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• Men, not ladies, first: We're still sexist in writing (Science Daily)
  Putting male names before female names in writing is a remnant of sexist thinking, new research suggests.
• Assuming an Active Voice in Your Writing and Career (GenomeWeb News)
  In Nature this week, Peter Fiske writes that too many young scientists put themselves at a disadvantage by adopting a passive voice both in their writing, and in their career development initiatives.
• Police Writing Tickets On Law They Can't Enforce (CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth)
  Dallas Police officers are writing expensive citations to citizens who technically aren't breaking the law. Those citations involve people who use cell phones in schools zones.
• Restaurant owners charged in check writing scheme (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  CHICAGO | The owners of a popular restaurant chain were chargedWednesday with running a check-writing scheme that defrauded atleast two banks out of more than $1.8 million.
• 'Examined Life' Explores Writing, Medicine April 28-30 (Newswise)
  The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host a three-day conference April 28-30 on the science of medicine and the art of writing. Presenters and panelists include members of the Iowa W...