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Monitor articles for May 17, 2016
- For refugees in Greece, lots of rumors but little reliable news
- Foreign leaders can't agree on Syrian peace talk schedule
- Evidence of humongous asteroid unearthed in Australia
- Bestselling books the week of 5/19/16, according to IndieBound*
- In contraception case, Supreme Court tried something different 鈥� and it worked
- Breaking out of this election's partisan prison
- First LookOne year after Santa Barbara oil spill, California presses criminal charges
- How Portugal went 107 hours on only renewable energy
- What not to buy during Memorial Day sales
- With driverless big rigs, ex-employees one-up Google's self-driving cars
- Giraffes: Why the long neck? Scientists crack evolutionary code
- First LookFree the linked 23? Why Twitter might revamp its 140-character calculus
- Developers ditch golf courses to build 'agrihoods'
- Celebrate National Short Story Month with five of the best
- How couples can master the financial balancing act
- First LookAround the world in 90 minutes: ISS completes 100,000th orbit
- Russians step in to protect UNESCO site Palmyra from ISIS
- Best deals on hybrid, electric, fuel-efficient cars for May 2016
- How volcanoes moved mountains on Jupiter's moon Io
- How an itty-bitty ocean-dwelling bacteria helps regulate our climate
- Classic acts celebrate golden anniversaries
- Baghdad violence stirs local Shi'ite militia
- First LookCould this 'Little Lion' galaxy hold secrets about the Big Bang?
- Behind Facebook's trending news feed, a deeper flaw
- Why Americans spend more on their homes than their clothes
- New York considers lifting the tampon tax
- Watch brilliant meteor dazzle in New England sky
- Senate passes bill allowing families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia
- Waze launches carpool experiment in San Francisco Bay Area
- Are we pointing telescopes in the right direction to find alien life?
- Why Thailand is closing a lovely island in the Andaman Sea to tourists
- North Korea's 'Mad Men': Signs of capitalism in the Hermit Kingdom?
- Craving a taco? Here's a veggie version with all the right stuff
- First LookDoes Second Amendment include the right to sell arms?
- First LookThese physicists accidentally programmed AI to do their job
- 'Pit Bull' aims to tell the story of a maligned breed
- Why the Paris Agreement won't succeed without agricultural innovations
- Eight is enough? Missing one justice, Supreme Court takes novel approach
- A 海角大神 Science PerspectiveWho shall lead?
- Following gas-mileage error, new labels on the way for GM's large SUVs
- 2017 BMW 2-Series preview
- First LookDesegregation in 2016? Judge orders Mississippi town to unify school system
- First LookChampions of free speech launch $60-million First Amendment Institute
- Emilio Navaira, Tejano music star, dies
- Inspired by Trump, new Arizona law redefines free speech
- 'Powerless': What we know about the upcoming NBC superhero comedy
- 'The Twilight Children' makes a compelling coda to a remarkable career
- Why millions of US workers will now get overtime pay
- The Monitor's ViewHas Brazil begun a moral reckoning?
- As Afghan insecurity deepens, can Ghani government fight back?
- How Donald Trump has made this election about women voters
- With 'Sparkle' cheer teams, students with disabilities feel like they belong
- First LookFor black Americans, progress comes in small increments
- Donald Trump is forcing the GOP to reconsider what is 'conservative'
- How Eric Fanning became the first openly gay official at the Pentagon
- Despite longer lines and more fliers, TSA says safety remains top priority
- Why Bergdahl court martial won't begin until new president takes office
- How a new 3-D printer can create electronics in mid-air
- GMO crops are safe, say scientists. Do they need labels anyway?
- How technology could have prevented Philly Amtrak disaster