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Monitor articles for February 20, 2013
- Federal Reserve uncertainties drive down Asian markets
- Oscar Pistorius bail hearing: Is the prosecution's case unraveling?
- Gun-control bills pass Colorado House: Was Aurora a tipping point?
- White House targets cybertheft as worries about China mount
- Progress WatchFewer boarded-up homes: Vacancy rate for US housing falls to pre-bust levels
- Adopted Russian child's death: What is known about the case so far
- Upbeat Rajoy says Spain is on the mend, despite economic woes
- Oscar Pistorius trial: Is it South Africa's version of the OJ Simpson trial?
- Yemeni Air Force suffers embarrassing crashes as Yemenis get angry at US
- Why promising minority students aren't signing up for AP exams
- Who will clean up after the nuclear plants?
- Discovery of smallest planet yet a 'milestone' in search for another Earth
- The man who would be Italy's next prime minister: Pier Luigi Bersani
- What to expect from Sony and the rumored PlayStation 4 'Orbis'
- A mixed January for residential construction
- Helicopter parenting college students: Study shows ill effects
- Search continues for Kansas City restaurant worker after massive blast
- Pope may change rules to speed up next pope selection
- OpinionHow President Obama can forge a nuclear deal with Iran
- Tunisia wobbles further as PM resigns and credit rating drops
- Will you remember me?: The greatest one-hit wonders of the 2000s
- A new work by Haruki Murakami is arriving in April – but only in Japanese
- OpinionUS leadership needed to prevent nuclear testing by North Korea
- Jesse Jackson Jr. guilty plea: 'For years I lived off my campaign'
- Ron Paul will pen book advocating a free-market approach to education
- McCain faces angry crowd, defends immigration plan
- Curbing child abuse in Mexico
- A diverse fuel mix for electricity benefits consumers
- Giant space lobster? Telescope spots spectacular nebula.
- What we know about the death of a Mossad agent named 'Prisoner X' – and what we don't
- Miami allegations delivered by NCAA against Hurricanes
- Oladipo leads Indiana past Michigan St. in Top 5 matchup
- Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound*
- Kansas City restaurant explosion: Investigation could take months
- Curiosity makes history with scoop – and begins Mars mission in earnest
- Panetta: Defense furloughs would be 'disruptive and damaging'
- AirGo: Economy seating for the 21st century airline
- Carnival Triumph could have made port much sooner, lawsuits allege
- Google offers public a chance to test Project Glass (for a price)
- Stocks fall following Federal Reserve minutes
- WikiLeaks discover ties between Nigerian scammers and Straftor
- Whose idea was the sequester? And does it matter?
- John Kerry speech: US must resist temptation to turn inward
- White House correspondents' dinner: Conan O'Brien too safe for 'nerd prom'?
- DOD furloughs: a four-day work week for Pentagon?
- The Monitor's ViewIn Timbuktu, Al Qaeda showed 'seeds of its decay'
- Brown butter snickerdoodles
- Entitlement reform and immigration reform: How are they connected?
- Fired for voting? Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote
- US oil production will soar in 2013. Can it last?
- Postal Service plans all-weather clothing line: Smart move or desperation?
- Astronomers discover smallest planet ever
- Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of Siberia
- Joe Biden promotes shotguns for self-defense. Is he off base?
- Bonnaroo: What music legend will headline the 2013 festival?
- Family of 7 kidnapped: When news is bad, how to talk to your kids
- Guatemala gets a bump in its police force
- Time Bank helps neighbors put skills to use, swap services
- Rescue dog: Albie feathers the empty nest
- Expat kidnapping in Nigeria fuels questions about rising militant presence
- Bulgarian government resigns after nationwide protests
- State role in cyberespionage campaign? China says report 'lacks technical proof'
- USPS clothing line: Dress like the mailman?
- A Christian Science PerspectiveEnergized now!
- Family of 7 kidnapped in Cameroon, including four children
- The 'I'm never going to retire' retirement plan
- Short trip to Timbuktu reveals long road ahead for Mali
- A (long) day at the cinema
- First college to raise $1B? Stanford beats Harvard
- Florida fireballs renew calls for early warning system
- Oscar Pistorius defense says substance found in his home was not banned
- David Foster Wallace: 10 quotes on his birthday
- Office Depot will buy Office Max in stock deal
- One casualty of the sequester? Obama's entire legislative agenda.
- Supreme Court declines, but execution gets last-minute stay
- FocusUS 'pivot to Asia': Is John Kerry retooling it?