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InternetNews January 20, 2006 Roy Mark	FBI: Adequate Laws Exist to Combat Child Porno The FBI told a senate panel Thursday afternoon no more new laws are needed to deal with online child pornography, insisting existing prohibitions are more than adequate to prosecute kiddie porn purveyors.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Financial Aid to Be Slashed If you're a college student, a prospective college student, or the parent of some such person, take note: Congress is looking to pass the largest cut in student financial aid in American history. But college can still be affordable -- if you plan ahead now.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 John Keller	DARPA approaches industry for ideas for unmanned underwater surveillance technology The agency seeks to improve underwater surveillance in and along ocean coasts, ocean harbors, lakes, and rivers with a distributed set of stationary and mobile assets.
InternetNews January 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Consumer Groups Balk at 'New Cartel' Consumer groups urged Congress today to pass legislation barring broadband providers from engaging in what the groups call potentially discriminatory pricing for high speed Internet service.
Registered Rep. January 19, 2006	Is Supreme Court Leaning Towards a Decision Against Broker? The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in connection with a suit by a former Merrill Lynch broker against the nation's largest brokerage firm, and the early reaction to the hearing is that this time Goliath won.
ifeminists January 18, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Does New Cyberstalking Law Criminalize Free Expression? Preventing Cyberstalking is a hastily written, bad law that was tacked onto a popular bill. Section 113 of the Violence Against Women Act may seek to protect against real threats or violence but its language is so vague as to endanger much broader political discussion.
ifeminists January 18, 2006 Carey Roberts	Double-Standard Treatment for Child Abusers When a man commits child abuse, it seems the story is all over the front page. When the perpetrator is a woman, the story is relegated to the bottom of page C9. As long as we tolerate this gender double-standard, the problem will fester and grow.
InternetNews January 18, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Returns With Crowded Tech Agenda Congress kicks off 2006 legislative season with 14 tech-related hearings in two months.
InternetNews January 18, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Probing Phone Record Brokers The Federal Communications Commission is going after online data brokers hawking private wireless and wireline telephone records.
Fast Company January 2006 Jennifer Reingold	Patently Aggressive Forgent Networks sues software giants for patent infringement. Is it protecting inventor - or driving a stake through the heart of innovation?
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