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Businesses use many different advertising methods, like passing out handbills to pedestrians, or posting ads on public signs or street poles. But is posting flyers legal? It depends. Unfortunately, there's no simple answer to that question. Many cities have enacted municipal codes that govern whether or not you can post advertisements. Depending on which city you reside in,...

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A report by the county monitor says that such shootings leave the Sheriff’s Department vulnerable to criticism. His report also found an increase in shootings in which deputies did not see a weapon before firing. By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times – Almost half the people shot at by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after reaching toward their...

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Karen Sloan - The National Law Journal- September 22, 2011 (Indio, CA) A group of attorneys in Indio, Calif. are moving forward with plans to open a new law school next September. The California Desert Trial Academy College of Law will focus on preparing students for trial advocacy and fill a need for a local law school, said criminal...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — When the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for Troy Allen Davis Tuesday, the board based its decision on one of the bedrocks of the American judicial system: eyewitness testimony. Nine individuals testified that they saw Davis murder off-duty police officer Mark Allen MacPhail in a Burger King parking lot in 1989,...

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By Chris Meagher, Santa Barbara Independent – Thursday, September 22, 2011 The State of California, in an effort to alleviate its own crowded prisons and financial crisis, has shed responsibility for thousands of inmates, putting them in the hands of local jurisdictions to take care of. As a result of Governor Jerry Brown signing Assembly Bill 109 earlier...

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Study: 94% Support Right To Hunt Continue reading here: Study: 94% Support Right To Hunt

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SYDNEY - Australia's much-loved koala is under increasing threat and should be considered a vulnerable species, an official report found Thursday, with habitat loss seeing their numbers plunge. Continued here: Fears for koalas as study reveals 'marked decline'

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It might be "grim up North" and life might be thought more prosperous in the pampered South of England - but that doesn't hold for birds. Read more: It's grim down South for birds as species fare better in the North

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South Africa hosted a consultation and capacity-building workshop on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) this week, ahead of the global climate negotiations in Durban in November, early December The rest is here: SA hosts deforestation emissions reduction workshop ahead of COP 17

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HAUTVILLERS, France - Climate change may be one of the greatest perils of our time, contributing to droughts, floods, deadly heat waves and super-charged hurricanes. Read the rest here: Climate Change Makes Champagne Taste Even Better