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DO WE need to release elephants into the Australian bush? Maybe we do, ecologist David Bowman suggests. He thinks we need to consider such extreme measures to bring stability to the nation's disrupted ecosystems. More here: Elephants for the bush?

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New photos provide visual evidence of just how close the long-isolated tribe of Mashco-Piro people in the Amazon rainforest are to being contacted by the outside world-a perilous moment for tribes highly susceptible to disease and likely to defend their people and territory with weapons. Visit link: Group releases close-up photos of 'uncontacted' tribe in Peru

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2-1-2012 - SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Charles A. Smiley III to a judgeship in the Alameda County Superior Court. Smiley, 44, of Oakland, has been a court commissioner for ... See more here: California – Gov. Brown appoints Alameda County deputy public defender to the bench

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GOVERNOR APPOINTS TERRI A. MOCKLER TO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 2-1-2012 – SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Terri A. Mockler to a judgeship in the Contra Costa County ... Continued here: California – Gov. Brown appoints Contra Costa County deputy public defender to the bench

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Napa Valley Register – by Peter Jensen – February 1, 2012 Napa County is expanding programs to reduce the jail’s inmate population at a time when the state is diverting prisoners from prisons to county facilities. The ... View post: California – Napa County implementing alternatives to jail

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The FDA is being sued by several current and former employees for monitoring their private emails . Receiving and sending private emails on a work computer are things many employees may do. Yet many may not realize -- or understand -- what level of privacy their actions are afforded. The employees allege the government agency illegally monitored their...

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Federal land managers have approved a proposal to drape fabric over nearly six miles of the Arkansas river for an art project, but some local residents are not happy. Originally posted here: Christo ‘Over the River’ Project Divides Coloradans

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California – Political Inside Game, Outside Game… All in One Day – “Tops on that list certainly has to be the seemingly-all-but-dead AB 327, the bill seeking to modify the three strikes sentencing law.” KQED News ... Go here to read the rest: California – Political Inside Game, Outside Game… All in One Day – Tops on that...

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By Kevin Riggs – Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 – Updated 3:43 PM PST In a time of fiscal distress, California lawmakers are on the prowl for ways to cut costs, especially to the state’s massive prison ... See the original post: California – Critics Decry Efforts to Narrow Three Strikes Law

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MI: Hunters’ Rights Preserved in Huron-Manistee See the original post here: MI: Hunters’ Rights Preserved in Huron-Manistee