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National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	New Civilian Force To Conduct Stability Operations The force will draw personnel from the Departments of State, Justice, Agriculture, Homeland Security, Treasury, Commerce, Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
National Defense December 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Industry Should Prepare for Review of Ethics Programs Contractors may soon have more complete answers as to how the Defense Department will verify contractor compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation's recent ethics program requirements.
Chemistry World November 13, 2009 Hepeng Jia	New methanol fuel standards for China These standards are expected to promote methanol use in more Chinese cars, but analysts say it is unlikely to replace gasoline use in the country to any large degree.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Divan & Kreikebaum	Biofuels Aren't Really Green Cultivate inorganic energy sources instead of biofuels. The model we constructed showed that there is simply not enough land and water to support a prosperous biofueled world.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Peter Fairley	Deflating the Air Car Green cars could run on compressed air instead of batteries. But don't rely on the new AirPod minicars to prove it
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Sally Adee	New Director for U.S. Energy Department's Mad Science Wing President Barack Obama chose Arunava Majumdar as the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, the U.S. Department of Energy's new research incubator.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Peter Fairley	Plastic Solar Cells Roll Into Unlit Villages Printed roll-to-roll organic PVs may not be the most powerful, but they're cheap. A scientist at Denmark's Riso National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy has found a cheap way to integrate LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and ultrathin lithium batteries into a potentially life-saving lamp.
IEEE Spectrum November 2009	A High-Pressure Assignment Contributing Editor Peter Fairley scrutinizes a novel means of propulsion
AskMen.com	Ill-Gotten Gains Authorities say a Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged.
Popular Mechanics November 4, 2009 Erik Sofge	Why the Hydrogen Feud Needs to End: Analysis Perhaps it's a sign of progress that the federal government is skirmishing not over whether to pursue alternative fuels, but over how many such technologies are worth investing in. Still, the hydrogen debate is not a healthy one.
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