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Joe Huffman is a research scientist in computer security. And, according to his performance reviews, he is a good one. Documents from his previous employer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a government laboratory in Richland, Washington indicate Huffman’s outstanding ratings. Unfortunately, despite Huffman’s exceptional performance appraisals, PNNL fired Huffman from his high level cyber security position of Senior Scientist on June 3, 2005. He was given no substantial explanation from the company regarding the firing. PNNL never made any specific, believable, allegations of wrongdoing or improper behavior. After receiving the mysterious boot from the company, Huffman requested copies of his...

Can Gasoline Jump-Start Hydrogen? Researchers say a gizmo called a reformer can extract the clean fuel from good old unleaded -- and give fuel-cell cars double the mileage Environmentalists dream of energy-efficient cars that run on hydrogen, with tailpipes spewing out nothing more noxious than water vapor. Judging from the popularity of Toyota's ( ) Prius hybrid -- a kind of car with both an electric motor and a gasoline engine -- a fuel-cell-powered all-electric car that gets equal or better mileage from hydrogen would seem a surefire hit. The big drawback: Where do you go to fill 'er...