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BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Preston & McCormick	Chicago Pays for Selling Bonds Without Bids Chicago could pay lower interest rates on its bonds if it sold them via competitive bidding.
Registered Rep. May 13, 2010 Kristen French	Widening Probe of Wall Street Firms Further Raises Profile of Fiduciary Issue With news Thursday that a preliminary criminal investigation has been launched into some of Wall Street's biggest firms concerning potentially misleading sales of CDOs to clients, the fiduciary train is set to gain additional momentum in Washington.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Efforts to Field New Kinds of Ground Robots Have Had Little Success Their predicted influx into the battlefield has stalled. That's not to say that research into myriad applications hasn't continued. But so far, the experiments have not made the transition to the current fights.
National Defense June 2010 Austin Wright	Army Lays Out Ambitious Plans to Expand Unmanned Aircraft Fleet In coming decades, unmanned aerial vehicles will expand their role in warfare beyond intelligence gathering to become a vital component of attack, transport and resupply missions, said Army officials.
InternetNews May 12, 2010	House GOP Whip Taps the Web to Trim Spending Ramping up its war on heavy government spending, the GOP is taking to the Web in search of populist support as it looks to cut off funding for objectionable government programs.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Rich Duprey	Moody's Goes Rogue Ratings agency fails to disclose receipt of SEC investigation notice as CEO dumps stock.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Morgan Stanley Wishes It Weren't Like Goldman U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether Morgan misled investors in mortgage derivatives; similar to the charges against Goldman Sachs.
InternetNews May 11, 2010	Bill Would Stymie FCC's Net Neutrality Plans Florida's Cliff Stearns introduced a bill that would force the Internet service sector to prove there was a market failure before the FCC could enact any form of regulation.
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	Marine Corps Prepares For Budget Cuts and Uncertain Future Marine officials say that the force in the coming decades will be just as busy, but it will have to do the job with fewer resources.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	Thanks for Making Things Worse, Congress! Legislators continue to set the bar lower for financial reform.
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