The Los Angeles Times – Tina Susman in New York Was Barbara Sheehan a battered wife who shot her husband, a retired police sergeant, in self-defense, or was she a calculating killer determined to collect on his life insurance? After three days of deliberations, a jury Thursday chose…[For full story: http://defender411.us/pmRVEU ] Read the original: Jury accepts battered-wife...
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The Los Angeles Times – Tina Susman in New York Was Barbara Sheehan a battered wife who shot her husband, a retired police sergeant, in self-defense, or was she a calculating killer determined to collect on his life insurance? After three days of deliberations, a jury Thursday chose…[For full story: http://defender411.us/pmRVEU ] Go here to see the original:...
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Within 30 years, the areas where California can grow fine-wine grapes could shrink because of climate change, while little-known growing regions such as Seattle's Puget Sound and Oregon's Willamette Valley see growth, according to one controversial study. The rest is here: Study: Climate change to impact where wine grapes can grow
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Clocks may not be the only thing falling back: That signature autumn change in leaf colors may be drifting further down the calendar. Go here to see the original: Is climate change affecting fall foliage?
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WASHINGTON, DC, October 5, 2011 (ENS) - Some years ago I was traveling through Kenya during a ferocious drought. Crossing a desolate landscape, our truck lurched to a sudden halt. We passengers, all westerners, were mystified until our African driver pointed through the shimmering heat to a small figure trudging toward us. A shepherd had flagged us down....
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Marine biologists say the Atlantic goliath grouper is making a comeback in Florida while remaining critically endangered everywhere else in the world. Go here to read the rest: Fish recovery success story to be studied
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The World Pheasant Association (WPA) has announced that Edwards's Pheasant, endemic to Vietnam, may be extinct in the wild. Read the original: The first pheasant extinction?
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Adolescent girls and women are fundamental to unlocking the full potential of agricultural development and feeding the world, according to Chicago thinktank See the rest here: Girls are key to food security in poor countries, report says
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LONDON - Record-breaking autumn temperatures have attracted hundreds of rare moths to Britain in what experts have called the best migration of the insects in years. See the original post here: Britain attracts rare moths in autumn heatwave
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Varieties of long-lived plants that have been bred to produce fewer viable seed retain the potential to be invasive, despite claims to the contrary, and regardless do not usually 'breed true,' researchers conclude Continued here: 'Non-invasive' cultivar? Buyer beware
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