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COMUNIDAD SAN LORENZO, Bolivia, Dec 20, 2011 (IPS) - Margarita Amabeja holds out her hands full of golden rice grains and rough brown manioc roots - the first results of a strategy to adjust the agricultural cycles to the seasonal floods and droughts in the vast plains of Beni, in northeastern Bolivia. Read more here: Adapting to the...

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Thomson-Reuters – December 21, 2011 ALBANY, N.Y., Dec 21 (Reuters) – State court administrators have requested millions of dollars in funding to help legal-aid offices in New York City come into compliance with a new law ... More: New York – Courts ask for more money to lift burden on public defenders

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Thomson-Reuters – December 21, 2011 ALBANY, N.Y., Dec 21 (Reuters) – State court administrators have requested millions of dollars in funding to help legal-aid offices in New York City come into compliance with a new law ... See the rest here: New York – Courts ask for more money to lift burden on public defenders

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Businesses will have to wait longer for a decision in the Brinker case. As we reported last week, the California Supreme Court allowed the... Originally posted here: Brinker Decision Delayed

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Businesses will have to wait longer for a decision in the Brinker case. As we reported last week, the California Supreme Court allowed the... Read the original here: Brinker Decision Delayed

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Plums County News – by Dan McDonald – Staff Writer – 12/21/2011 Plumas County’s public safety system is already feeling the effects of the state’s Assembly Bill 109 inmate realignment. The number of prisoners and parolees in ... Read the original here: Plumas County already feeling impact of inmate transfer

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Plums County News – by Dan McDonald – Staff Writer – 12/21/2011 Plumas County’s public safety system is already feeling the effects of the state’s Assembly Bill 109 inmate realignment. The number of prisoners and parolees in ... View original post here: Plumas County already feeling impact of inmate transfer

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Experts predict the season's deep discounts will lead to deep return lines come January. Consumers binged on good deals , buying unnecessary items and cheaper duplicates. Add to that the results of a Better Business Bureau survey and you can expect chaos. Approximately 1/3 of all consumers don't read return and exchange policies when making a purchase. How...

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Experts predict the season's deep discounts will lead to deep return lines come January. Consumers binged on good deals , buying unnecessary items and cheaper duplicates. Add to that the results of a Better Business Bureau survey and you can expect chaos. Approximately 1/3 of all consumers don't read return and exchange policies when making a purchase. How...

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By MIKE NORTH Merced Sun-Star With the county’s budget deficit at $10 million, the state recently indicated that it intends to make more cuts that’ll add to that burden. The cuts include an increase of county payout ... Read more: More state cuts could hit Merced County