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Monitor articles for August 29, 2016

• 'Don't Breathe' wins weekend box office: Is horror a summer success?
• First LookQuest for independence: China to make its own jet engines
• California farmers enlist drones in battle against drought
• '1966' singles out a moment when musical history was made
• Should I keep renting or buy a house?
• N.J. transit cop rescues man sitting on train track
• Why Amazon is trying out a 30-hour work week – with benefits
• First LookPermanent ceasefire in Colombia's civil war begins
• First LookCalm resumes at Los Angeles airport after imagined mass shooting
• French government convenes Muslim leaders for talks on 'French-style Islam'
• 'Weather bombs' offer insights into Earth's deepest structures
• First LookTwo blue whales spotted off New Hampshire in rare sighting
• First LookAustralian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan freed
• Labor Day is a good time to buy hybrid and electric cars
• First LookYearlong simulated Mars mission ends: What did we learn?
• First LookA hurricane and twin tropical depressions form in Atlantic: Why now?
• A Christian Science PerspectiveHealing conflict and illness through prayer
• Hillary Clinton rolls out new mental health plan
• Did HP discriminate against older workers in massive layoffs?
• The ExplainerAs trial ends, Brazil's president makes one last bid to shape story
• Uzbek president's failing health raises Islamist worries
• A user-friendly guide to Pokémon Go
• Has the mystery of Lucy's death been solved? Maybe. Maybe not.
• First LookOil pipeline protests in North Dakota draw native Americans, celebrities
• First LookMark Zuckerberg discusses the power of technology with Pope Francis
• FBI investigates hacking of Arizona and Illinois voting systems
• Are monarch butterflies dwindling or rebounding?
• You share utilities with your roommates. Why not your phone bill?
• MTV Video Music Awards 2016: Beyonce now has most VMAs in history
• Gene Wilder 'blessed every film we did with his magic,' says Mel Brooks
• The refugee milestone Obama doesn't want to talk about
• Is Colin Kaepernick the new face of American patriotism?
• First LookNew Sandy Hook School opens on site of Newtown shooting
• The Monitor's ViewEurope’s post-Brexit identity search
• What do adult students want from college?
• First LookCoca-Cola says it now replenishes all the water it uses
• Southerners are happy with their salaries, survey finds
• Two credit cards that extend benefits to authorized users
• First LookWould-be drone pilots race to get licensed by the US government
• What happens after Trump?
• Time to harvest and weed? Crop mobs can help.
• How big a military threat is Russia, really?
• Speaking Politics phrase of the week: 'Party of Lincoln'