• First LookTaylor Swift offers $1 million aid in Louisiana. What can the rest of us do?
• First LookAre new drug lords trying to take over the reign of 'El Chapo'?
• First LookZenkerella, an elusive scaly-tailed squirrel, is rediscovered
• Look ma, no hands – or feet! Is Ford winning the autonomous car race?
• Liz Cheney wins primary, moves closer to becoming Wyoming rep in Congress
• First LookSmithsonian finds extinct river dolphin skull in its collection
• Ford autonomous cars could be available to the public. Eventually.
• Giving Olympians a special tax break wins the gold medal of bad ideas
• 'Somme' puts a human face on a massive military catastrophe
• First LookWhy healthy coral reefs need fish urine
• Student loans: Is paying them off early a good idea?
• Rio Olympics schedule: What to watch Wednesday
• Wildfire burns with ferocity never seen by fire crews
• A cooperative in Mexico takes on food system challenges – with chocolate
• JonBenét Ramsey: two decades later, the case still baffles, fascinates
• Did our fingers evolve from fish fins?
• Second-oldest Great Lakes shipwreck offers a rare window into the past
• Why was the US flag ordered off NY fire trucks?
• Behind Russia-Iran cooperation over Syria, a larger goal
• Might deep red Georgia really go for Clinton?
• First LookLatest police shooting hits hard in Milwaukee’s black community
• Pokémon Go hits Rio, and for some, gaming outweighs the Games
• First LookWill zip lines bring extreme adventurers to Niagara Falls?
• The Monitor's ViewKids today, what do they know? Turns out, a lot
• Why a German official 'flipping the bird' at neo-Nazis reverberates
• Stronger together? Yes, Mrs. Clinton, but what does 'together' really mean?
• In troubled times, Europe asks: What does being 'European' really mean?
• Five ways to save at the airport
• Where do financially responsible Americans live?
• After stumbles in 5,000m, two Olympians exhibit hearts of gold
• A twist on weeknight-easy: campanelle pasta with mushrooms and peas