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The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Nathan Slaughter	Louisiana vs. eBay Should state governments treat "drop-off" eBay consignment locations like any other profit-seeking retail establishment? Sure. Should they go out of their way to hinder interstate commerce? Absolutely not.
Inc. April 2006 Darren Dahl	Insourcing 101 There's no doubt that American workers have suffered from globalization and the outsourcing of jobs overseas. But during the past few years, many states have experienced a jump in the number of residents employed by foreign firms. Here's a sampling of the data.
InternetNews April 18, 2006 Catherine Pickavet	Spammers Settle With FTC Two more large-scale spammers have settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission that they sent commercial e-mails in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act.
AFP eWire April 17, 2006	FCC Adopts Rules to Implement Junk Fax Prevention Act The commission did clarify in its comments that messages that are "not commercial in nature," which many nonprofits send, do not constitute "unsolicited advertisements" and are therefore not covered by the facsimile advertising prohibition.
AFP eWire April 17, 2006	Giving Money, Not Time, Preferred Method of Giving American adults are more likely to donate money than time to causes they support, according to a national survey. These findings represent a reversal from a 2005 study.
AFP eWire April 17, 2006	Value of Relationships Between State Regulators and Philanthropy State and charity regulators and philanthropy can work together to strengthen the philanthropic sector, argues a new report published by the Council on Foundations and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers.
National Defense May 2006 Michael Peck	Combat Rescue Units See Shift in Missions Air Force combat rescue teams increasingly are shifting their training and resources to the evacuation of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, instead of just focusing on the recovery of downed pilots.
National Defense May 2006 Michael Peck	`Dysfunctional' Interagency Coordination Hampers Domestic Deployment of Drones The Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, and Homeland Security have ideas to use unmanned aircraft, but the Federal Aviation Administration is leery about adding robots to the already populated national airspace.
National Defense May 2006 Harold Kennedy	U.S. Coast Guard Launches Long-Delayed Communications System The Coast Guard's delayed and expensive search-and-rescue communications network has made its debut in Virginia and at an air station in New Jersey.
National Defense May 2006 Stew Magnuson	Innovation Needed for Chem-Bio Gear While Defense Department officials insist that the chemical-biological protection given to U.S. personnel is the best in the world, there is a lot of room for improvement, they admit.
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