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By Kurtis Alexander – The Fresno Bee – Nov. 25, 2011 In another sign that Fresno County is struggling to manage more criminals, the sheriff has ordered that state parole violators no longer will be held ... Read more here: California – No room in Fresno Co. Jail for parole violators

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Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia has led the charge in reversing convictions, citing the 6th Amendment and the right to challenge witnesses. For him there are no shades of gray. By David G. Savage, The Los Angeles ... Here is the original post: The Supreme Court’s unlikely friend to criminals

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol cars will be outfitted with computer systems used in Iraq that will enable deputies to respond to calls faster and get data on suspects instantly. By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles ... Here is the original post: Sheriff’s deputies to get battlefield-tested technology

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Spying on insects could help farmers around the world improve their fight against the devastating weevil pest, in banana, potatoes and soybeans, according to scientists. Continue reading here: Radio tagging weevils could help save bananas

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High levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have less of an impact on the rate of global warming than feared, a new study suggests. More: Global warming rate less than feared

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In mid-November, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a special report on extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, floods and heat waves. But its emphasis on the uncertainty of its predictions has enraged scientists and activists alike, just days before the UN Climage Change Conference in Durban. Read the original: UN Extreme Weather Report Triggers Storm...

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The Pacific region is getting hotter, sea levels are rising, rainfall patterns are changing and equatorial winds have weakened, a major report by Australian scientists into the effect of climate change has found. Go here to see the original: Scientists identify higher risk of natural disasters

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Energy secretary talks tough ahead of UN conference in Durban, attacking those pressing for weaker agreement Read this article: Chris Huhne: a new global climate change treaty is not a luxury

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(Reuters) - Time is quickly running out to strike a deal at global climate talks to save a Kyoto Protocol in its death throes and make major cuts in the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists blame for rising temperatures, wilder weather and crop failures. Continued here: Time running out for deal on global warming at climate talks

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UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 24, 2011 (IPS) - Global leaders will gather next week in Durban, South Africa to determine how to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius. This limit would entail de facto agreement to a global carbon budget of no more than 660 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions between now and 2050, climate science says....