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Geotimes August 2006 Kathryn Hansen	BP Halts North Slope Oil Pipeline In the latest blow to the energy giant, the company started shutting down pipelines that transport oil from the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope. The announcement raised oil prices by more than $2 per barrel on the NY Merchantile Exchange, putting the price at $76.98.
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark	The Dopes of DOPA In an ugly fit of election year pandering to one of parents' worse fears, the House recently passed the Deleting Online Predators Act.
Registered Rep. August 4, 2006 John Churchill	Senate Passes Pension Bill to Bush The U.S. Senate passed the Pension Protection Act, which lawmakers hope will spur businesses to improve existing employer-sponsored retirement plans. There is also a special gift to financial advisors in the bill.
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Richard S. Dunham	A Cause That Scares Business The ugliness recalled by a National Slavery Museum gives corporate donors the jitters.
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Adrienne Carter	Denise Nappier's Green Vision The Connecticut Treasurer warns pension fund managers: Ignoring climate change will destroy corporate profits as well as the environment.
ifeminists July 26, 2006 Carey Roberts	The Kiss-and-Accuse Capers Few men have the financial wherewithal of a former NFL player, sitting judge, or media personality. So when they are accused of domestic violence, men often find themselves dragged into a legal machinery that eventually leaves them penniless, disillusioned, and broken.
Reason September 2006 Brian Doherty	How Did You Vote During the War, Daddy? The war in Iraq is increasingly unpopular in America. However, public disenchantment with the war probably won't matter in November's congressional and Senate races.
Reason September 2006 Cathy Young	Too Diverse to Be 'Diversity' Academic discourse surely needs fewer taboos, not more: Instead of closing off all debate on homosexuality, reopen more debate on other contentious issues.
Reason September 2006 David Weigel	Fear of a Brown Planet For all of the substance in the immigration debate -- border walls, ID cards, English as the official U.S. language -- it wouldn't have monopolized the national stage last spring without white-hot racial tensions bubbling under the surface.
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