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ifeminists August 17, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Liberal McCarthyism on Abortion NARAL's pro-choice friends from both Left and Right have both openly opposed the anti-Roberts ad on the grounds that it makes pro-choice advocates look like liars.
ifeminists August 17, 2005 Carey Roberts	Rape Hysteria, Redux The last thing that presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants is for people to draw historic parallels between the Violence Against Women Act which portends the widescale curtailment of men's civil liberties, and the injustices that befell wrongly-accused Black men generations ago.
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Game Over: Next Year's H1-B Visas Already Gone Early run on visa pool prompts tech calls for increased allocations.
Registered Rep. August 15, 2005 Kevin Burke	SEC Nabs Brokers for Pirating Squawk Box Info The SEC has charged four brokers and a daytrader with cheating investors through a fraudulent scheme to eavesdrop on confidential order flow information, enabling them to "trade ahead" of large orders at more favorable prices.
Geotimes August 2005 Megan Sever	Geology 101 in Prison An innovative program at San Quentin State Prison in California is offering college degrees to inmates, who can take courses in philosophy, sociology, government and geology. The program is run entirely on donations.
Inc. August 2005 Michael S. Hopkins	Data Is the World Steven Levitt's bestseller "Freakonomics" offers lessons to businesspeople about how to use analytical tools of economics to read the world more accurately. The controversial assertion that the legalization of abortion in the U.S. decreased crime serves as an example.
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Robert J. Barro	The Political Power Of The Pew A new study shows how churchgoing affects voting preferences.
CIO August 15, 2005 Ben Worthen	Patent Law Changes Pending A law changing the basis for awarding patents from the party that can prove they invented something first to the party that applied for the patent first has wide, bipartisan support. Companies would have to act quickly to protect inventions.
CIO August 15, 2005 Grant Gross	United States, Europe Pledge Talks to Reduce Conflicting IT Regs President Bush and his European Union counterparts have pledged to work together to reduce conflicting technology regulations, following a summit meeting in June.
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity?
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