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Food trucks may be the new trend, but they’re not exactly trendy amongst local officials. Cities across the country are citing food trucks for maintenance issues, improper permitting and public disruption . Local restaurants are also complaining, arguing that food trucks “steal” their business. But like those restaurants, food trucks are businesses that contribute to the local economy....

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An American Bar Assocation panel has recommended that the death penalty be temporarily suspended in Kentucky until it adopts safeguards to prevent the execution of the innocent. In a 520-page report issued Wednesday, a team of ... Continue reading here: Kentucky should suspend death penalty, ABA panel recommends

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These documents were  part of a presentation given at the CPDA Annual Defending Sex Cases Seminar in Palm Springs, California on December 3, 2011. Defending-Child-Molest-Cases-Darby-Williams Sex-sentencing-training-relevant-case-law See the article here: Defending Child-Molest Cases – Darby-Williams

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Jury Selection in Sexual Assault Cases – Slide presentation used by Brian Waite, Deputy Public Defender, Orange County at the CPDA Defending Sex Crimes Cases in Palm Springs on December 3, 2011. B. Waite Sexual_Assault_Jury_Selection_Brian_Waite_OCPD_Palm_Springs Here is the original post: Jury Selection in Sexual Assault Cases – Slide Presentation

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This is a slide presentation used by Matt Braner for his talk at the CPDA Defending Sex Crimes Cases Seminar in Palm Springs on December 3, 2011 M. Braner evidence issues in sex cases CPDA 2011 ... Read the rest here: Propensity Evidence under Evidence Code Section 1108 – by Matt Braner

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California employers may be paying higher taxes starting January 1, 2012. The tax increase would amount to $21 per year for any employee who... Continue reading here: Higher Federal Taxes for California Employers?

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DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER – LEVELS I – IV $4,718-$11,393/mo based upon experience Priority Screening: 12/23/2011 Monterey County is recruiting lawyers to prepare and defend criminal cases for indigent juveniles and adults. Excellent benefits package! For further information, visit: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/montereycounty/default.cfm Or ... Read this article: California – Job Opportunity – Monterey County Deputy Public Defender I – IV Recruitment

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Two Indonesian plantation companies have signed an agreement to train workers not to kill or injure orangutans and other protected species. More here: Palm oil, pulp companies commit to zero-tolerance policy for orangutan killing

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DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 6 , 2011 (IPS) - The goal of a comprehensive and binding agreement may be beyond the reach of the 17th United Nations climate change negotiations, says the organisation's secretary-general Ban Ki-moon. The rest is here: Comprehensive Agreement Beyond Reach

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SAN FRANCISCO-A mantra that has driven global negotiations on carbon dioxide emissions for years has been that policy-makers must prevent warming of more than two degrees Celsius to prevent apocalyptic climate outcomes. And, two degrees has been a point of no return, a limit directly or indirectly agreed to by negotiators at international climate talks. Read the original:...