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National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson	Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
National Defense November 2009	Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Reader responses to a previous article on attracting and acquiring new science and math experts for the military.
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Lawmakers Question Defense Strategy for 'Rapid' Acquisitions The House Armed Services Committee questions whether the Pentagon can permanently change the way it buys equipment so it does not have to create a new agency every time there is an urgent need.
National Defense November 2009 Austin Wright	For Big Apple, Huge Fireboats After relying heavily on two half-century-old fireboats for several days following 9/11, New York City is replacing its aged vessels with a pair of fireboats that each can pump 50,000 gallons of water per minute up to five miles inland.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 Nanette Byrnes	An R&D Credit Not Earning Its Keep Companies love this tax credit and want Congress to extend it indefinitely. But the IRS and others say it's widely abused.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 Lloyd Constantine	Let's End the Debit Card Fee-for-All The Fed needs to start exercising oversight over debit-card fees.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 Michelle Conlin	Blinded by Optimism--from 9/11 to Subprime Barbara Ehrenreich says American positivity is a "mass delusion" partly to blame for the nation's recent ills.
InternetNews October 15, 2009	Study Links Broadband With Health Care Savings Researchers argue that closing digital divide among elderly Americans could curb depression rates. The federal government is currently working to distribute $7.2 billion in grants and loans for broadband projects allocated in the February stimulus bill.
InternetNews October 15, 2009	FCC Broadband Study Argues for Open Access Harvard researchers survey global broadband markets and conclude that shared networks spur competition and drive down prices.
InternetNews October 15, 2009	Net Neutrality in GOP Crosshairs Eighteen Senate Republicans call on the FCC chairman to rethink the issue.
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