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ifeminists May 23, 2007 Stephen Baskerville	Spotsylvania 'Deadbeat' Dads? What Virginia's children need is the love, guidance, and attention of their fathers -- the same fathers who are forcibly kept away by divorce courts and then plundered by the state's dishonest child-support machine.
InternetNews May 23, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Floats Its Own Internet Tax Bill The ban on Internet access taxes would be extended for another four years under legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate.
InternetNews May 23, 2007 Roy Mark	New Deal Offered For Small Webcasters Bowing to pressure from Congress, performance rights association SoundExchange offered small webcasters royalty rate relief through 2010. Large webcasters, though, still face a tripling of their rates on July 15.
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Access Tax Debate Back on House Table Governors warn lawmakers renewal of Internet tax moratorium should be temporary.
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark	House Passes Anti-Spyware Legislation I SPY Act earns third approval from House. Will Senate reject legislation for third time?
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark	A Rocky Road to Patent Reform A member of the House Judiciary Committee overseeing the Patent Reform Act of 2007, said he was optimistic "we'll finally pass patent reform this year."
Wired May 22, 2007 Vince Beiser	Virtual Hallucinating Device Drives Police Insane for a Day Developed with psychiatrists and endorsed by advocates for the mentally ill, Virtual Hallucinations is being used by law enforcement, corrections, and health care professionals in at least half a dozen states.
Registered Rep. May 17, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Massachusetts Enforces Rules On Use of Senior Designations The state's Securities Division adopted the nation's first regulation requiring advisors to advertise only accredited credentials, or credentials that can clearly demonstrate that they call for meaningful expertise, when offering financial advice to elderly clients.
Scientific American June 2007	Serengeti in the Dakotas A proposed Pleistocene rewilding would restock the Great Plains with large mammal species like those that roamed the continent before humans crossed the Bering Strait -- species such as camels, lions and elephants.
AFP eWire May 21, 2007	Americans Would Rather Visit In-Laws Than Volunteer While Americans overwhelmingly believe that it is important to promote volunteerism, especially among youth, less than half currently contribute their time to a charitable organization.
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