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The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Lawrence Greenberg	Why Congress Isn't Liable for Insider Trading Has Congress exempted itself from the laws that send ordinary Americans to jail if they engage in insider trading?
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Sean Williams	A Perfect World? In Name Only Fraud allegations shake Chinese small caps yet again.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	10-Year Effort Leads to Bomb-Safe Fertilizer In the late 1990s, Honeywell researchers stumbled upon a molecule that would not only make a more potent fertilizer, but it was more stable than those found in traditional nitrate-based compounds that farmers spread on their fields to increase crop yields.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Virtual Reality Helps Troops Confront Pain The Pentagon wants to discover different ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, one of which will take patients back to war via a video game-like simulation.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Army Lab Analyzes Bad Dust From War Zones The Army Research Laboratory has deployed equipment to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa to find out if particles floating around in the air in these places are causing Gulf War Syndrome and other illnesses.
National Defense February 2012 Sean M. Connolly	Update Emerges For New Personal Conflicts of Interest Rule Effective Dec. 2, 2011, the Federal Acquisition Regulation requires U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to prevent personal conflicts of interest that arise during their employees' performance of certain acquisition functions.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Stephanie Schomer	Beatbully's Modern Anti-Cyberbullying Campaign Uses Avatars As Demonstrators An army of protestors will descend upon UN headquarters in New York on February 2 in an effort to end bullying worldwide. Here's the catch: The protesters are online cartoons.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Linda Tischler	The "Truth" Campaign Creators' MenthLab Combines Design And Community To Steer Youth From Menthol Cigarettes A Detroit program is designing new ways to keep kids from lighting up.
HBS Working Knowledge January 6, 2012 Toffel & Schendler	Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail Many companies receiving high marks in environmental sustainability are hurting the planet in other ways.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2012 Travis Hoium	Like It or Not, Renewable Energy Is Here to Stay Nuclear and biofuels aren't our energy future, but solar is -- despite what naysayers say. I like and invest in solar power not because I'm a tree hugger, but because the facts and trends tell me this is energy's future.
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