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Geotimes October 2004 Pratt & Lubick	Mount St. Helens Could Erupt in Days to Months In the next few days to a month, there's a 70 percent chance that a small to moderate eruption event will happen at Mount St. Helens, site of the violent and deadly eruption of May 18, 1980.
Geotimes October 2004 Jay Chapman	Seeing No Child Left Behind The highly controversial No Child Left Behind Act is at the center of the election-year debate on education reform.
Geotimes October 2004 Ron Kind	Geologic Mapping for the Future Recognizing the diverse roles mapping plays in society, Congress recently voted to reauthorize the National Geologic Mapping Act.
Geotimes October 2004 Katie Donnelly	Petrology and Politics This scientist is preparing for her upcoming work in Washington, D.C., as the 2004-2005 Congressional Science Fellow for the American Geological Institute.
Geotimes October 2004 Naomi Lubick	Heidi Tringe and Gene Whitney: View from the White House Geologists Heidi Tringe and Gene Whitney have a rare view of the political process at work. They also have become integral to that process through their work in the 50-person Office of Science and Technology Policy, in the White House.
IEEE Spectrum October 2004 Steven Cherry	The Perils of Polling Twenty-five years in the making, electronic voting is finally being widely adopted in the United States. Unfortunately, recent evidence suggests that although we may be ready for electronic voting, the technology is not ready for us.
Managed Care September 2004 John Carroll	Pfizer: DM Did Not Fizzle In Florida Medicaid Ruckus Medicaid officials close the books on a program the pharmaceutical giant contends that soon-to-be-released data will verify its disease management program's effectiveness.
Managed Care September 2004 Thomas Morrow	Orphan Drug Act Treatments Deserve Full Insurance Coverage An important federal law encourages development of drugs for populations so small that the market would otherwise ignore them. Should they not then be covered?
InternetNews September 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Delays Induce Act Vote Again Controversial legislation directed at P2P copyright infringement stalls for third consecutive week.
InternetNews September 30, 2004 Roy Mark	DOJ to Appeal Patriot Act Ruling Judge says 'democracy abhors undue secrecy' as he strikes down provisions that allow the FBI to obtain names from ISPs without judicial authority. The DOJ isn't buying it.
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