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ifeminists October 25, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Should Government Regulate What We Eat? Food is the new American political chic; eating is the new morality. The idea of government micro-managing personal choice and freedom down to the level of a french fry is a very big deal.
InternetNews October 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Floridian Charged in Akamai Attack A 32-year-old Floridian faces charges in Massachusetts for his alleged role in launching a distributed denial of service attack on Akamai Technologies.
InternetNews October 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Security is in the Vicinity The feds have a deal for you: a new passport card that some security experts are already criticizing.
InternetNews October 24, 2006 Roy Mark	'Net Coalition Raps AT&T-BellSouth Merger AT&T's network neutrality concessions for Federal Communications Commission approval of the AT&T-BellSouth merger don't go far enough, a coalition opposing the deal contended today.
National Defense November 2006 Hunter Grunden	Air Force Struggles to Expand Ranks of Unconventional Combat Specialists Air Force special tactics units expect to increase their ranks during the next several years, despite difficulties in recruiting and retaining seasoned operators.
National Defense November 2006 Hunter Grunden	Special Operators Welcome Small Drones, But Need Better Sensors Troops from the Air Force Special Operations Command are deploying increasing numbers of unmanned aircraft. But while the technology generally is considered useful, it needs improvements.
National Defense November 2006 Hunter Grunden	Technologies Only Go So Far For Air Force Ground Operators Air Force combat controllers -- covert troops trained to operate deep in hostile territory -- have seen an avalanche of new communications and targeting systems come their way, but these systems are not always user friendly.
National Defense November 2006 Grace Jean	Navy Leaders to Articulate Current and Future Missions Recent efforts by the Navy to deploy forces for ground combat and engage in other non-traditional duties are signs that the service intends to be relevant in the U.S. war on terrorism.
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Naval Officials Seek `Intellectual Renaissance' in the Sea Services As they continue to ponder the value of naval forces in the nation's wars, Navy leaders want to broaden the debate by encouraging participation from all levels of command.
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	While More Research is Directed to Irregular Combat, War Spending Could Deter Advances in Military Weapons Irregular insurgents have not only have forced military commanders to rethink their strategies and tactics, but they also have set off a transformation in how defense researchers and scientists think about developing new technology.
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