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InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark	Tax Credits For Cutting 'E-Waste' The Electronic Waste Recycling and Promotion and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 establishes an $8 per unit tax credit for companies that recycle at least 5,000 display screens or computer system units per year.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 John Churchill	Small Change Though opponents may have valid arguments against the privatization of Social Security, the specter of a giant give-away to the financial services industry is no longer one of them.
Geotimes March 2005 Megan Sever	Evolution Battles Rage School districts in Pennsylvania and Georgia are challenging evolution theory in the classroom, and now the courtroom.
Geotimes March 2005	Submarine Hits Unmapped Mountain A U.S. Navy submarine cruising 350 miles south of Guam hit an unmapped seamount, leaving one person dead and more than 20 people injured on Jan. 8.
Geotimes March 2005 Emily Lehr Wallace	Inside Baseball Rules Congress Knowing the ins and outs of committee jurisdictions and chairmanships is knowledge that can give scientists power in promoting their interests.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005	Tech Troubles for Bush In the second Bush administration, the Department of Energy must fill critical positions, the Federal Communications Commission must recover its lost authority, and the Department of Homeland Security must face up to the challenges of cybervandalism and crime.
ifeminists March 2, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse	The True Cost of False Witness False or frivolous charges of child abuse play havoc with the family court system, and in the lives of many innocent people. At the very least, society needs to impose some penalty for inflicting those kinds of costs on others.
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Roy Mark	Telecom Mergers Get House Nod Top House leaders say the proposed Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T mergers are moving telecom, Internet in the right direction.
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Michael Singer	Intel CEO Blasts U.S. R&D Policy The outgoing executive lambasted the slow adoption rate of broadband and the government's level of investment in both K-12 education and scientific R&D at the university level.
Managed Care February 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Power to the People: Newt's Battle Cry An interview with former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich, who strongly favors a free-market overhaul of the health care system that would change the way consumers behave. Should you worry?
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