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By Rick Orlov Contra Costa Times Staff Writer Posted: 10/06/2011 06:00:17 PM PDT The union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors won a major round this week in its battle with District Attorney Steve Cooley, with a tentative settlement granting it a permanent injunction and $575,000 in penalties. The deal calls for the county to pay $125,000 to the...

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By Rick Orlov Contra Costa Times Staff Writer Posted: 10/06/2011 06:00:17 PM PDT The union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors won a major round this week in its battle with District Attorney Steve Cooley, with a tentative settlement granting it a permanent injunction and $575,000 in penalties. The deal calls for the county to pay $125,000 to the...

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By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times - October 7, 2011 A Los Angeles County sheriff’s rookie who graduated at the top of his recruit class resigned after only a few weeks on the job, alleging that a supervisor made him beat up a mentally ill jail inmate, according to interviews and law enforcement records. The deputy, Joshua Sather, said...

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By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times - October 7, 2011 A Los Angeles County sheriff’s rookie who graduated at the top of his recruit class resigned after only a few weeks on the job, alleging that a supervisor made him beat up a mentally ill jail inmate, according to interviews and law enforcement records. The deputy, Joshua Sather, said...

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The Los Angeles Times – Tina Susman in New York Was Barbara Sheehan a battered wife who shot her husband, a retired police sergeant, in self-defense, or was she a calculating killer determined to collect on his life insurance? After three days of deliberations, a jury Thursday chose…[For full story: http://defender411.us/pmRVEU ] Go here to see the original:...

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The Los Angeles Times – Tina Susman in New York Was Barbara Sheehan a battered wife who shot her husband, a retired police sergeant, in self-defense, or was she a calculating killer determined to collect on his life insurance? After three days of deliberations, a jury Thursday chose…[For full story: http://defender411.us/pmRVEU ] Read the original: Jury accepts battered-wife...

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Varieties of long-lived plants that have been bred to produce fewer viable seed retain the potential to be invasive, despite claims to the contrary, and regardless do not usually 'breed true,' researchers conclude Continued here: 'Non-invasive' cultivar? Buyer beware

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LONDON - Record-breaking autumn temperatures have attracted hundreds of rare moths to Britain in what experts have called the best migration of the insects in years. See the original post here: Britain attracts rare moths in autumn heatwave

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Adolescent girls and women are fundamental to unlocking the full potential of agricultural development and feeding the world, according to Chicago thinktank See the rest here: Girls are key to food security in poor countries, report says

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The World Pheasant Association (WPA) has announced that Edwards's Pheasant, endemic to Vietnam, may be extinct in the wild. Read the original: The first pheasant extinction?