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BusinessWeek September 24, 2009	Feuding Over Climate Change Which corporations are for, and which against, a climate bill? Read on to see.
ifeminists September 24, 2009 Wendy McElroy	America's debtor prisons for men While imprisonment for debt was eliminated in this country in the 19th century, it has re-emerged under a new name: contempt of court.
ifeminists September 24, 2009 Trudy Schuett	Your taxes encourage violence v. men Time and again, the feminist scenario of domestic violence fails to stand up to scrutiny, since there was never any substance behind the notion that all domestic violence is politically motivated.
Information Today September 24, 2009	Google Book Search Settlement Hearing to Be Postponed On Sept. 22, the parties involved in the Google Book Search settlement have asked the federal court to postpone the scheduled Oct. 7 hearing to give them time to work with the U.S. Department of Justice so that the parties can amend the Settlement Agreement.
Wired September 21, 2009 Thomas Goetz	Ralph Keeney: Cheat Death Keeney, a decision analyst at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, crunched data from the Centers for Disease Control to assess how many deaths in the US are due to personal choices -- things like smoking, overeating, or unsafe sex.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Unmanned Aircraft Could Monitor Polar Ice Caps Advances in unmanned surveillance aircraft would make it possible for the Navy to keep watch over the polar ice caps 24/7.
Popular Mechanics October 2009 Harry Sawyers	GE Dredges Hudson River PCBs, Ships Them to Texas How the Hudson River is cleaned.
U.S. Banker October 2009 Glen Fest	Next Up: Bank Employee Unions? In the corporate war on the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, bankers are nowhere to be found.
U.S. Banker October 2009 Emily Flitter	Karen Mills is Big on Small Business The stimulus bill thrust the Small Business Administration back into the spotlight and its new administrator is determined to make sure it stays there.
ifeminists September 23, 2009 Teri Stoddard	Tortured for child support arrears, he did not owe PART II David A. Bardes recalls April 2006 when he almost died in a Charleston County jail. Put there for child support, he was left in a hypothermic chamber for over 30 hours.
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