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InternetNews January 22, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Google, Consumer Groups Fire Opening Salvos in EU Talks As the European Commission reviews the blockbuster Google/DoubleClick merger, rivals debate the impact on privacy.
Reason January 2008 Jacob Sullum	Data: High Risk Overall, marijuana arrests in the U.S. have increased more than 150% since 1990.
Reason January 2008 Ronald Bailey	Starvation Diet Castro's weight loss plan: The Cuban economic collapse occasioned by the withdrawal of massive Soviet subsidies between 1989 and 2000 helped the Cuban people slenderize.
Reason January 2008 Michael Young	Soundbite: Al Queda's Forerunner Yaroslav Trofimov's just-published The Siege of Mecca is valuable, not only as a description of the murky events surrounding the 1979 takeover but as a backgrounder on the depth of fundamentalist tendencies in Saudi Arabia and the later emergence of Al Qaeda.
Reason January 2008 Kerry Howley	Guests in the Machine If larger economies were to introduce guest worker programs like Singapore's, the impact on migrant welfare would be enormous. Guest worker programs may be the best hope many of the world's poorest people have for improving their lives.
Fast Company February 2008 David Roberts	Paint the House Green Three ways a presidential candidate can use dollars and cents to win the climate issue.
Wired January 18, 2008 Frank Bures	Ecotopias Aren't Just for Hippies Anymore -- and They're Sprouting Up Worldwide The race for the first carbon-neutral, zero-emissions community is on.
InternetNews January 17, 2008	Google.org Spreads a Wider Philanthropic Net Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google Inc, said on Thursday it is expanding beyond funding for alternative energy to focus on projects in health and combating poverty and climate change.
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2008 Stoss & Stoss	Heating Up for Global Warming Research and Policy The critical actions in combating global warming call for individuals, neighborhoods, communities, and geopolitical entities to implement a concept of global warming ICE.
Entrepreneur February 2008 Laura Tiffany	The Whole Package Packaging today needs style and substance. You've got to grab consumers' attention but also consider the impact your packaging has on the environment.
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