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Chemistry World February 23, 2006 Henry Nicholls	Mind-Altering Drugs at the Olympics As further evidence of performance-enhancing drug use at the Winter Olympics in Turin emerges, researchers have unveiled the first study to quantify the psychological effects of taking recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) on endurance athletes.
Inc. February 2006 Erik Sherman	Fighting Fakes In 2005, piracy cost U.S. businesses an estimated $250 billion, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as pirates these days are knocking off everything from pharmaceuticals to shoe polish.
Inc. February 2006	A World of Pirates When it comes to counterfeiting, China is the biggest offender but far from alone. Here's a sampling of what turns up in raids in the world's other counterfeiting capitals.
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Roy Mark	California Tightens Anti-Piracy Laws California tightened its anti-piracy screws Wednesday when it enacted a new law lowering the felony threshold to 100 counterfeit CDs. Previously, the threshold for a felony copyright violation was 1,000 copies.
Chemistry World February 22, 2006 Arthur Rogers	EU Chemical Regulation Could Save 150 Billion in Environment and Health Costs According to a new study, Europe's forthcoming registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (Reach) is expected to offer savings that far outweigh expected costs to the chemicals industry.
ifeminists February 22, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Behind the Column: Novel Program Treats Women Who Batter Men Only time will tell whether the men's movement will become a politics of rage as the feminist movement did in the mid-70s when liberal feminism lost ideological dominance to the radical feminists.
Entrepreneur March 2006 Karen E. Spaeder	Think Green Entrepreneurs are turning environmental problems into opportunities.
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Roy Mark	Search Finds No Shame Google, Yahoo and Microsoft appear on Capitol Hill to be criticized for their cooperation with Beijing over censorship.
Popular Mechanics February 2006 Brian Krebs	It's 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Global identity thieves may know their way around your computer better than you do. Learn how to protect yourself in the scary new world of zombies, RATs, Trojan horses and evil twins.
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 William C. Symonds	Campus Revolutionary Tony Marx has a radical plan to get more poor kids into top colleges, starting with Amherst.
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