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National Defense August 2012 Eric Beidel	Search Continues For Driverless Convoy Vehicles The Pentagon has hit some stumbling blocks in its efforts to develop unmanned vehicles, but officials still have hopes of deploying a range of systems that can trick enemy fighters and keep troops safe from improvised explosive devices.
National Defense August 2012 Eric Beidel	3-in-1 Respirator Keeps Air Pure for Multiple Missions Drager's Hybrid System 7000 uses a single mask to keep air purified for members of the military, law enforcement and emergency response teams.
Chemistry World July 5, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US vulnerable to a shortage of critical isotopes Significant weaknesses in how the US Department of Energy manages its isotope program could leave the country vulnerable to surprise shortages, an investigation launched by legislators a year ago concludes.
Chemistry World July 3, 2012 Andrew Turley	US approves HIV home test kit The 'OraQuick' kit from US diagnostics firm OraSure, is already in use by clinics, but until now the company has not been allowed to market it for home use.
Chemistry World July 2, 2012 Andrew Turley	$3bn GSK fine sets new industry record The GlaxoSmithKline fine, which relates to antidepressant brands Paxil (paroxetine) and Wellbutrin (bupropion) and diabetes brand Avandia (rosiglitazone), is the largest payment ever made by a drug company.
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Bob Veres	Gaps of Logic FINRA has been an effective bludgeon against the small independent B-D world, creating paperwork requirements whose costs are best amortized over larger hordes of retail advisors.
On Wall Street July 1, 2012 Tom Roseen	The Tax Drag Dilemma We have shown that, despite significant tax-loss carryforwards being incurred by equity funds over the last several years, tax drag is in many cases at least as harmful to wealth creation as is expense drag; and often more harmful.
On Wall Street July 1, 2012 Jonathan Hemmerdinger	MSRB Expands Label of Sophisticated Muni Bond Investor Broker-dealers will not have to make the same disclosures to wealthier, more sophisticated individual investors that they do to other investors under a revised Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board interpretative notice approved recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Financial Advisor July 2012 Brian Hamburger	SEC Soft On Big Firms Lehman Brothers is just one example of the regulator's long history of enforcement double standards.
CRM July 2012 Judith Aquino	Listening to the Voice of the Constituent A snapshot of the ways government agencies are using CRM strategies and technology today.
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