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Little Rock, AR: Criminal sentencing reform legislation passed by lawmakers earlier this year is now in effect. Senate Bill 750 , the Public Safety Improvement Act, intends to reduce the number of non-violent offenders incarcerated statewide by mitigating the sentences for certain low-level drug offenses. Democrat Gov. Mike Beebe, who strongly backed the measure, signed it into law...

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"People using cannabis are less likely to be obese than people who do not use cannabis," authors say Colombes, France: The prevalence of obesity in the general population is sharply lower among marijuana consumers than it is among nonusers, according to an analysis published online this week in the American Journal of Epidemiology . Investigators at the Louis...

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Survey Shows Hunters are Getting Kids Involved Visit link: Survey Shows Hunters are Getting Kids Involved

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Salmon in the Thames are more likely to be fish that have "strayed" from nearby rivers rather than a result of a multi-million pound restocking effort. More: Healthy Thames 'key for return of salmon'

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Sweden must improve its preservation of biodiversity in the Baltic, and decrease use of hazardous fertilisers, according to a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report published Wednesday. Originally posted here: Sweden failing to protect Baltic Sea: WWF

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The Dogger Bank sandbank in the middle of the North Sea is set to become Britain's latest marine protected area. See the rest here: Dogger Bank marine protection bid

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Invader's spread worrisome because of effect on tourism, syrup production See the article here: Asian longhorned beetle has taste for maples, new study finds

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New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that salivary components from a Leishmania vector play a relevant and direct role on neutrophils, which influence parasite burden See the original post: Sandfly saliva provides important clues for new Leishmaniasis treatments

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Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has urged South Africans to work with law enforcement agencies and game park authorities to stop the "looting" of rhinos, which she described as a national treasure. See original here: South Africa: Stop Looting Our National Treasures - Molewa

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A new bird species has been discovered in the U.S. for the first time in nearly 30 years-but the species may have already flown the coop for good, a new study says. Link: First New U.S. Bird Species in Decades-Already Extinct?