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There's a growing online community engaged in small business bartering. Entrepreneurs strapped for cash and lacking capital can trade goods and services, propping up their businesses without exchanging funds. The community separates itself into barter exchanges , which are usually for-profit businesses. "Barter dollars" are earned when a trader provides a good or service. Those dollars can then...

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By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times – January 26, 2012, 9:07 p.m. Echoing arguments that have repeatedly been made in Southern California courts in recent years, a city, its police union and a newspaper sparred before ... Excerpt from: California Appeals court asked to decide officer-identity case

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Mercury News – By Tracey Kaplan – Posted: 01/26/2012 07:59:38 PM PST Ending an era in which criminal defendants’ constitutional rights were routinely jeopardized, Santa Clara County will now offer legal representation to anyone who can’t ... Follow this link: Santa Clara County courts: Now providing legal representation in misdemeanor court to anyone who can’t afford their own

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%excerpt% Read this article: NWTF is first to support new Kansas Quail Initiative

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%excerpt% Continue reading here: Register now for the Lure of Longleaf Symposium

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The Sacramento Bee – January 26, 2012 Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye today urged the defeat of Assembly legislation that would undermine the authority of the Judicial Council, and give courts in as few as two counties ... Read more: California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye pleads her case, fights AB 1208

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The Sacramento Bee – January 26, 2012 The Assembly approved new parental obligations today in response to a much-publicized Florida case in which Casey Anthony waited a month to report her 2-year-old daughter missing but ultimately ... Read the rest here: California Assembly passes bill sparked by Caylee Anthony murder case

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Virginia: Senate Passes Historic Sunday Hunting Legislation Excerpt from: Virginia: Senate Passes Historic Sunday Hunting Legislation

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The U.S. government is imposing limits on the number of fish that commercial and recreational fishermen can catch in the waters it controls in the Caribbean, saying previous types of restrictions haven't protected dwindling populations of dozens of species. Read the rest here: US Sets First Catch Limits in Caribbean Fish

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Santa Cruz, California has become the first city in the U.S. to ban the importation, sale, release, and possession of the American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Read more here: California city bans bullfrogs to safeguard native species