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Geotimes April 2005 Emery T. Cleaves	Investing in Cooperative Water Research The Cooperative Water Program provides the foundation for adequate water monitoring and research. Water resource issues need greater visibility at the federal, state and local levels.
Geotimes April 2005 Linda Rowan	Creationism: Back in Kansas Again Unfortunately, a brief history of the creationism movement over the past 80 years suggests that the debate has not been resolved, but rather the movements in Kansas and elsewhere are subtly changing tactics to try to gain the same objective.
Managed Care March 2005	'This Country Cannot Continue With the System We Now Have' As a vice president of Pfizer Health Solutions, a major disease management company, John Sory knows how difficult it is to bring systematic care to the chronically ill. He discusses Pfizer's work with Florida's Medicaid program.
Managed Care March 2005	Lawmakers Seek To Closely Watch Genetic Info Flow The U.S. Senate is looking to create a bill that states health coverage cannot be denied based on genetic information.
Managed Care March 2005 John Carroll	Going on the Offensive Against Defensive Medicine The $60 billion to $108 billion that could be saved through tort reform would help 2.4 million to 4.3 million uninsured get coverage, the government claims.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Adam Aston	A First-Class Crisis In The Making? As mail and commerce move to the Net, the U.S. Postal Service is facing a slump.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005	Venezuela's Chavez Wins More Support Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez won new backing from Spain and Brazil in the form of military supplies. But the sales may irritate the U.S., which is worried that Chavez' arms buildup could destabilize the region.
IEEE Spectrum April 2005 Erico Guizzo	The Atomic Fortress That Time Forgot The world's first plutonium-making reactor is an Atomic Age landmark--and it faces an uncertain future. The U.S. Department of Energy has been laboring for years to clean up the radioactive and chemical contamination there.
ifeminists March 30, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Mother Sues Cops For Failing to Protect Kids As long as restraining orders are "standard" and "perfunctory" they lose all value as indications of possible violence. Perhaps the police would take them seriously if they were issued only after a genuine threat of violence had been established.
Wired April 2005 Joshua Davis	La Vida Robot How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship. The Dream Act would help such undocumented high school students afford college.
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