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National Defense December 2011 Dan Parsons	U.S. Government Turns to Crowdsourcing for Intelligence Applied Research Associates, a New Mexico-based firm, has launched a program it hopes will improve upon the traditional methods of gathering expert opinion by using computer software that could make better-informed predictions.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2011 Dan Dzombak	Earthquakes: The Next Challenge to America's Energy Game Changer Fracking may be causing earthquakes.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2011 Tom R. Mounteer	Environmental Risk: 10 Myths Do you really know what your liability is? Buyers, sellers, borrowers, and lenders frequently misperceive environmental liability risk in acquisitions and financings.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2011 John J. Heft	Environmental Deal Breakers Environmental liability concerns can serve as major deal breakers during commercial real estate sales and transfers.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Brian Stoffel	Did This Obscure Author Predict Occupy Wall Street Years Ago? Author Daniel Quinn and his six signs of a revolution.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2011	Could the G20 Deliver a Growth and Clean-Energy Pact? Could alternative energy get a leg up?
National Defense December 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Ponders Future Force: Not Too Large, Not Too Small, Just Right In a pep talk to Army leaders recently, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pointed out the obvious: There aren't many countries out there building massive tank armies, and it is "unlikely that we will be re-fighting Desert Storm in the future."
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 Morgan Housel	What's Next for Jon Corzine? End of an era for a reckless risk-taker.
TIME Asia November 14, 2011 Geoffrey Cain	Good Intentions In his 1955 classic The Quiet American, Graham Greene adroitly foresaw the tragic and absurd quality that came to characterize U.S. intervention in Vietnam.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2011 Morgan Housel	How Successful Will Bank Transfer Day Be? Consumers might switch to credit unions where they get better service and lower fees, and for-profit banks might stem some of the rampant deposit growth and unprofitable customers that have been crimping profits. If only more protests could work this well.
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