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The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Rich Duprey	Legislative Foes Shackle Payday Loans The payday loan industry remains under assault at both the federal and state level.
PC World January 29, 2007 Julian Dibbel	Virtual Gold Could Draw Real Taxes Congress is investigating whether the IRS should tax online game loot.
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Travel Companies, Cingular Settle Adware Case Three online advertisers have to pony up $100,000 and promise to stop using controversial adware as part of a settlement with New York State's Attorney General.
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark	Sony BMG Settles FTC DRM Charges Sony BMG Music agreed Tuesday it violated federal law by not telling consumers CDs sold by the company contained digital rights management software that monitored user listening habits to send them marketing messages.
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark	Second Look For Dynamic Web Patents The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will review two patents held by EpicRealm, a Texas firm that has filed a number of infringement lawsuits against companies employing dynamic Web technology.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	A Checkup on Your Benefits What could the president's new health insurance tax idea mean for you?
Geotimes January 2007 Sally Adee	Anti-Icers Make Airport Runoff Toxic Researchers examining the environmental harm done by airplane de-icing and anti-icing fluid runoff have found that such runoff from airports located near bodies of water -- including 45 of the 50 busiest airports in the US -- could spell trouble for aquatic ecosystems.
Smithsonian February 2007	The Pardon From the book 31 Days, by Barry Werth: President Gerald R. Ford's priority was to unite a divided nation. The decision that defined his term proved how difficult that would be.
Smithsonian February 2007	Boys' Life Adapted from the book The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson: In 1950s Des Moines, childhood was unsupervised, unregulated and robustly physical.
U.S. Banker February 2007 Lee Conrad	And Now for the Big Political Headache: Iran Most of the Middle East is enjoying a booming economy, despite the three-year incursion in Iraq. But as President Bush fields increased criticism over the invasion, neighboring Iran remains in flux.
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