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AskMen.com Ross Bonander	Top 10: Man-Made Disasters Excluding acts of war or terrorism, as well as transportation disasters, the following presents the top 10 man-made disasters whose negative effects were most profoundly experienced by people and the environment.
ifeminists October 5, 2007 Carey Roberts	Women Who Batter, Proudly Women aren't just hitting their boyfriends in a drunken rage. They are repetitively beating their men and then bragging about it.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 John Carey	Solar's Day In The Sun John O'Donnell 's big hurdle has been finding a technology that can match the low cost of fossil fuel. He thinks he has that licked.
ifeminists October 2, 2007 Richard L. Davis	Dating Violence/Abuse Hypocrisy Equitable dating/domestic violence/abuse prevention and intervention efforts for females and males will reduce the victimization of both females and males.
Sports Central October 2, 2007 Diane M. Grassi	Ex-Slugger Remains Key Player in Urban Renewal Former Major League Baseball player Mo Vaughn actually may prove more exemplary in his post-playing career than he was during his 12 years on a baseball diamond.
Chemistry World October 2007 Mark Peplow	Chemistry's Big Question The way that we currently produce our energy -- for light, heat and transportation -- is clearly unsustainable. Chemistry really can save the world -- but scientists must be canny about selecting the most commercially realistic ways of achieving that.
Chemistry World October 2007 Jeff Hardy	Mind the Gap The technology to plug the UK's energy gap is already here. But where is the political will?
Geotimes October 2007 Gregory E. van der Vink	Democracy, GDP and Natural Disasters The impact of a natural disaster is not simply a function of the natural event itself, but is determined also by society's ability to respond to the disaster.
Geotimes October 2007 Josh Trapani	Energy Independence and Climate Change: Linked but Separate Achieving increased energy independence and mitigating climate change impacts are complex but vital issues.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Susan Karlin	Hard Drives vs. Hard Drugs How an engineer is making computer models to tackle drug addiction.
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