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Magazine articles on politics and society in the United States.
Current United States Articles
Humanities
Jul/Aug 2009
Donna M. Lucey
Maryland's Phoebe Stein Davis Not to be boastful (and she's not), but Phoebe Stein Davis, the executive director of the Maryland Humanities Council, lays claim to a pretty spectacular humanities pedigree. mark for My Articles similar articles
TIME Europe
July 13, 2009
Bobby Ghosh
U.S. and Russia: The Talk Starts Here When Barack Obama visits Moscow on July 6, it will be something of a rarity for the U.S. President: a rather dull trip. Obama will encounter no cheering crowds or overly excited local media. mark for My Articles similar articles
TIME Europe
July 13, 2009
Vivienne Walt
Cutting Off a Continent? Further cuts in assistance could be disastrous for Africa, which has just begun to feel the effects of the global crisis after a decade in which much of the continent saw solid economic growth. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 2, 2009
Christopher Saunders
Ad Groups Move to Regulate Web Tracking Key industry groups involved in Internet advertising are adopting a sweeping slate of consumer privacy measures in an effort to forestall legislation surrounding ad-targeting based on tracking online user behavior. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 2, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
FCC Gets to Work on Mapping Out Broadband Plan The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead with its next great task: developing a forward-looking national broadband strategy. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2009
Alyce Lomax
Health Insurance: The New Competitive Advantage Wal-Mart is spearheading a government-backed effort to create an "employer mandate," which would force most companies to provide health insurance to employees. With Wal-Mart's size, it might have an advantage over its competitors in satisfying such a mandate. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2009
Morgan Housel
Dangerously Delaying the Inevitable In order to help the economy recover, the Obama administration relaxes the requirements for government-backed mortgage modifications. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
July 1, 2009
Kelly M. Teal
Broadband Stimulus Funding Questions Answered On July 1, the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced funds available for the broadband industry. Here are some of the most common questions regarding the funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009
John Keller
A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009
J.R. Wilson
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Get Ready for Prime Time Government leaders are supportive of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use in non-military applications such as border control, emergency response, law enforcement, and forest fire surveillance. mark for My Articles similar articles
TIME Europe
July 6, 2009
Barbara Kiviat
Bismarck: The Town the Recession Missed As the economy flails in most of the U.S., it's business as usual for North Dakotans. Cruising through the recession on the 47th parallel mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 1, 2009
Rebecca Trager
Chemical security efforts spread The EU and the US are simultaneously taking action in a bid to secure chemical facilities and prevent their misuse by terrorists. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 1, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
U.S. Official: Cybersecurity Plans Not Just Talk NSC Cybersecurity Director Christopher Painter promises real action to protect digital infrastructure after Obama's address. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 1, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Broadband Stimulus Opens With Rural Emphasis Rural Utilities Service offers up almost its whole budget in first application window; Net neutrality groups shout victory. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 1, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Genachowski Era Opens at the FCC New FCC chairman addresses troops on the eve of broadband stimulus, strategy announcements. mark for My Articles similar articles
PC Magazine
July 1, 2009
Chloe Albanesius
Obama's Cyberspace Crackdown The president lays out new online security measures. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz
Amazon Crosses Off 2 More States Two more states are turning to directly taxing Internet retailers to offset a budget shortfall. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Melanie Waddell
The Great Health Reform Debate President Barack Obama has set an ambitious deadline of October to achieve comprehensive healthcare reform. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Bob Clark
Clark at Large: Reality Check Washington is far more likely to tweak the existing system than to rewrite the investment advisor legislation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Robert F. Keane
How To Make Cap and Trade Work A successful market-based cap and trade program for carbon emissions requires a few minimum elements. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
June 30, 2009
Help AFP Fight Proposals That Would Limit Charitable Deductions The White House continues to press for harmful limits on charitable deductions to fund healthcare reforms. AFP urges you to contact members of Congress immediately to oppose these measures. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 30, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Obama CIO Debuts Federal IT Spending Tracker New IT dashboard provides insight into federal spending on IT investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Matt Welch
Why Long Beach Isn't Detroit How Southern California survived the collapse of aircraft manufacturing without a bailout mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
Roquefort Revolution Trade policy folly. Right before he left the White House, George W. Bush dealt a harsh blow to lovers of Roquefort, the finest of the stinky French blue cheeses. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Transparency Failure National security or secure lobbying? mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Radley Balko
Bogus Bodega Busts Corrupt Philadelphia cops mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Quotes Oddball sayings from the famous and not so famous. mark for My Articles
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum
DEA Tax Collectors Medical marijuana raids mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Lisa Snell
The Graduates Charter school success mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Radley Balko
The Unrepentant D.A. Prosecutorial error in Santa Clara mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Militia Member Memo Appalled citizens saw the report on militias distributed to state troopers as political profiling of a particularly nasty variety, one that could make cops preemptively angry and nervous when dealing with certain people. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Brian Doherty
Frisco Freak-Out A small cabal of San Francisco artists and organizers met in April to discuss how anarchic public gatherings can be carried out responsibly. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum
Follow-Up: Bush-Era Porn Prosecution Ends in Guilty Plea When Robert Zicari and Janet Romano were accused of distributing obscene material in 2003, it was the first time in more than a decade that the federal government had prosecuted anyone for producing pornography involving adults. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Neighborhood Watch What do you do when a city is too cash-strapped to pay for adequate policing? If you're Chicago, you consider giving private security guards the authority to issue tickets for littering, graffiti, parking violations, and other minor infractions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
Twitter Teamwork Fargo flood friends mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Nick Gillespie
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal Glenn Greenwald is a civil rights attorney and the author of a new Cato Institute policy study called "Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Policies." mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum
Drug Control Begets Gun Control The violence in Mexico is caused by prohibition, not firearms. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Randazzo et al.
Turning Japanese Japan's post-bubble policies produced a "lost decade." So why is President Obama emulating them? mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Nancy Rommelmann
Anatomy of a Child Pornographer What happens when adults catch teenagers "sexting" photos of each other? The death of common sense. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Nick Gillespie
The Prehistory of Porn Prosecution How "licentious Gotham" gave rise to today's obscenity laws is explained in a new book by Donna Dennis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
Briefly Noted: The Southern Lifestyle Will Rise Again With a little luck, Garden & Gun will do for hillbilly what Wired did for geek. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Tim Cavanaugh
Briefly Noted: We Often Dream of Trains Robert S. Schleicher's coffee table history The Lionel Legend: An American Icon suggests why industries grow more politically potent as they become less important to the economy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Clark Stooksbury
Briefly Noted: A Foreign Policy They Can't Refuse With The Godfather Doctrine, John C. Hulsman and A. Wess Mitchell have applied the differing views of mob boss Don Corleone's three sons to differing schools of American foreign policy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Shawn Macomber
Stripping Away Free Expression A Pennsylvania town tries -- and fails -- to ban a form of exercise. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
July 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
A Scary Thing Indeed First published in 2003, A Scary Thing had been living on the FEMA site ever since, traumatizing kids with color-it-yourself pictures of towering infernos and children weeping outside hospitals for their dead kin. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 30, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Net Ushering in Era of War Without Borders Expert sees a new face of cyber warfare forcing 'some of the hardest national security decisions you'll have to make.' mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 30, 2009
Alex Goldman
Jarvis Describes Government in the Google Age If Google represents the future of organizations, then government is surely stuck in the past, but can it change? mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 29, 2009
Andy Patrizio
DoJ to Oracle/Sun: Not so Fast, Pardners The federal government has denied Oracle's request for a speedy approval of its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, requesting more time to give the purchase scrutiny before passing it on to the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Cybersecurity: National Priority or 'Flavor of the Week'? A White House-led plan to strengthen the nation's computer networks is so overarching and ambitious that agencies worry that they don't have enough knowledge or talent to take on the challenge. mark for My Articles similar articles
CIO
June 29, 2009
Kim S. Nash
Obama's Cybersecurity Coordinator Has Broad Agenda President Obama's review of cybernet security needs provides a long list of issues to address. mark for My Articles similar articles
ifeminists
June 29, 2009
Wendy McElroy
The Gay and Hetero Marriage Quagmire What constitutes a marriage should be determined by contract between the consenting adults involved, not by government. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 29, 2009
Christopher Saunders
Amazon Drops NC, RI Affiliates as Tax Looms Amazon plays hardball with North Carolina and Rhode Island legislatures. mark for My Articles similar articles
CIO
June 26, 2009
Kim S. Nash
Obama's Cybersecurity Push: What It Means for CIOs President Obama aims to fix U.S. cybersecurity, but can the feds hit a moving target? Not without private sector support and practical solutions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 25, 2009
Halah Touryalai
Regulation, Not Growth, Is Top Concern for RIAs Clients are demanding more of their time, revenues are taking a hit and on top of it all, there's potential for major regulatory changes in their industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
June 21, 2009
Katherine Burger
Herbert Allison Confirmed as Department of Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Former Fannie Mae and TIAA-CREF CEO's responsibilities include overseeing TARP. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Madoff Gets 150 Years Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to those who might imitate his fraud and to victims who need relief. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Is The Generation Gap Widening? From cell phones and texting to religion and manners, younger and older Americans see the world differently, creating the largest generation gap since the tumultuous years of the 1960s. mark for My Articles similar articles
Food Engineering
June 28, 2009
Tech Flash Vol. 5 No. 12 -- Food Engineering's E-Newsletter IT innovations... PACK EXPO 2010... Appeals court upholds ban on genetically engineered alfalfa... Cookie dough recall... Soft drinks and health... mark for My Articles similar articles
ifeminists
June 27, 2009
Trudy Schuett
Farrah Fawcett's Burning Bed Legacy The book by Faith McNulty and the movie opened the door for feminist political ideology masquerading as scientific theory, fully applicable to all cases of intimate partner abuse. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Anthony Malakian
A Whole New World Bank of North Dakota makes about 70 percent of the student loans in its home state, but if the Obama Administration has its way, the $3.5 billion-asset bank would be out of the origination business by this time next year. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Andrew Dubinsky
Electronic Lending Could Help Avert Another Crisis If regulators had the tools in place to effectively view complex debt instruments and the links between the financial institutions that securitize, hold, and insure them this crisis may not have happened. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
July 2009
Joseph Rosta
Risk Management: Miles to Go Unless regulators ensure that risk management becomes an integral part of banks' corporate culture, from the trading floor to the boardroom, the goal of preventing systemic failure may prove much harder to achieve. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 26, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Feds Mulling Incentives for Secure Software Tax breaks for better software? That's one idea on the table as officials work to flesh out government role in public-private partnerships. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 26, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner
ICANN Appoints New CEO Former director of U.S. National Cybersecurity Center takes the lead of the Internet's top governing body. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Roundtable: Will Cap-and-Trade Hurt America? The U.S. House of Representatives is voting on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, more commonly referred to as the "Cap-and-Trade" bill. Energy experts debate the merits of Waxman-Markey. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Rich Smith
Obama Challenges Congress to Dogfight And Congress challenges the president over the controversial F-22 warplane. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Alyce Lomax
Uh-Oh, Here We Go Again? Another effort to reinflate the housing bubble. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Catherine Arnst
Reform and Jobs Pay-or-play isn't sitting well with the business community. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Maria Bartiromo
Summers on Obama's New Financial Regulations Larry Summers is adamant that the reforms will result in more economic stability and, ultimately, a more enduring prosperity. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Theo Francis & Mark Scott
European Regulators Target U.S. Firms New regulatory efforts by European policymakers may put American banks, insurers, and money managers at a competitive disadvantage. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Paul Barrett
Going Great Guns with Fear Marketing Whatever your views on gun control, there are lessons to be learned from the firearm industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 25, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Obama Rounds Out FCC With Baker Nomination Republican would fill the final spot on the five-person agency; Senate confirms Genachowski as chairman. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 25, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Critics Seeking to Debunk Spectrum Scarcity Advocates of spectrum reform look to end the fixed-band licensing regime to meet the demands of the explosion in mobile computing. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2009
Jack & Suzy Welch
Not So Fast, Mr. President In his rush to fix everything, Obama is skipping vital steps in the change process. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com 1 Million Swine Flu Cases? Swine flu has infected as many as 1 million Americans, U.S. health officials said Thursday, adding that 6 percent or more of some urban populations are infected. mark for My Articles similar articles
ifeminists
June 25, 2009
Wendy McElroy
The Conservative Cookie Rebellion Through Affirmative Action Bake Sales, conservative groups on campuses across America are satirically and peacefully spotlighting the injustice of AA programs that penalize or benefit students based solely on gender and race. The cookie rebels are being slammed by such a backlash that the mark for My Articles
Popular Mechanics
June 25, 2009
Larry Webster
The Case Against Cash for Clunkers: Analysis Under this program, car buyers can receive up to $4500 by scrapping a gas-guzzler and purchasing a more fuel-efficient new car or truck. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2009
Brian Orelli
Loss of a Settlement Option Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission came out with a report arguing for limited patent protection for drugs made by biotech companies. Now it's ratcheting up its complaints about pharmaceutical and generic-drug companies as well. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 24, 2009
John Churchill
SEC Says Time To Tighten Rules On Money Market Funds After one of the oldest and largest money market funds suffered such severe redemptions that the net asset value of its shares fell below $1, the SEC is proposing structural and regulatory changes for money markets mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
June 18, 2009
Katherine Burger
Can Trust Be Rebuilt in the Financial Services Industry? The Obama Administration's new proposals for financial services regulation aim to rebuild trust within the industry, and between banks and the public. That may be easier said than done. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com DC Mayor: Metro Needs Fixing District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty says this week's deadly crash of a Metro subway train dramatizes the need for officials who operate the system to upgrade and modernize the fleet. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Sanford's Embarassing Error Mark Sanford, South Carolina's governor, has taken a swan dive from the moral high ground. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
August 2009
Aldrin & Noland
Buzz Aldrin to NASA: U.S. Space Policy Is on the Wrong Track This May, the Obama administration announced it would appoint an independent council of aerospace experts to review NASA's human spaceflight objectives. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
July 2009
Kate Rockwood
Drill: The U.S. Oil Industry Turns 150 Before 1859, America had no oil business. August 28 marks the 150th anniversary of its first commercial well. Today, the U.S. is the world's third-biggest oil producer and largest consumer. Join us for a tour of this gas-guzzling nation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
July 2009
David Lidsky
Numerology: Hawaii Five-O The last territory to be granted U.S. statehood joined the union on August 21, 1959, but America's paradise certainly isn't last in our hearts. Pop in Elvis's "Blue Hawaii," pour yourself a fruity rum drink, and check out the state of the 50th state. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Cost Goals for Littoral Combat Ship Overly Optimistic Navy Secretary Ray Mabus raised doubts in recent weeks that the service can meet a $460 million cost cap for the Littoral Combat Ship. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 24, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
CTIA Seeking Mobile Health Care Mandate With an eye toward stimulus funds, wireless trade association convenes medical experts and policy makers to talk up remote-monitoring technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 24, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Davis Not Interested in Obama's Cybersecurity Job Former lawmaker says he's not interested in new White House cybersecurity position, a job that some see as too low on the bureaucratic totem pole to attract someone with real clout. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
June 24, 2009
Joe Pappalardo
V-22 Osprey Debut Report Card: Analysis The tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey got a chance at redemption last year when a dozen deployed to Iraq with the Marines. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
June 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman
10 Lessons Learned From Past Rail Accidents It's calamitous enough when one train rear-ends another, as happened yesterday in Washington. But it's often deadlier when two trains meet head-on. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 22, 2009
David A. Geracioti
Madoff Had Help Running His Fraud, Says SEC The SEC today indicted four individuals for helping Bernie Madoff in his colossal Ponzi scheme. One of the individuals was a registered rep and a second was an investment advisor. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
June 17, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz
Levitt Applauds Regulatory Reforms, but Says Accounting Standards Ignored Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt says the Obama plan for regulatory overhaul achieves good balance, but still must address other problems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Stew Magnuson
New White House Cyberczar Position May Spark Turf Wars When it comes to the Obama administration's initiative to get a handle on cybersecurity, be prepared for some turf wars, a panel of experts warned June 23 at the National Press Club. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 23, 2009
Rebecca Trager
EPA halts its chemical review effort The US Environmental Protection Agency is reevaluating its existing chemicals assessment framework and has suspended its Chemical Assessment and Management Program. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
June 22, 2009
Damon Tabor
Search and Rescue: Squad Leader Musters Robots to US Disaster Zones Robin Murphy heads the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, where she commands an arsenal of unmanned craft that specialize in emergency response. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Cybersecurity and Social Networking Can Coexist, Says Defense Dept. Study Fears of cyber-attacks should not keep the Defense Department from embracing social networking technologies, says a recent report from the National Defense University. mark for My Articles
HBS Working Knowledge
June 22, 2009
Roger Thompson
"Too Big To Fail": Reining In Large Financial Firms The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose "systemic risk" - the risk that a failure of one institution could wreak havoc across the entire financial system. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 22, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Critics Call On FCC to Curb AT&T, Verizon Pricing The No Choke Points coalition claims that incumbent telcos gouge smaller providers and businesses for network access. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2009
Alyce Lomax
The Other Great Depression We need to realize that our economy needs to correct from the artificiality of a massive bubble, that government intervention is unsustainable and maybe even harmful, and that what we need most of all is to get our entrepreneurial spirit back. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2009
Christopher Barker
The Surreal Life of the U.S. Dollar Hollywood screenwriters couldn't have scripted it better. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2009
John Churchill
Target Date Funds Under Congressional Microscope; Sortino's Thoughts The Department of Labor and the SEC are holding a joint hearing today in Washington to explore "issues" related to target date/lifecycle funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Where The Hell Is Mark Sanford? Gov. Mark Sanford's wife said Monday the two-term Republican chief executive has been gone for several days and she doesn't know where. Sanford's staff won't say where he is. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Infinite Jail Terms For Sex Crimes? The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of a federal law that permits sex offenders to be kept behind bars after they complete their prison terms. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Obama To Sign Anti-Smoking Bill President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco. mark for My Articles similar articles
TIME Europe
June 29, 2009
Sean Gregory
Fast Food: Would You Like 1,000 Calories with That? The Senate wants to make chains post this info front and center, but will that make us eat less? mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
June 15, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell
Five Insurance Trade Groups Sign Statement Supporting Optional Federal Charter The statement will be presented at the June 16 hearing on Risk and Insurance House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
July 2009
Anya Kamenetz
Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
July 2009
Ellen McGirt
Gavin Newsom Wants to Be Governor of California. Would You Hire Him? The controversial mayor of San Francisco wants to upgrade to the governor's mansion. Would you hire this pretty face to run the world's eighth-largest economy? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Next Combat Vehicle: Cheaper and Simpler The Army lost a bruising battle to save its Future Combat Systems. Now the service is hoping that it can pick up the pieces and move on, although it's not yet clear how. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 19, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Civility Creeping Into Net Neutrality Debate? Converging Web and telecom sectors may be coming to understand each other, but deep fissures on Net neutrality issue remain. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 19, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Feds Cast a Wide Net for Broadband Projects Official overseeing the broadband grant program stresses inter-agency coordination, speed in the application process. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 19, 2009
Christopher Saunders
Obama Picks IBM Patent Guru to Head USPTO In a move that could place a tech industry insider at the helm of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, President Obama plans to nominate David Kappos, vice president of intellectual property law at IBM, as its next director. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Tim Beyers
Meet the Man Who Might Save WiMAX President Obama's choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, sees broadband Internet adoption as a national priority. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz
Why Does North Carolina Hate Amazon? Another state is turning to directly taxing Internet retailers to offset a budget shortfall. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Morgan Housel
Where Did All the Bailout Money Go? Now that several banks have repaid taxpayers about $70 billion of the $700 billion bank bailout know as TARP, a common question is: "Great, now where's the other $630 billion?" The answer isn't as clear-cut as many may assume. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Brian Orelli
Comparative Medicine Could Sink Your Stocks The government's plan will have a very unpredictable effect on companies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
June 18, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz
The Financial Industry Reacts to Obama Regulatory Proposal Although most agree with the general principles outlined in the President's financial reform plan, they find several sticking points -- and IT won't be immune. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
June 17, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell
Insurance Industry Reacts to President's Financial Service Regulation Reform Proposals President Obama's proposals include enhanced oversight of the insurance sector and the establishment of an Office of National Insurance. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com NASA To Bomb The Moon A pair of unmanned science probes will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Schwarzenegger's Ballsy Gift It was intended as a gag gift but the recipient, a Sacramento Democrat, was not amused and returned the football-sized gift with a terse note. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com Fake Study, Real Paycheck Medical device maker Medtronic paid about $850,000 over nearly 10 years to a former Army surgeon accused of forging signatures and falsifying data for a study touting the benefits of one of the company's implants. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
Nicholas Thompson
And Data for All: Why Obama's Geeky New CIO Wants to Put All Gov't Info Online The Obama administration's most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden government spreadsheet and buried statistic available online, all in one place. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
Peter Coy
Why the Fed Isn't Igniting Inflation Yes, the Fed is expanding the money supply. But any inflationary effect will be offset by consumers' new frugality. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
James C. Cooper
Business Outlook: Why Consumer Spending Won't Drive a Recovery Households are paying down debt and rebuilding their nest eggs, so they're not spending. Still, that's unlikely to thwart a modest economic upturn. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
Francis & Sasseen
Financial Regulations: What Obama Wants The Administration's proposals for regulating the financial markets are wide-ranging. The question now: Are they tough enough? mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
Spencer E. Ante
Twitter Diplomacy The U.S. State Dept. is enlisting Silicon Valley companies such as Google and Twitter to help bring high tech to Iraq and Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
Home Theater
June 18, 2009
DTV Weak? Try Double Rescan Has your television reception survived the DTV transition not quite fully intact? Here are a few tips from the Federal Communications Commission, including one we haven't heard before. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 18, 2009
Alex Goldman
City Wants Job Seekers' Facebook Passwords A report says Bozeman, Montana, is asking job applicants to hand over their login credentials to social sites. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 18, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
House Leaders Moving Closer to Privacy Bill Joint subcommittee hearing continues probe of behavioral targeting, with legislation expected by year's end. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 18, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Senate Panel Digs In on Wireless Exclusivity Deals Probe into wireless practices continues as lawmakers mull legislation, increased regulatory oversight of the industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2009
Morgan Housel
$134 Billion in a Suitcase, and Other Extremely Large Numbers Two Japanese men were detained in Italy after trying to smuggle $134 billion of U.S. Treasury bonds into Switzerland. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. NHTSA
June 18, 2009
U.S. DOT Proposes New Tire Fuel Efficiency Ratings for American Consumers The U.S. Department of Transportation today proposed a new, consumer-friendly replacement tire label which would include information about the tire's impact on fuel economy and CO2 emission reductions. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2009
Catherine Arnst
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June 17, 2009
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June 1, 2009
John F. Kouten
On the Right Pathways With staggering year-over-year growth, biosimilars are "the future of medicine." Marketers must position their companies for the inevitable changes. President Barack Obama has pledged support for legislation governing biosimilars. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
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June 1, 2009
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June 1, 2009
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AskMen.com A Missile Strike On Hawaii? North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Eugenie Samuel Reich
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June 17, 2009
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June 17, 2009
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June 17, 2009
Steve Minter
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June 17, 2009
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June 17, 2009
Michelle Megna
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June 17, 2009
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June 17, 2009
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June 17, 2009
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June 16, 2009
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Genachowski Glides Through Confirmation Hearing Senators have more ire for FCC's past misdeeds than the man poised to take over at the agency. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Four-Star General in Charge of Homeland Defense Not Big On UAVs Unmanned aircraft may be proliferating in combat zones, but in U.S. homeland security missions, don't expect the same phenomenon. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 16, 2009
Mark Fleischmann
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June 16, 2009
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June 16, 2009
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June 16, 2009
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June 16, 2009
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June 15, 2009
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July 2009
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July 2009
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
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June 12, 2009
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June 12, 2009
Analog TV Dies: Good Riddance The nation's analog broadcast television standard, known as NTSC, died today after a long illness. It was 68 years old and should have died years ago. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 12, 2009
Joe Pappalardo
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June 10, 2009
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June 4, 2009
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June 11, 2009
DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter? mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
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How Far Will Gates Go in 2011? Defense budget gloom-and-doom vibes are spreading inside the beltway. Secretary Robert Gates says to expect modest increases of no more than 2 percent in the coming years. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Memo to Commanders: Less Micromanaging U.S. technological prowess has made it possible to centralize command-and-control functions in the military, to the point that a general sitting at the Pentagon can micromanage a war half a world away. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
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July 2009
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July 2009
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June 9, 2009
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May 12, 2009
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June 9, 2009
Rebecca Trager
US speeds visa process for researchers The US government has implemented changes to its visa system that are expected to make it dramatically easier for foreign researchers and graduate students to enter the country to work or attend scientific conferences. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 9, 2009
FCC Maps DTV Losers On Friday the Federal Communications Commission updated its list of 319 stations in which two percent or more of households would lose TV service in the switch from analog to digital signals. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Geoffrey H. Fletcher
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July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
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June 8, 2009
Obama: Get Ready for the DTV Transition President Obama has added his voice to the chorus of warnings about the impending DTV transition. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
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June 2009
Tim Sohn
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June 2009
Stephen Jermanok
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July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
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June 4, 2009
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June 4, 2009
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June 3, 2009
David Geracioti
ARS Games -- SEC Blames Firms, Settles with BAC, RBC and DEUTSCHE When the auction rate securities market froze up in February 2008, angry clients blamed their financial advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 3, 2009
Halah Touryalai
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June 1, 2009
David Lindorff
The Most Dangerous Woman in America Ghilarducci, the 51-year-old author of When I'm 64: The Plot Against Pensions and The Plan to Save Them, is a vocal opponent of the 401(k) concept, which she charges has been a "failure at providing a secure retirement" to Americans. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Eric L. Reiner
It's Getting Better Bigger tax breaks make greening a home or office more feasible. mark for My Articles
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July 2009
Robert H. Williams
Breathable Suit Protects Users From Hazardous Materials The Gore Chempak protective suit permits law enforcement and other first responders to stay active on site for up to eight hours. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Robert H. Williams
SATCOM Hardware Will Be Downsized on Navy Ships The Navy wants to consolidate seven SATCOM programs into two: the Naval Multiband Terminal and a commercial broadband service, known as CBSP. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Grace V. Jean
U.S., Coalition Troops to Rehearse For Combat in Simulated Afghan War A high-tech combat simulation now in the planning stages will seek to achieve what eight years of real combat in Afghanistan apparently has not. And that is to teach U.S. forces how to fight with allies. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
Regulatory Watch While food and beverage concerns have dominated the government's battle on childhood obesity, the food industry is attempting to shift the focus to fitness. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
John Keller
Finally, a DOD budget request; now Congress can get to work Congress is facing a defense budget proposal from the Obama Administration of $663.8 billion -- $533.8 billion in discretionary spending and $130 billion to pay for fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
John McHale
Boeing Airborne Laser team begins weapon system flight tests But the Obama Administration has proposed cancelling the ABL program. Congress will consider this proposal this summer and fall. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Stew Magnuson
Committee Seeks to Vet Homeland Security Technology for 'Public Acceptance' As the U.S. military has discovered in the past, millions of dollars can be spent on developing a weapons system. But the money can go down the drain if there is a public outcry against it. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Manoyan & Frodl
How Trade, Deficits, Strategic Petroleum Reserves Affect U.S. National Security There is much confusion and debate over just how much crude oil there is in the United States, both onshore and offshore, as well as over how best to manage it. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Jeff Smith
Defense Department's Energy Strategy Debated The Defense Department is making progress reducing energy demand, but it has a long way to go to meet the federal government's aggressive targets, military and government officials said. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Jeff Smith
In the U.S. Military, Energy-Saving Projects Proliferate The U.S. military has been working on large and small green projects in recent years. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2, 2009
FDA Should Take Over Produce Safety Standards FDA leadership may be needed to determine sound science and make certain there is a level playing field in the industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2, 2009
Competency Model for Automation Professionals Department of Labor and Automation Federation set standards for engineers and technicians. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2, 2009
Adam Hadhazy
The Truth about Chinese Drywall Thousands of homeowners in Florida and elsewhere are blaming such problems on low-quality, imported drywall. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Roxana Tiron
Microwave Missiles: High-Energy Weapons in the Air Force U.S. Air Force's newest directed-energy weapon program, the Counter-Electronics High-Powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project, would create a weapon that fires powerful bursts of HPM, frying the electronics of multiple targets without harming people. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Stew Magnuson
Failures Reported in Key Component of U.S.-Mexico Electronic Fence The revelation that a highly touted component of the system does not work as promised came only days after the Obama administration announced that it is moving forward to expand the program to other areas along the southern border. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Matthew Rusling
Specialized Chem-Bio Unit to Fully Stand Up in 2011 The Defense Department is beefing up the nations response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive attacks. mark for My Articles similar articles
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July 2009
Stew Magnuson
Wanted: One Affordable Field-Ready DNA Testing Device The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service needs a portable device that can rapidly test a subject's DNA in order to verify claimed family relationships mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
Russ Banham
Fray on Pay The battle over executive compensation and what it means for you. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
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Comp & Circumstance Government involvement in executive compensation could spur unintended consequences, but wiser pay policies still may emerge. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
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Prescription for Progress? The enormous changes being contemplated for health care, and the staggering costs associated with them, which could draw heavily upon corporate coffers, ensure that even if the road to reform is fast, it will not be smooth. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
Vincent Ryan
Green Counters Sophisticated tools for carbon-emissions accounting are coming to market. But are U.S. companies ready for them? mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 1, 2009
Erik Sofge
Footage in the Sky: The Truth Behind NASA's "UFO" Videos The scenario goes like this: Its 1996; you're an astronaut and you're looking at a UFO. This is quite possibly the biggest, most game-changing scientific discovery in the history of mankind. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
June 2009
K. Matthew Dames
Intellectual Property: Why the Frame of `Piracy' Matters What does piracy really mean? The term's definition and history are important along with the reasons why its continued misrepresentation matters to the country's copyright policy. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 28, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz
U.S. Banking Sector One Step Closer to Super Regulator Reports indicate that plans may be in the works to consolidate the current array of financial services regulatory agencies into one body. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
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New COBRA Rules in Effect The federal economic stimulus package President Obama signed into law earlier this year made changes to the health benefits provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, commonly known as COBRA. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
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Lending Help The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Obama earlier this year allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to the Small Business Administration's lending programs mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
Alyson McNutt English
The Search Is On The good news is there are plenty of government grants and contracts available to small businesses -- especially now that the federal government is pumping billions of dollars into revitalizing the economy. The bad news is government money is neither free nor easy to win. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
Senators Support Estate Tax Relief This spring, a majority of U.S. senators expressed their support for providing additional permanent estate tax relief for small businesses. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
NFIB Opposes Paid Leave Program An effort has begun in Congress to expand the Family Medical Leave Act into a program that would force small employers to provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave to all workers. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
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Jun/Jul 2009
Payroll Tax Holiday Gains Momentum The National Federation of Independent Business has continually told lawmakers that passing a tax holiday would be the most effective thing Congress could do to help small business owners. And now Congress is paying attention. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
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Curing the Healthcare Cost Crisis Key stakeholders in the healthcare debate -- including small business owners, healthcare providers, individuals and even health insurance companies -- all agree that something must be done to fix America's healthcare system. The tax rules put the self-employed at a disadvantage. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jun/Jul 2009
Bill Dunkelberg
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June 2009
Stew Magnuson
U.S. Plans to Destroy Enemy Computer Networks in Cyber-Attacks Questioned But secrecy may have impeded widespread debate about the nature and implications of cyber-attack. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Matt Welch
Obama Loses His "Cool" With his glib dismissal of pot legalization, the president looks less like the man, and more like The Man. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Radley Balko
Sex Shop Scandal When the Old Town Alexandria, VA, Board of Architectural Review shot down Michael Zarlenga's plans to expand his hunting and fishing shop, he took his revenge and rented the spot to a sex shop. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Ronald Bailey
Green Money President Barack Obama asks Congress to "send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America." His words will send energy lobbying, already highly active, into overdrive. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
The Truck Stops Here The NAFTA superhighway feared by conspiracy theorists has yet to materialize, but nativists can take comfort in one fact: If the superhighway does come, there won't be any Mexicans driving on it. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Matt Welch
Hiking in Hoboken A property tax increase of 47 percent in Hoboken, NJ, leaves residents angry and many not able to afford their homes. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Brian Doherty
I.T. Go Home Many highly trained immigrants choose to return to countries such as India and China rather than staying in the far wealthier United States. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Lynn Scarlett
Scarlett Green The author, now consulting for the Environmental Defense Fund, spoke with reason about her three biggest frustrations working for eight years making environmental policy under the Bush administration. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
Gutting D.C. School Vouchers After They Work As Predicted The Democratic Party, as part of its "omnibus" federal spending package, voted in March to end the Washington D.C.school voucher program after the 2009-10 school year. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Mike Riggs
Warriors on Drugs The anti-drug ad campaign Above the Influence has set its sights on a new demographic: video game players. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Michael C. Moynihan
What Caused the Crisis? In his new book, Getting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis, John B. Taylor argues that the government bears the most responsibility for creating and sustaining the current crisis. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Jacob Sullum
Birth of a Cocaine Factoid A prohibition-friendly estimate of drug-related deaths turns out to be bogus. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Greg Beato
Barter Country As the economy suffers, a nation turns toward cashless barter transactions. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Veronique de Rugy
The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
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It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Lynne Kiesling
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Brink Lindsey
Nostalgianomics The rise in income inequality does raise issues of legitimate public concern. But the caricature of postwar history put forward by purveyors of nostalgianomics won't lead us anywhere. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
Dangerous Toys, Strange Bedfellows Hipster moms and conservative congressmen join forces against the regulatory state. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward
The Eyeborg Meet Rob Spence. A childhood accident left him with only one working eye. He's a filmmaker and an unemployed engineer. And he conceals a miniature camera behind his prosthetic eyeball. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 29, 2009
Jill Jusko
Information Please Government agencies, concerned about potential health and environmental risks, are stepping up efforts to gather data on nanomaterials. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 29, 2009
Jill Jusko
Battles Rage on Many Fronts to Curtail Counterfeiting and Piracy Annual review by USTR shows both progress and backsliding. Concern over Canada grows. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 28, 2009
Apollo 11 Radio: Sound Bites From the Voice of America Sessions When Rhett Turner's voice broadcast went out from a Houston studio in July 1969, describing in clear, deliberate language the events of Apollo 11, it was heard over shortwave radio by people in dozens of countries around the world mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Susan Hassler
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June 2009
Guterl & Heger
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June 2009
William Sweet
Do We Need to Go to the Moon to Get to Mars? Returning to the moon is not all that technically challenging. What's challenging is to make it an international effort that puts behind past grievances and sets the stage for a truly challenging international mission to Mars. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Joshua J. Romero
Mars For The Rest Of Us Better cameras, greater bandwidth, and bigger displays put Mars within reach of armchair explorers and by maximizing what can be done from the ground NASA can make Mars exploration politically sustainable and financially worthwhile. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
The Amazing Orbiting Garriotts In 1973, Owen Garriott made electrical engineering history as the first EE astronaut to travel into space, spending 60 days aboard Skylab, the U.S. -- run space station. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
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June 2009
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June 2009
Melanie Waddell
Danger & Opportunity: Obama and SEC Enforcement Under Microscope As the Obama Administration was ringing in its first 100 days in office in early May, the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division was awaiting a much-needed $40 million cash infusion that Congress promised was on its way. mark for My Articles similar articles
Home Theater
May 28, 2009
Court Nixes Cable Apartment Exclusives Do you live in an apartment building served by cable? If so, you're probably resigned to your local cable operator having a monopoly. But the U.S. Court of Appeals says that's not the way it has to be. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Jul/Aug 2009
Mary Ann Davidson
Secure Testimony Advising the United States Congress about cybersecurity. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Expand Work Force Based on Quality, Not Quantity, Warns Former Pentagon official The Defense Department should be careful in how it goes about expanding its acquisition work force mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Glen Fest
Spinning Turnstile at Goldman Puts Spotlight on TARP Impact One goodbye that really caught attention was that of Byron Trott, vice chairman and managing director of the bank's Chicago office. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Cheyenne Hopkins
Back on the Docket Several Supreme Court justices during oral arguments on a key preemption case appeared to support the Office of Comptroller of the Currency's ability to enforce laws exclusively at national banks. mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Anthony Malakian
A Stimulating Development Bankers say that with many of their customers eager to take advantage of tax breaks and other incentives, the flood of money flowing toward green initiatives could create a range of new lending opportunities mark for My Articles similar articles
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June 2009
Davies & Marquez-Garrett
Financial Misconduct Is Not Just a Civil Matter The FBI is shifting more than $75 million in resources from counterterrorism work to help sort through what has been characterized as "the wreckage of the financial meltdown," and financial industry professionals are bracing themselves for the newest wave of recourse: criminal prosecution. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
June 2009
Joseph Rosta
Protectionism Is not Self-Defense As anti-trade measures pile up, "this will worsen the contraction of world trade and undermine confidence in an early and sustained recovery in global economic activity," the WTO says. mark for My Articles similar articles
Home Theater
May 27, 2009
Analog-Shutoff Test Hits a Nerve A single-day record of 55,000 calls flooded help lines staffed by the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday, May 21, after TV stations across the nation broadcast a series of warnings about the shutoff of analog television signals scheduled for June 12. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Predicting the Outcome of War: Can Science Help? Digital simulations are staples of military war games. They can be used to recreate just about every aspect of combat. But simulating the complex scenarios of "irregular" warfare is one of the toughest challenges that the Defense Department now faces. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 22, 2009
FCC Girds for Analog Armageddon The Federal Communications Commission is going into high gear to ensure that the final stage of the DTV transition goes smoothly. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 22, 2009
Charles Graeber
The Ultimate Lock Picker Exposes Weak Military Installations, Corporate Systems Marc Weber Tobias makes a living breaking into the most secure facilities -- at the request of the owners. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 22, 2009
David Wolman
Time to Cash Out: Why Paper Money Hurts the Economy In an era when books, movies, music, and newsprint are transmuting from atoms to bits, money remains irritatingly analog. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 22, 2009
Sarah Douglas
NASA's Icy-Hot Rocket Engine Rocket engines don't get much cooler than this. mark for My Articles similar articles
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May 22, 2009
Scott Brown
Scott Brown on How Transformers Are Keeping America Safe The Obama administration's new austerity measures directly or indirectly threaten Michael Bay's big-budget Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Gates' Rules Don't Apply to Navy Shipbuilding Intense pressure from members of Congress who want to protect employment at the nation's top shipyards will limit the Pentagon's options as it begins a sweeping review of military strategy and equipment needs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
UAV Programs Illustrate DoD's Broken Procurement System Lack of inter-service coordination in unmanned aircraft programs is wasting millions of dollars and slowing down much-needed modernization, said departing Pentagon acquisition chief John Young. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
A Prescription for the Air Force's Ailing Acquisition System Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz sign off on an "acquisition improvement plan" that articulates current flaws in the service's weapons procurement process and proposes ways to fix them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 21, 2009
Rebecca Trager
FDA gets new chief The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, will be the second woman to ever lead FDA mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
May 21, 2009
Andrew Moseman
U.S. Natural Gas Boom: The Race to Tap Shale's Potential Chesapeake Energy had only four rigs tapping into the Haynesville shale natural gas deposit in northwest Louisiana and east Texas. Now, the company has 24. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
May 21, 2009
Joe Pappalardo
Will Obama Kill Navigation Backup System as GPS Threatens to Fail? Obama's budget attempts to axe LORAN-C, a navigation backup program, even as experts at the Government Accountability Office sound warnings about satellite reliability. What will happen if GPS fails? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Stew Magnuson
Failures Reported in Key Component of U.S.-Mexico Border Fence The Project 28 virtual border fence in Arizona cannot currently deliver live streaming video to Border Patrol agents mark for My Articles similar articles
Home Theater
May 20, 2009
FCC to Do 'Soft Test' of DTV Transition Analog TV broadcasts will be interrupted three times on May 21, 2009 with a message heralding the end of analog broadcasting, coming on June 12. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2009
First Up -- Sweating the Big Stuff -- and It's All Big Stuff It's time to put manufacturing on the list of national issues we must address now. mark for My Articles similar articles
HHMI Bulletin
May 2009
Cori Vanchieri
Stand Up and Lead HHMI investigator Sean J. Morrison was a leader in the charge to loosen restrictions on stem cell research in Michigan -- going up against a well-funded opposition in the November 2008 election -- and won. It was an eye-opening experience. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
Jack Milligan
Scrambling for Solutions Get ready for the mother of all lobbying battles in Washington later this year when the Obama administration starts pushing its reform agenda for financial regulation in the U.S. Congress. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
L. William Seidman
Will the Fed's Medicine Work? Fed activity is unprecedented -- a new activism never seen before in the history of the United States. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
Paul M. Thomson
Is the Law of Unintended Consequences at Work at the FDIC? The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) temporarily increased the limit on bank checking and savings deposits to $250,000 per qualified account through 2009. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
John R. Engen
Fear of the Unknown Receiving government funding right now is a little akin to the devil you don't know. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
Deborah Scally
Outlook for M&A: 2009 Interestingly, for some banks, M&A will be a viable -- even attractive -- strategic option. mark for My Articles similar articles
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