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The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Says A-B-C-U-Later to $160 Billion Program The Pentagon confirmed that it is officially putting an end to its "$160 billion" Future Combat Systems program in its current form, heading off taxpayer fears that runaway costs could morph FCS into a $300 billion boondoggle.
Wired May 22, 2009 Charles Graeber	The Ultimate Lock Picker Exposes Weak Military Installations, Corporate Systems Marc Weber Tobias makes a living breaking into the most secure facilities -- at the request of the owners.
Wired May 22, 2009 David Wolman	Time to Cash Out: Why Paper Money Hurts the Economy In an era when books, movies, music, and newsprint are transmuting from atoms to bits, money remains irritatingly analog.
Wired May 22, 2009 Sarah Douglas	NASA's Icy-Hot Rocket Engine Rocket engines don't get much cooler than this.
Wired May 22, 2009 Scott Brown	Scott Brown on How Transformers Are Keeping America Safe The Obama administration's new austerity measures directly or indirectly threaten Michael Bay's big-budget Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Gates' Rules Don't Apply to Navy Shipbuilding Intense pressure from members of Congress who want to protect employment at the nation's top shipyards will limit the Pentagon's options as it begins a sweeping review of military strategy and equipment needs.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	UAV Programs Illustrate DoD's Broken Procurement System Lack of inter-service coordination in unmanned aircraft programs is wasting millions of dollars and slowing down much-needed modernization, said departing Pentagon acquisition chief John Young.
National Defense June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	A Prescription for the Air Force's Ailing Acquisition System Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz sign off on an "acquisition improvement plan" that articulates current flaws in the service's weapons procurement process and proposes ways to fix them.
BusinessWeek May 21, 2009 James Cooper	Business Outlook: The Fed Should Be in No Rush to Raise Rates Trading in the futures market already shows investors are betting the Fed will begin to lift its target interest rate within the coming year. But time is on Bernanke's side, and he won't want to jump the gun.
BusinessWeek May 21, 2009 Jessica Silver-Greenberg	Chasing Tax Revenue Across State Lines Cash-starved states like Massachusetts are going after businesses that profit from their residents but are headquartered outside their borders.
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