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Popular Mechanics October 15, 2009 Jennifer Bogo	Lone Star Energy: Why Texas Will Resist the Call for a Unified Grid A recent proposal to link the eastern, western and Texas grids together to create a national, energy-friendly supergrid has sparked the interest of utilities and energy insiders, but Texas doesn't want to participate.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Robert Steyer	Little Discord on Acorda Drug FDA advisory panel overwhelmingly backs a drug to improve the walking ability of multiple sclerosis patients.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Mike Pienciak	A Smart Way to Fund Health Care? Now that a heath-care bill has cleared the Senate Finance Committee, the U.S. is one step closer to a number of harsh realities. Is a soda tax one of them? Would it even work?
The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Dayana Yochim	Report From the White House: Regulation vs. Capitalism The House Financial Services Committee dives into key measures of the White House's financial regulatory reform effort, and as expected, bankers, financial-industry lobbyists, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others all lined up with thick red pens poised to overhaul the overhaul plan.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger	How Should We Restructure the Financial Regulatory System? An interview with Charles Geisst, the man who called the 2008 financial meltdown four years before it happened, a professor of finance at Manhattan College, and author of 15 books.
BusinessWeek October 14, 2009 Nanette Byrnes et al.	Inside the Business War Against Tax Reform Lobbying by P&G, Schering-Plough, and others has stymied the proposed $210 billion in hikes. But their tactics raise troubling questions.
InternetNews October 14, 2009	AT&T Dials Up Criticism of Google Voice AT&T calls on FCC to hold Google's app to the same rules that govern the phone networks.
Fast Company November 2009 Carlos Watson	How High-Profile CEOs Could Revitalize the Libertarian Party The time is right for Silicon Valley -- style progressivism to woo independents into a political force under the Libertarian Party banner. Here's how.
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Among Pentagon Buyers, Much Angst About IT The Pentagon procurement system treats information technology as if it were a weapon system, and may take a decade to acquire. By the time the technology is fielded, it is five generations too old.
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Will Need to Recruit A Few Good Geeks The Army has no in-house logistics support for all their commercial high-tech equipment, and must now figure out how to maintain them.
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