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Outside February 2007 Amanda Griscom Little	Capitol Gains? It's a new political era, all right: Big business is crusading for tougher pollution regulations. But are they doing it for the right reasons?
ifeminists February 7, 2007 Carey Roberts	CEDAW and I-VAWA: Double-Trouble for Families Once women begin to view everything through the prism of gender, power, and abuse, it's no surprise that they look to the Nanny State as a substitute husband. That's what is occurring in the United States, thanks to the Violence Against Women Act.
ifeminists February 7, 2007 McCormick & Sacks	Suppose Roles Had Been Reversed in Clara Harris Case Police squad cars all across America bear the slogan, "There's no excuse for domestic violence." Yet there is one situation in which the media and the public seem to feel that domestic violence is sometimes excusable -- when the perpetrator is a woman, and the victim is a man.
InternetNews February 7, 2007 Roy Mark	DTV Coalition Plan No Cyren Call The High Tech DTV Coalition today criticized an alternative plan by Nextel founder Morgan O'Brien to use spectrum allocated for public safety communications by Congress.
InternetNews February 7, 2007 Michael Hickins	E-Voting Machines Get The Fish-Eye Touch-screen voting machines are getting harsh scrutiny in the Senate, and a new House bill may administer the death blow.
PC Magazine January 31, 2007 Angela Chang	Prepared for Takeoff A new airport checkpoint boosts security and reduces wait times.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
Fast Company February 1, 2007 Alissa Walker	L.A. Goes Public After decades of neglect, L.A.'s public transit gets a redesign -- and a lot of new fans.
Food Engineering February 1, 2007	Regulatory Watch FDA finds meat and milk from animal clones is as safe to eat as from conventionally bred animals.
Food Processing February 2007 Diane Toops	Healthy Eating Gains, Exercise Loses Cooking Light survey finds Americans more knowledgeable about nutrition and health but less inclined to exercise.
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