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National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance.
National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson	Terrorists May Target U.S. Drone Bases, Says Air Force Official Taliban and al-Qaida militants targeted by U.S. unmanned aircraft may attempt to retaliate against U.S. bases in Nevada and Arizona where the pilots remotely control the drones.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Rachael King	A High-Speed Race for Broadband Billions Companies are jostling for the stimulus spending earmarked to deliver faster Internet to rural America.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009	Faster Web Connections Washington is trying to figure out how to expand broadband service throughout the U.S. at a reasonable cost. Take a look at the competing technologies.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Catherine Arnst	Health Care: Lessons for America The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care, by T.R. Reid, examines how and why other countries have built more efficient systems than the U.S.'s multi-tiered model.
Chemistry World August 13, 2009 Helen Carmichael	US officials probe hydrogen fluoride incidents A sudden release of propane and highly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas from an ExxonMobil refinery in Joliet, Illinois led to two employees being rushed to hospital last week.
InternetNews August 13, 2009	Social Security to Pay $500M Over Database Snafu Oakland judge approved agreement that agency mistakenly withheld benefits from individuals flagged in criminal database.
InternetNews August 13, 2009	California Still Willing to Give e-Voting a Try Secretary of State discusses the flaws in the system but remains committed to electronic voting. Dell talks up cloud computing.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	3 Reasons Mortgage Modifications Are Failing Want a mortgage modification? Cross your fingers, and don't expect a lot of help from banks.
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