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ifeminists May 27, 2003 Carey Roberts	Unfit to Print: Case Study in Deceit at the New York Times This is the account of a fact-finding study that was issued by a governmental agency, how the New York Times grossly misreported the study, and how the myth nurtured by the NYT story ultimately influenced the federal legislative process.
Wired June 2003 Joshua Davis	"If We Run Out of Batteries, This War is Screwed." Servers on the fritz in 100-degree tents. Chat rooms filled with busty blond avatars. Lethal missile attacks. Behind the lines with the Army's tactical Internet brigade.
Science News May 17, 2003 Janet Raloff	School Lunches are Struggling to Earn High Marks In the nation's schools, the presence of sweet, high-fat snacks in vending machines and on cafeteria lines are undercutting efforts by those institutions to improve the nutrition of U.S. youngsters.
CIO May 15, 2003 Todd Datz	State to Share Data with FBI Information sharing is key to beefing up homeland security. As part of that initiative, the State Department will soon share its database of 50 million visa applications with the FBI.
CIO May 15, 2003 Julie Hanson	Cybersecurity Agencies Merge The Department of Homeland security has merged three organizations that help private industry cope with cyberemergencies -- the National Infrastructure Protection Center, the National Communications System and the Federal Computer Incident Response Center -- into a new agency.
CIO May 1, 2003 Julie Hanson	Don't Call Us An act passed in 1994 prohibits telemarketers from calling consumers who have specifically requested to be left alone. The Federal Trade Commission is taking that a step further by creating a national "Do Not Call" registry, which it expects to have operational by October.
ifeminists May 6, 2003 Carey Roberts	Feminists Poised to Highjack the Iraqi Reconstruction Effort Once the hostilities ended, President Bush requested a sweeping $2.4 billion humanitarian package to aid in the reconstruction of that country. But if radical feminists get their way, men will be shunted aside by these humanitarian relief efforts.
Bank Technology News May 2003 John Adams	Age of Tech's Transparency The Patriot Act could be just the beginning
Reason May 2003 Jesse Walker	Bureaucratic Enrichment Zone Cincinnati's empowerment zone is one of seven around the country that have been audited, and it is hardly the only one to have spawned egregious examples of waste.
Reason May 2003 Brian Doherty	Massively Misguided Transit Although they invariably cost far more per passenger mile than buses or automobiles, light-rail trains continue to capture the hearts of urban planners nationwide.
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