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Large-scale growing of genetically modified crops could start as early as next year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong said. Original post: GM crops set for early start

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The abuses put innocent people in jail, set guilty people free...[Full story at: http://projects.usatoday.com/news/2010/justice/ ] Follow this link: Justice in the balance – A USA TODAY investigation documented 201 criminal cases across the nation in which federal judges found that...

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By TANG LOR -DN Staff Writer – Redbluff/Tehama County Daily News Updated: 08/20/2011 07:39:43 AM PDT How will Tehama County deal with the influx of prisoners that will now fall under the responsibility of local authorities? Law enforcement, county officials and representatives from the legal system met Thursday during the first meeting of the Community Corrections Partnership to...

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San Bernardino County DA Ramos, Sheriff Hoops address looming effects of prisoners’ release Melissa Pinion-Whitt, Staff Writer -The Sun (San Bernardino / Inland Empire) Posted: 08/19/2011 02:53:05 PM PDT San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos on Friday compared two looming deadlines for the decrease of state prisoners to a pair of trains on a collision course....

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Note: Each updated edition will be placed here and completely replaces any previous edition. REALIGNMENT by Garrick Byers, Statute Decoder Senior Defense Attorney, Fresno County Public Defender’s Office Member, California Public Defenders Association Board. of Directors, and CPDA’s Legislative, and Ethics Committees August 19, 2011 edition (Replaces previous editions) Link to the full report on this subject:  2011-08-19-California-Criminal-Justice-Realignment-Analysis-by-Garrick-Byers...

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Posted Aug 19, 2011 6:18 AM CDT By Martha Neil – ABA Journal A veteran Michigan criminal defense lawyer is awaiting a decision on how he will be penalized following a legal ethics ruling that found he had violated a fundamental principle of legal ethics by revealing in open court that his client had confessed to a shooting...

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By Sigrid Bathen – Capitol Weekly – 08/18/11 12:00 AM PST Massive changes in how mental health care is delivered to Californians – including abolishing or restructuring the two state departments responsible for mental health and substance-abuse programs – are being closely watched by care providers and advocacy groups. They say they are “cautiously optimistic” that Gov. Brown’s...

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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans' Employment & Training Service (VETS) announced that it extended the 2011 deadline for federal contractors to submit their... Read more here: VETS 100 Reporting Delayed by Technical Problems

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When Alix Genter tried to purchase a dress from the Here Comes the Bride bridal salon in Somers Point, New Jersey, all she left with was another example of just how sexual orientation discrimination can infiltrate even the most happiest of moments. Though at first she was willing to help, when the store's manager found out that Genter...