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BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Christopher Condon	Money Funds Come Out of the Shadows Investors will soon see when a fund's market value drops below $1. Under rules passed last year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will disclose, with a 60-day lag, a measure of each fund's worth known as "shadow" net asset value, or shadow NAV.
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Alex Massie	Gordon Brown: The Great Clunking Stylist What lesson does the former British Prime Minister take from the crash? In his new book, Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization, he blames America.
Chemistry World January 27, 2011 Ned Stafford	Germany heeds call to block lethal injection drug supply The German pharmaceutical industry has agreed to a request by the country's Health Minister to block exports of the anaesthetic drug sodium thiopental to the US, where the drug is used to execute criminals.
Information Today January 27, 2011 Peggy Garvin	OpenGovernment.org Beta for State Legislative Data Along with a cooperative network of civic hackers, the non-profit Participatory Politics Foundation has launched OpenGovernment.org, a beta site for searching state legislative data.
InternetNews January 27, 2011	British Cops Snag 5 Pro-Wikileaks Hackers Scotland Yard authorities announce arrest of five members of "Anonymous" hacking ring charged with marshaling DDoS attacks against firms that cut off payments service to Wikileaks.
InternetNews January 26, 2011	Obama Speech a Boost for Patent Reform? Senator Leahy sees the Obama administration as a key ally in the fight to reform the patent system.
InternetNews January 26, 2011	Obama Unveils R&D, Mobile Broadband Agenda In his State of the Union address, president touts goals to bring high-speed wireless broadband to 98 percent of Americans and drive innovation to bolster U.S. competitiveness.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Anders Bylund	Verizon's Neutrality Rules Challenged by ... Verizon? It's like a reality version of "Fight Club," with Verizon playing Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. Verizon has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals to block the implementation of the FCC ruling on net neutrality
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
National Defense March 2011 Denis Chamberland	Contractors on the Battlefield: Outsourcing of Military Services The last decade has witnessed a sharp increase in the scale of outsourcing of military services to third parties, emphasizing the importance of integrating contractor support into military operations and generating efficiencies.
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