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Registered Rep. September 6, 2007 John Churchill	SEC to Advisors: Stop Fleecing the Elderly The regulator made it clear: firms that tolerate brokers who exploit elderly clients will pay.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Northern Lights Out Canada voted to prohibit the sale of incandescent light bulbs. The bulbs, which also have been banned in Australia and are facing possible extinction in California and other states, are being targeted in the hope of staving off global warming.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Radley Balko	Nowhere to Go U.S. officials are having an increasingly difficult time finding countries willing to grant asylum to Guantanamo inmates cleared of charges.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Jacob Sullum	Driving While Armed The ACLU defends gun rights.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Brian Doherty	Policing Immigrants Since 1979 the city of Los Angeles has had an official policy of not troubling its cops with the enforcement of federal immigration law. That policy has long angered anti-immigration forces, and now two groups have filed separate lawsuits.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Jacob Sullum	Food Waste Last year the U.S. government spent $1.2 billion on food aid for more than 50 countries, under six programs involving four federal departments and an independent agency. But not all that activity translates into help for the hungry.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Kerry Howley	Regulate Thyself The FTC doesn't step in: In 2000, 85% of underaged video game store "mystery shoppers" returned from the counter with an M-rated game. By 2006 the number had fallen to 42 percent.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Data A Nation on the Dole: More than half of all Americans -- 53% -- now depend on government for their income. In 1950 the figure was just 28%.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Kerry Howley	Insecurity Complex The lack of a noticeable rupture in the economy does not mean that all workers experience the same amount of instability. Younger workers and women face more volatility than men. Still, the overall picture of individual income volatility since 1980 is one of surprising consistency.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 David Weigel	No Need for Speed A town re-regulates its roads: Sometimes a stop sign is not a stop sign. In the scenic planned community of Sunriver, Oregon, residents and visitors can glide through intersections without fear of a ticket.
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