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Chemistry World September 11, 2007 Rebecca Trager	EPA Counters Industry Funding Criticism The US Environmental Protection Agency is defending its growing practice of jointly funding research with industry, after lobby groups voiced concerns that the agency's science is being compromised.
InternetNews September 11, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	KIDS Act: How Far is The Law's Online Reach? The KIDS Act of 2007 would require sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses. But some think that goes too far.
InternetNews September 11, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Tiers of Trust To Offer IDs In a Crisis Actually providing access credentials in a timely manner to first responders has been an expensive endeavor but one which the newly formed Tiers of Trust consortium aims to alleviate.
Information Today September 10, 2007 George H. Pike	Federal Judge Overturns PATRIOT Act NSL Provisions Late last week, a federal court declared portions of the USA PATRIOT Act dealing with National Security Letters to be unconstitutional.
Information Today September 10, 2007	Update on Net Neutrality: U.S. DOJ Warns the FCC to Be Wary Antitrust officials at the U.S. Department of Justice have submitted a filing to the FCC to respond to suggestions by some companies and individuals that the FCC should adopt new regulations governing the transmission of traffic over the Internet - the so-called "net neutrality" rules.
InternetNews September 7, 2007 Caron Carlson	House Passes Major Patent Reform The U.S. House approved legislation today that seeks to overhaul and modernize over 55 years of patent law and address a patent-award system that bi-partisan groups have long argued is broken.
Food Engineering September 7, 2007	Tech Flash Vol. 3 No. 9 Two salmonella recalls... USDA to contribute to E. coli study... Subway to sell Dannon yogurt... People, plant and industry News... etc.
ifeminists September 7, 2007	Candlelight Vigil for Cann Family Victims The authors contend that the tragedy could have been avoided had the courts agreed to give custody to the father.
ifeminists September 7, 2007 Bruce Korol	Re Prostitution: Remember Prohibition As we learned from prohibition, making laws against vices leads to deleterious results.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Rich Smith	Lockheed's Laser Clicks Lockheed explains that firing a laser from an airborne Boeing 747 is no easy task. If Congress has its way, neither, apparently, will be sustaining the funding necessary to continue testing of the defense system.
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