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Store owners: have you ever seen a woman breastfeed her baby in public in your shop? Well, don't overreact. They may be doing so legally. There are many public breastfeeding laws that specifically encourage and allow women to breastfeed their children. This includes breastfeeding in the workplace -- and possibly within the walls of your store. So it's...

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Black Friday can be bad. But Saks Fifth Avenue has proved that the day after Christmas can be even worse. A 4-hour, 60% off shoe sale at the retailer's New York City store devolved into a Saks shoe mob Monday morning. Elbows were swinging, patrons were fighting over merchandise, and there was a lot of cutting in line....

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The Broussard family, heirs of a Cajun rancher, claimed that Texaco contaminated their land. Then another Chevron subsidiary sued to condemn and take most of the disputed land. Read more: In Louisiana, Twist in Legal Fight Over Texaco Drilling Lease

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The Los Angeles Times – December 28, 2011 If this holiday season was all about upgrading for you — upgrading to a better computer, phone or camera — then it’s time to think about what to ... Follow this link: What to do with your old cellphones, cameras and computers

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The L.A. County sheriff’s move comes in response to a Los Angeles Times investigation that found that wrongful incarcerations occurred more than 1,480 times in the last five years. By Robert Faturechi and Jack Leonard, Los ... Read this article: California – Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to create task force to address wrongful jailings

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San Francisco Bay View News – December 27, 2011 – by Larry Roberts San Francisco – A young man who was accused of the theft of an iPhone was acquitted recently, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff ... See original here: Acquittal in bizarre mistaken iPhone thief case

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A tourist's encounter with gorillas in Uganda has become an Internet sensation-and a reminder of the pros and cons of wildlife tourism. Read the original here: Wild Gorillas Groom U.S. Tourist in Uganda

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Anything that goes into the ocean will eventually either sink or float. Debris from the tsunami that devastated Japan in March could reach the United States as early as this winter, according to predictions by NOAA scientists. The rest is here: Tsunami Debris

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BERLIN, Dec 29, 2011 (Tierramérica) - For the last ten years, environmentalists and marine biologists have repeatedly warned that the world's tuna populations, and particularly bluefin tuna, are being overfished to the verge of extinction. Visit link: Tuna Fisheries Must Make Short-Term Sacrifices

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Four new sharks-including a "rapier wielding" sawshark-are among 140 new species discovered by California Academy of Sciences researchers in 2011, the institution announced in December. Read the original post: "Rapier Wielding" Shark Among New Species Found in 2011