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Popular Mechanics March 2009 Erik Sofge	Behind the Scenes With a Special Ops Gunboat Crew When the US Special Forces need safe passage along a river, they call on the best-trained boatmen in the world. The author tags along on a live-fire exercise with the elite gunboat crews of Special Boat Team 22.
Home Theater February 17, 2009	Happy DTV Transition Day, Part 1 Today is the originally scheduled date of the DTV transition. Some television stations will make the transition from antiquated analog to cool new digital broadcasting on this very date. Others will have to wait till June 12. Here's a look at the current tally.
Information Today February 17, 2009 Miriam A. Drake	GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) Goes Live The U.S. Government Printing Office hit the on switch in early February and brought up its new digital system, FDsys, for access to government information. T
Information Today February 17, 2009	CCH Offers Free Access to Federal, State Rules on Layoffs, Plant Closings To help employment attorneys and HR professionals comply with federal and state laws regarding plant closings and large layoffs, CCH is providing free access through March 31, 2009, to its proprietary content.
InternetNews February 17, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Feds Fight to Plug Security Holes Breaches and computer losses continue where they shouldn't.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2009 Alyce Lomax	The Trouble With Regulation Ethics and personal responsibility are all that can avert more disasters.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2009 Dan Caplinger	What's in the Stimulus Bill for You? Some of your goodies didn't make it, but quite a few survived.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Independent Contractor Rep No More? If the Obama administration and House Representative Rob Andrews of New Jersey have their way, the independent contractor rep may become a thing of the past.
Scientific American March 2009 Charles Q. Choi	Does Daylight Saving Time Conserve Energy? Recent studies shed some light on the efficiency of seasonally changing the clocks
ifeminists February 16, 2009 Wendy McElroy	Beat up the Kid, Spare the Adults Police removed an unruly 7-year-old from his classroom and forced him to be hospitalized under the state's Baker Act -- against the wishes of his outraged parents.
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