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ifeminists February 9, 2005 Trudy W. Schuett	Superbowl Myth Has More Lives Than A Cat Before the 1993 Super Bowl game, a report cited higher domestic violence after Super Bowl games. The Washington Post quickly disproved the claim. Ten years later, the practical result is a law that discriminates against male victims, and refuses to acknowledge the existence of abusive women who need help.
IndustryWeek February 9, 2005 John S. McClenahen	Bush Cuts Manufacturing Aid The U.S. Commerce Department's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is scaled back, while its Advanced Technology Program is (ATP) is eliminated.
InternetNews February 9, 2005 Roy Mark	Ensign Backs E-Voting Paper Trail Legislation requires a paper backup for all votes cast electronically in Nevada.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	The Business Of Reform A National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)-founded coalition promises to be in the forefront of overhauling Social Security.
Geotimes February 2005 Lubick & Sever	An Austere Budget for 2006 The overall winners in the Bush administration's budget proposal for next year were, once again, the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. For science agencies, it was a mixed bag, with global observation systems faring well, but with research in energy resources taking some hard hits.
Reason February 2005 Matt Welch	Three Strikes, Out? Since felonies in California include shoplifting and minor drug possession, cases of disproportionate punishment have become commonplace since the three-strikes law was passed.
Reason February 2005 Julian Sanchez	Civics Lessons In a highly polarized time, pedagogues seem increasingly wary of the "disruptive" effect of student political speech in America.
Reason February 2005 Jacob Sullum	Disappearing Docs Doctors have been fighting the "opiophobia" that leads to widespread undertreatment of pain for many years. But it was surprising to see them endorsed by the DEA, which has long insisted there is no conflict between drug control and pain control.
Reason February 2005 Ronald Bailey	The U.N. vs. Cloning In September 2004 President Bush strongly endorsed a United Nations resolution, proposed by Costa Rica, for a global treaty that would completely ban both reproductive cloning (that is, cloning to produce a baby) and therapeutic cloning.
Reason February 2005 Julian Sanchez	Songs of Innocence The Justice for All Act of 2004, signed into law in October, grants federal convicts a right to have potentially exculpatory DNA evidence considered by courts.
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