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Journalists targeted in latest Mexico drug violence

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:15:00 PDT

A newspaper editor, a columnist, police officers, and bar patrons are among those killed in separate acts of violence this past week.

Mammal gamble

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

A quarter of the world's wild mammals face extinction. But decline is not inevitable.

Letters to the Editor

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Readers write about how the financial crisis will affect the next president, businesses providing customer service over the phone as well as online, rescuing our healthcare system from crisis, and sparing home buyers blame for the market's troubles.

What's good about McCain-Obama mudslinging

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Negative ads on average are more informative than positive ones.

Etc.

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

USA

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

World

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Children learn to lasso that money

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

In a faltering economy, many families are teaching kids the value of frugal living.

Name that fairy tale

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

The economy – how prayer resuscitates

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

Our family's souvenir bookshops

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Bookstores offer a welcome respite from busy vacation schedules.

Garden Salad

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

A poem for kids.

Credit crisis driving global cooperation

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

World markets responded positively Monday to new initiatives emerging from meetings in Washington and Paris.

Reporters on the Job

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Is US fighting force big enough?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

America needs a bigger military to stabilize weak or potentially threatening nations, some analysts argue.

Market crisis may shape the Canadian vote

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Premier Harper is favored in Tuesday's vote, but slipped in polls over economic woes.

Riots fracture rare Jewish-Arab ties in mixed Israeli town

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Israeli President Shimon Peres led a reconciliation effort Monday after four days of ethnic violence.

North Korea allows back nuclear inspectors

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

They'll be able to monitor the main nuclear complex, but not anywhere else.

Keep choice in healthcare

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Reform efforts need a broader definition of healing.

Will downturn hit Hollywood?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

The box office may not be recession-proof this time.

Obama gaining among rural voters

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Southeast Ohio, where many small communities are economically hard-hit, may be a bellwether.

Is North Korea set to come off US terror-sponsor list?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Report says it could happen today, but Japan opposes the plan.

Congo blames Rwanda for fresh fighting

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Clashes between government forces and Tutsi rebels could force 30,000 people from their homes in eastern Congo.

The yo-yo used in ways you won't recognize

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Aficionados converge in California to compete in a national championship that is more performance art than child's play. Have you seen a 'spirit bomb?'

‘The Forever War'

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Chilling on-the-ground accounts of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

‘The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia'

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

The tragic story of a group of Americans who sought a better life in 1930s Russia.

USA

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

World

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Etc.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

E-Science: Massive experiments, global networks

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Worldwide computer grids mean even small-timers can contribute to ‘big science.'

Over the hedge: Big responsibilities for a very small 'groom'

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

A young member of a wedding party wasn't sure he was up to the task he was given.

My neighbor is running for president

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Barack Obama? Oh sure, he's just a guy from the next block over.

No longer so incensed about incentivized

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

In the wake of the Wall Street bailout deal, the Monitor's language columnist considers the vocabulary of motivation.

When nations kill their own

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

'Right to protect' has come a long way, but not far enough.

Can the US be pals with the terrorist Taliban?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

McCain and Obama need to say if they back Karzai's talks with the Afghan Taliban.

Letters to the Editor

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Readers write about ways to bring stability to Bolivia and whether today's conservatives more resemble Lincoln or Douglas.

L.A.'s Hotel Café is favored haunt for singer-songwriters

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Intimate Hollywood club is becoming a breaking ground for new artists.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

A 'delicious' Latin music mix, quilts that qualify as art, the Iditarod from the comfort of your sofa, and more.

Financial firms need 'nutrition labels'

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Wouldn't it be nice to know that your money is safe?

Los Angeles finds its heart

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Downtown L.A.'s cultural corridor struggles to define its profile and its audience.

In Georgia, Russia saw its Army's shortcomings

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Decades of neglect, outdated technology, and an ineffective conscript system reduced the capabilities of the Russian Army.

Will Asian financial centers overtake Wall Street?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Hong Kong is rising fast thanks to the growth of China. It passed New York as the biggest issuer of initial public offerings in 2006.

On crisis, Europe to US: 'I told you so'

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Europeans blame economic mess on US 'anything goes' capitalism as Iceland faces a full meltdown.

Americans tightening belts

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

More consumers are trimming spending and debt because their net worth has fallen fast.

Joint Chiefs head: ‘Enablers' needed in troop-scarce Afghanistan

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Adm. Mike Mullen is pushing to get more planes and helicopters there to make up for the lack of troops.

Alligator hunts raise questions in South's swamps

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

They're part of population control, but are public hunts ethical?

Showdown ahead over 17 Uighur detainees

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

The Justice Department says the judiciary does not have the power to release Guantánamo detainees into the US.

DiCaprio film glamorizes Jordan's feared spy agency

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Human rights groups charge the mukhabarat, portrayed in the new Ridley Scott movie 'Body of Lies,' with systematic torture.

Suicide attacks a growing threat in Pakistan

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT

Pakistan has overtaken Iraq and Afghanistan in suicide-bomb deaths this year, its intelligence agency reports. Thursday's attack in Islamabad struck the police's antiterrorism squad.

Reporters on the Job

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 PDT