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  • 23
    Jan

Retailers Sue Banks Over Swipe Fees

Retailers have filed a credit card lawsuit against major banks. The interchange fee lawsuit pits

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  • 23
    Jan

Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected

UK scientists have detected a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. Follow this link: Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected

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  • 23
    Jan

Tsunami Brings Sea Change to Tohoku

MINAMI-SANRIKU, Japan, Jan 23, 2012 (IPS) - Yumi Goto, 60, lives with her husband in a temporary shelter on a windy hill that overlooks vast stretches of tsunami-devastated seacoast where her home was once located. Link: Tsunami Brings Sea Change to Tohoku

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  • 23
    Jan

Stem cells could save snow leopards

The survival of the endangered snow leopard is looking promising thanks to Monash University scientists who have, for the first time, produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of an adult leopard. See the rest here: Stem cells could save snow leopards

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  • 23
    Jan

Plan to track endangered whales may harm them, expert says

Approval has been given for a controversial plan to satellite tag an endangered species of killer whale that plies the waters off the Pacific Coast. Read the original here: Plan to track endangered whales may harm them, expert says

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  • 23
    Jan

Technique could boost crop yields

Scientists in Britain and Japan on Sunday unveiled a fast-track way toward breeding crops with higher yields or resistance to climate change. Continue reading here: Technique could boost crop yields

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  • 22
    Jan

The Seattle Times – Washington State wastes millions helping sex predators avoid lockup

By Christine Willmsen – Seattle Times staff reporter Washington’s civil-commitment program that shields society from the worst sex offenders is burdened with unchecked legal costs and secrecy, The Seattle Times has found. [Full story: http://defender411.us/xHCMxZ ] Continue reading here: The Seattle Times – Washington State wastes millions helping sex predators avoid lockup

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  • 22
    Jan

VA Sunday Hunting Bill Passes Senate Committee

VA Sunday Hunting Bill Passes Senate Committee Read the rest here: VA Sunday Hunting Bill Passes Senate Committee

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  • 21
    Jan

Hi-Tech Talk: The best places to trade-in your electronics

By Suzanne Kantra – Techlicious – MSNBC.COM If you’re holding back on upgrading to a new cell phone, camera or laptop because of cost, you may be surprised how much your old device will bring at ... See original here: Hi-Tech Talk: The best places to trade-in your electronics

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  • 20
    Jan

THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending January 20, 2012

by Al Menaster, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office LESSER-INCLUDED OFFENSES WITHIN ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT RAPE DURING A BURGLARY PC 220(b) is assault with intent to commit rape during a first-degree burglary. The C/A here ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Claraweb-CpdaMembersWebsite/~5/5DqwfITrckY/12-01-20_wc.mp3 Excerpt from: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending January 20, 2012

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