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Sports Central December 5, 2004 Diane M. Grassi	Athletes' Illicit Behavior Transcends Sports If you have observed all of the legal, moral, and ethical challenges all of our sports have suffered, especially this year, there remains a common thread in all of their frailties. No individual athlete should be considered above the game or sport in which they are engaged.
Sports Central December 4, 2004 Greg Wyshynski	Why Characters Count in Sports This isn't another essay about the sad state of citizenship in professional sports. However, while every sport needs its characters to draw us to the event, we still want our "characters" to have character.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Bill Mann	Spitzer Helps Loan Sharks When the state doesn't allow companies to charge sufficient interest on high-risk payday loans legally, the black market fills the void.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Selena Maranjian	A Charitable Puzzle Should big bucks go to operas when millions are dying? As you prepare to donate some of your hard-earned dollars, do so thoughtfully.
ifeminists December 1, 2004 Carey Roberts	The Unfolding AIDS Scandal at the UN Every day, 8,500 men and women die from the modern Black Death that we call AIDS. Most of those deaths could be avoided if the UN took a practical approach that is based on science, not ideology. And pitting women against men is hardly the answer.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Antarctic Ice Connections The West Antarctic ice sheet contains 3.2 million cubic kilometers of ice. Were it to collapse due to global warming, it would raise global sea level by 5 meters, catastrophically inundating low-lying areas.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Geotimes December 2004 Naomi Lubick	Corroding Pipe Organs Extreme Storms as Climate Warms Hurricanes, typhoons and drought. Aspects of these extreme weather conditions may be related to global climate change, some scientists say.
Outside December 2004 Andrew Meier	A Message In Blood When gunmen massacred up to 20 brown bears near a Canadian grizzly researcher's Kamchatka cabin, the warning was clear: On the lawless frontier of the New Russia, outsiders are no longer welcome.
Fast Company December 2004 Scott Kirsner	Green Power Thanks to soaring fuel prices, lots of creative energy is being applied to alternative energy. The time may finally have come for these three champions of on-the-verge technologies.
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