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Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: The e-Bandwagon The federal government is driving e-Rx adoption by establishing standards that Medicare drug plans will have to adopt by 2009, and HHS officials are pushing to make this happen much earlier.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2005 Patrick Clinton	Playing Doctor Why Congress plans to ban erectile dysfunction drugs from Medicare and Medicaid, and why they shouldn't do it.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Magnusson & Ante	The Booming Security Business Anti-terrorism consultants are cleaning up as companies everywhere boost spending.
InternetNews July 18, 2005 Jim Wagner	States Tackle Unsavory E-Mails Michigan and Utah have launched "do not e-mail" registries to keep questionable content from children's eyes.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Aaron Bernstein	Struggle For The Soul Of The AFL-CIO Two union honchos battle over reform, power, and turf on the eve of the AFL-CIO convention.
Science News July 16, 2005 Janet Raloff	Money Matters in Obesity In newly published reports, scientists not only discuss factors that appear to be contributing to the nation's girth, but also explore the potential roles of different sectors of the economy in helping people trim down.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Closer to National ID Theft Law Republican lawmakers plan a committee vote on a bill requiring disclosure of both encrypted and unencrypted data breaches. The proposed bill is likely to provoke protest from the technology and financial services industries.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Bells' TV Bill Gets New Life A bill to help speed TV-over-fiber rollouts has cleared the Texas Senate, but the window is closing on the legislative session.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	SCO E-Mail a Smoking Gun? The e-mail, sent by a SCO employee and forwarded to the CEO, said Linux does not infringe on any SCO intellectual property. The email could put a damper on SCO's ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit against Linux.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2005 Tom Taulli	China vs. Congress: What's Next? Bulging with dollars, China needs to do something with the money. Why not buy U.S. companies? The deal that is getting much of the attention is CNOOC's pursuit of Unocal, which is the ninth-largest U.S. oil company. Congress is very concerned.
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