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Investment Advisor November 2007 Melanie Waddell	On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings Congress looks at insurance reform and the subprime mess.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft's Antitrust Expiration Date Delayed Microsoft's U.S. antitrust case seems to go on and on.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Lyle Deixler	Privacy Groups Seek 'Do Not Call' List for Web Ads Consumer privacy groups are pushing for increased regulatory oversight of online advertising, including a "Do Not Track" registry that would ban companies from tracking online users and targeting ads based on their activities.
Popular Mechanics October 31, 2007 Erik Sofge	Robot Boats Hunt High-Tech Pirates on the High-Speed Seas Piracy has exploded in nearby waters and their booty is high-tech communication gear.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Robert N. Charette	Open-Source Warfare Terrorists are leveraging information technology to organize, recruit, and learn -- and the West is struggling to keep up. The conflict in Iraq highlights how the open global access to increasingly powerful technological tools is in effect allowing small groups to declare war on nations.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet	Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Peter Fairley	California to Rule On Fate of EVs Hybrids are going mainstream, major automakers are once again engineering battery EVs, and start-ups such as Tesla Motors and Phoenix are bringing them to market. Can California's ambitious and controversial zero-emissions vehicle mandate help?
U.S. Banker November 2007 Karen Krebsbach	CUs Gird for Battle over CRA Rules Recent remarks about whether credit unions and other nonbank lending firms should participate in Community Reinvestment Act requirements have raised the specter of that age-old argument, with credit union representatives solidly on one side and bankers on the other.
ifeminists October 31, 2007 Richard Cordero	Alert from Judicial Discipline Reform Out of the 7,462 complaints filed against federal judges in the 10-year period 1997-2006, they disciplined only 9 of their peers! These are official statistics that the judges must file by law with the highest administrative body of the federal judiciary.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
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