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April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day, recognizing a topic that is increasingly vital and contentious in today's environment of copyright, patent and trademark battles.

The US economy loses $12.5 billion in revenue and other economic measures each year due to piracy in the music industry, according to the Institute for Policy Innovation estimates.

The 2009 GOP health care proposal was a modest plan that made incremental improvements to the health care system in America at that time, said Merrill Matthews. He thought that, while flawed, the proposal could form the foundation for a new proposal now.

Matthews says environmental activists who seek substantial carbon dioxide reductions while opposing nuclear power are dreaming. He notes excess regulation deters the construction of new nuclear power plants and makes construction and operation more expensive.