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FCC member seeks probe into radio ratings system (AP via Yahoo! News)
One of the two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission is calling on the agency to investigate whether a new electronic measurement system used by Arbitron Inc. to track radio station listenership is unfairly harming minority broadcasters.

The Closing of the American Border (The Globalist)
Most visitors to the United States have an experience with the U.S. bureaucracy ? whether in the visa process or in crossing the border. Increasingly this experience includes lengthy delays, interrogations and invasions of privacy.

New research downgrades idea Lake Mead could dry up (The Arizona Republic)
A study released in February said there's a 50 percent chance that climate change would leave Lake Mead dry by 2021. Those findings stunned water managers in the West, with one calling them absurd.

Building a Better Global Financial System (The Globalist)
Gordon Brown, many in the European Union and the media have been calling for a ?Bretton Woods II? as the next step toward preventing future meltdowns of the international financial system.

NSW Govt urged to halt Taser rollout (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The New South Wales ombudsman is calling on the State Government to halt a further rollout of Tasers to NSW Police, saying there has not been enough evaluation of their effectiveness and risks.