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InternetNews March 27, 2007 Roy Mark	Supreme Court to Hear Online Pandering Case Bush administration hopes high court will reverse decision that parts of PROTECT Act violate free speech rights.
InternetNews March 23, 2007 Roy Mark	Court Snuffs Internet Smut Law Nearly nine years after Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act, a Philadelphia federal court judge ruled Thursday that COPA is unconstitutional.
ifeminists March 22, 2007 Glenn Sacks	Father Knows Best The advertising industry has reacted to the recent protest of Arnold Worldwide's TV commercials with great hostility. Arnold is being opposed because of its track record of denigrating men and fathers, particularly in its recent Fidelity TV commercials.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Chiquita's Banana Republic The fruit company pleads guilty to paying off Colombian terrorists. Concern for one's employees is prudent, but it's no excuse for reaping profits while paying off terrorist groups.
Chemistry World March 20, 2007 Tom Westgate	Is Your Lab Ready to go Veggie? In a recently published review article, Geoffrey Cordell demonstrates that the greengrocer's could be an unexpected goldmine of sustainable, cheap reagents that would benefit chemistry in developing countries.
Scientific American April 2007 Jeffrey D. Sachs	Rapid Victories Against Extreme Poverty Asia's Green Revolution shows how focused steps taken now could rapidly put the poorest poor on a self-sustaining course to productivity and health.
Scientific American April 2007 David Biello	Conservative Climate The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's consensus document may understate the climate change problem.
IDB America February 2007 Paul Constance	A New House for US$530? How an innovative Catholic charity has made home ownership a reality for 130,000 of Ecuador's poorest families.
IDB America February 2007 Daniel Drosdoff	Entrepreneur Makes Fuel From Native Plant This entrepreneur is confident that the pinon, a noncontaminating fuel source that also prevents erosion, and other renewable sources of energy will result in an agricultural revolution in South American countries.
IDB America February 2007 Paul Constance	IDBAmerica announces 2006 scholarship competition winners Stories about donating breast milk for premature infants in Uruguay, taming an invasive tree in rural Argentina, and fair trade program for indigenous women in Mexico were selected as winners in IDBAmerica's third annual scholarship competition.
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