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InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark	A Charming Third Time For Anti-Spyware Bill? House panel backs Spy Act again despite two rejections from Senate. H.R. 964 would require an opt-in, notice and consent regime for adware or spyware that collects personally identifiable information from consumers.
InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark	House Democrats Blast FCC Policies Democrats found fault with the FCC's handling of the AT&T-BellSouth merger, broadband penetration rates, the digital television transition, cable franchise rules and lack of interoperability among first responders.
InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark	Make Green With Green Tech execs hit Capitol Hill with energy policy recommendations.
HBS Working Knowledge March 14, 2007 Josh Lerner	Government's Misguided Probe of Private Equity The Justice Department, which has little understanding of the nuances of the private equity business, could repeat missteps of the past by mistaking competition for collusion.
ifeminists March 14, 2007 Leving & Sacks	Anna Nicole Dispute Shows System's Flaws Larry Birkhead, Smith's ex-boyfriend, has a legitimate claim to paternity. He has been thwarted for several months by the same legal maneuvers which are often employed to separate fathers from their children.
ifeminists March 14, 2007 Carey Roberts	Woozles in the Name of Protecting Women? What if the truth came out that our country's War on Domestic Abuse was flatly ineffective in reducing violence, that it ignored the wishes of victims, and that it sometimes placed women at greater risk of abuse?
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 John Keller	DOD Electronics Spending to Drop Along with Overall Decline in Procurement Leaders of the DOD propose spending slightly more than $28.1 billion in fiscal year 2008 for procurement and research in communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence technologies, which would represent a 4% decrease from current-year levels.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 John Keller	Pentagon Budget Faces Tough Battle on Capitol Hill President George W. Bush for 2008 has submitted to Congress one of the largest-ever budget requests for the U.S. DOD, but the Pentagon's proposed budget faces perhaps its toughest battle in Congress in the last 15 years.
Popular Mechanics April 2007 Margo Pfeiff	Voyage to the Top of the Earth (Almost) To reach the High Arctic, a Canadian coast guard icebreaker needs 17,000 horsepower, six diesel/electric engines and one slippery coat of paint.
InternetNews March 12, 2007 Andy Patrizio	SEC, Canada Charge Ex-Nortel Execs With Fraud Nortel Networks is taking a pretty severe beating on both sides of the U.S./Canada border.
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