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BusinessWeek October 13, 2010 Lerer & McCormick	Why Business Doesn't Trust the Tea Party The Tea Party's small-government slogans may be appealing, but its policies could throw the U.S. economy into chaos.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2010 Ben Elgin et al.	The Political Rumble Over Public Pension Costs Unfunded retirement benefits have become an election issue, and unions are fighting back.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Rich Smith	Pentagon Contractors Risk Death by a Billion Cuts UK mirrors Pentagon spending cuts on a smaller scale.
National Defense November 2010 Eric Beidel	At Top Universities, Concern About Pentagon's Innovation Strategy Scientists at universities that conduct research paid for by the Defense Department worry about the United States confronting an innovation gap in the defense and national security arenas.
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson	Defense Companies Make Calculated Bets On New Technologies Defense sector company representatives say they do not rely solely on government contracts from service laboratories or other agencies to lead their research and development efforts.
National Defense November 2010 Grace V. Jean	Biology, Neuroscience Aid Weapon Development at Air Force Research Lab Lab researchers here increasingly are studying and mimicking Mother Nature's products. The hope is that the research will one day lead to advances including tiny aircraft that fly and act like birds and insects and bio-inspired sensors that can out-snuff Fido's nose.
National Defense November 2010 Grace V. Jean	Air Force Institute of Technology Aspiring to Become the Go-To Lab From writing algorithms to control space satellites and ground robots to defending networks from would-be cyberattackers, the officer and enlisted students participate in a variety of projects that are tied to real world problems.
National Defense November 2010 Grace V. Jean	Look, It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's an Avian Robot To conduct surveillance missions while on patrol in Afghanistan, soldiers and marines hand-launch toy model-sized airplanes called the Raven.
HBS Working Knowledge October 13, 2010	How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt Harvard researchers Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein propose a "comparative advantage approach" that allows government to actively influence the corporate sector's borrowing decisions.
InternetNews October 13, 2010	DHS Touts Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign To mark October as national cybersecurity awareness month, the Department of Homeland Security is holding a nationwide campaign to promote safe computing.
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