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Monitor articles for December 20, 2016

• What the warrant application for Weiner's laptop says about FBI investigation
• Michigan's attorney general issues charges against four former Flint officials
• Why retailers are moving away from ‘on-call’ shift scheduling
• First LookWhat Michelle Obama said in her final FLOTUS interview
• 15 best nonfiction books of 2016
• First LookAdvice from Fed chair Janet Yellen: Get a college degree
• Perfect gift for anyone: 'The Complete Peanuts: Comics & Stories (Vol. 26)'
• The Monitor's ViewFinding alternatives to solitary confinement
• First LookBad sign for car companies? GM cuts 1,300 jobs in Detroit
• Nixon went to China. Can Trump do climate change?
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will induct wide range of artists for 2017 class
• First LookCritics pan sci-fi film 'Passengers': Can JLaw and Chris Pratt save the box office?
• First LookWhy 'surreal' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year
• First LookSubway Therapy: Historical society to preserve New Yorkers' post-election notes
• Fresh spinach and bacon quiche
• Will a controversial case from Sessions' past affect his AG confirmation?
• Mexico's famed fireworks market explodes, again
• How will North Carolina legislators address 'bathroom bill' controversy?
• Obama limits offshore oil, as 'Keep it in the Ground' idea rises
• Two ways this Japanese satellite could improve space travel
• 'Tis the season: What the 'War on Christmas' looks like in 2016
• Pulse victims lawsuit: Did social media provide 'material support' for terrorism?
• Obama pardons 78 people: A history of presidential clemency
• First LookWhy did Andrea Bocelli back out of Trump's inauguration?
• First LookWhy Henry Kissinger is optimistic about Trump and his policies
• Fifteen ways to hack your KitchenAid stand mixer
• First LookWhy the UN wants the Philippines to investigate Duterte for murder
• Are smart TVs ever as good as dedicated streaming players?
• First LookLong before Rudolph, these gigantic birds flew around the North Pole
• Iraqis fighting ISIS show unity: why that still eludes their politicians
• First LookTrump could set new precedent with private security force
• First LookScientists discover bizarre molten iron 'jet stream' in Earth's core
• First LookL.A. vs. Trump: City unveils $10 million legal defense fund for immigrants
• First LookPrivacy groups: 'Serial offender' Google deceived consumers with 2016 policy change
• Volkswagen to pay $200 million for cheating 3.0-liter diesels
• Gardendale, Ala. wants its own schools. A return to segregation?
• First LookWhat is Scotland's future in a post-Brexit Europe?
• More gems from a breathtaking year in music
• To protect themselves, more American Muslim women give up hijab
• First LookIs this new A&E documentary helping to normalize the KKK?
• Nukes or quakes? Scientists decipher tiny tremors in North Korea
• Why we treat some forms of money as less 'real' than others
• 'Books for Living' picks up where 'The End of Life Book Club' leaves off
• Cities enlist nature to tame rising flood risks
• To figure out his tweets, understand Trump
• First LookScientists use lasers for a better look at antimatter
• First LookWhat's behind the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey?
• A Christian Science PerspectiveThe quiet gift
• Attack on Berlin Christmas market strikes at heart of German tradition