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AFP eWire November 8, 2004	Bush, Congress at Odds Over Charities? At his first press conference since being reelected, President Bush indicated that tax reform will be a priority in his second term and stated that tax incentives for charitable giving are very important and should not reduced.
InternetNews November 5, 2004 Roy Mark	FTC to Congress: Lose the Anti-Spyware Plans The Federal Trade Commission again warned Congress today that anti-spyware legislation is unnecessary with the existence of adequate fraud laws to contend with spyware perpetrators.
InternetNews November 4, 2004	DoE, IBM Supercomputer Shatters LINPACK Test The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Thursday said that a BlueGene/L supercomputer built by IBM for nuclear arms research runs at a record 70.72 teraflops, making it the fastest computer on the LINPACK benchmark test.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2004 Bill Mann	What the President Cannot Do People who believe that presidents create or lose jobs are mostly wrong. Politicians who perpetuate this myth are disingenuous.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Jim Wagner	And the Winning Search Term Is.... Along with the final results of Election 2004 comes the king of election night search terms, courtesy of specialty search and net play Lycos. If you guessed that "2004 Election Results" ranked the highest, you win.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC to Decide VoIP Fate Next Week The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it would rule Nov. 9 on whether Internet telephony is an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Post Election, Tech Issues Await Congress Is Voice Over IP an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs?... Legislation is still pending on reviving the expired Internet access tax moratorium and spyware... etc.
Managed Care October 2004	Consumer-Directed Insurance Plans Problematic for Patients, Docs, HMOs New studies are finding wide variations of cost and quality across hospitals and physicians, yet few private insurers, managed care plans, or public programs reward superior quality or efficiency.
Managed Care October 2004	AMA to Congress: Make Plans Respond Within 5 Minutes AMA delegates at the organization's annual meeting this year complained that doctors often have to wait more than 20 minutes to get an approval, often with the patient in the examining room.
InternetNews November 2, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Year of The Political Blogger From the early days of Howard Dean's online fund-raising success in his Democratic presidential run to the rise of influential political Webloggers, 2004 ranks as a standout year for the Internet's impact on politics -- so far at least.
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