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InternetNews July 28, 2006 Michael Hickins	Electronic Voting Machines And The 'Political Hack' Congressional hearings are just the start of increased scrutiny of new voting technology being implemented across the country.
ifeminists July 26, 2006 Tony Zizza	Are Affluent Teens The Latest Victims Of Mental Illness? Everything in America is viewed through the prism of alleged mental illness. Affluent teenagers are just today's advertising copy for the next psych drug and insurance billing code.
InternetNews July 26, 2006 Roy Mark	Tubing With Ted Just as lawmakers in the House who approved a telecom bill without network neutrality language, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens believes the matter should be left to the Federal Communications Commission.
InternetNews July 26, 2006 Roy Mark	House Targets Social Networking Sites Legislation would force schools and libraries to block sites like MySpace.
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House OKs Stronger Online Child Protections Wide-ranging legislation targets persons deceptively luring children to sex sites.
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark	BetonSports Fires Jailed CEO U.K.-based online gambling operation seeks to put distance between itself and U.S. indictment.
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Plans Data Breach Disclosure Vote Republicans pick weakest of several bills for full floor vote; Davis wants mandatory breach disclosure for federal agencies; Congress poised to create first national Internet database of sex offenders.
Scientific American August 2006 Steve Mirsky	Monumental Error Regarding anti-terrorism funding grants to U.S. cities, the Department of Homeland Security determined that New York City contained no national monuments or icons, and cut its funding by 40%.
Scientific American August 2006 Jeffrey D. Sachs	Virtuous Circles and Fragile States If U.S. leaders better understood the politics of impoverished and crisis-ridden countries, they would more effectively protect American national security by advancing the causes of economic development and democracy.
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Dawn Kopecki	When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous The U.S. Military has lost billions to fraud and mismanagement by private contractors in Iraq who do everything from cooking soldiers' meals to building hospitals to providing security. That raises a question: Does Pentagon outsourcing make sense?
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