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Popular Mechanics November 2007 Erik Sofge	Navy SEALs Could Turn Superhuman with Pentagon's PowerSwim America's underwater special forces ops might not like it at first, but this dolphin-like device will let them reach targets fast -- and without having to catch their breath. And unlike many DARPA programs, PowerSwim is coming soon.
PC Magazine October 2, 2007 John Brandon	Future Watch: This Room is Bugged For the most covert spy operations, the U.S. government is planning to create cyborg insects with micro-scopic sensors, video surveillance cameras, and global positioning systems to aid the Department of Defense.
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 Michael Mandel	The Maestro Speaks His Mind "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" is a careful, sometimes powerfully provocative memoir by the former Fed chief.
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 Jane Sasseen	It's The Economy Stupid 2.0 With a possible slowdown looming, the economy will be front and center in the presidential campaign.
ifeminists September 20, 2007 Carey Roberts	VAWA Gives More Rights to Illegals than Citizens You've heard of men who were falsely accused of abuse and how it destroyed them. Don't worry about those stories. Congress put these benefits into the VAWA law, so obviously it intended for you to take advantage of them.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Rich Duprey	Exchange Deal Seems Foreign The multifaceted Dubai-Nasdaq deal is sure to spark xenophobia and nationalism.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Brian Orelli	Winners and Losers in Universal Health Care Here's a look at the companies that stand to win or lose if Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected -- and gets her three-pronged health-care reform plan through Congress.
PC Magazine September 12, 2007 Anton Galang	Hacking the Vote California computer scientists find ways to hack into electronic voting systems, causing vendors who submitted systems -- Diebold Election Systems, Hart InterCivic, and Sequoia Voting Systems -- to be temporarily decertified.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2007	Vehicle Armoring - MRAP and Beyond If approved by congress, the Pentagon's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program will obtain 2,650 new armored vehicles, making it the third-largest acquisition program in the U.S.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Brad Kenney	More Red Tape for Green Computing An excessive power consumption curve from runaway data centers may lead to government-mandated green computing standards.
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