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An increasing number of people have set up home businesses that allow them to sell homemade goods, but with sales occurring on a hyperlocal basis and over the Internet, few consider the legality of their actions. As shown by recent stories of officials shuttering lemonade stands , there are a number of prerequisites one must meet before selling...

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"[T]hese observations show ... that the stimulation of the endocannabinoid system could be protective against the hyper-excitability developed during alcohol withdrawal" Caen, France: The administration of the synthetic cannabinoid agonist HU-211 decreases nerve cell death in an in vitro model of ethanol withdrawal, according to data published online in the journal of the Public Library of Science (...

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Berkeley, CA: Former United States Labor Secretary Robert Reich voiced his strong support for ending the criminal prohibition of cannabis during an online forum. Reich was asked by an audience member, "If you could eliminate a single federal regulation and replace it with some other regulation (or nothing at all), what would it be and why?" He responded...

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Kalamazoo, MI: Kalamazoo voters will decide this November on a municipal initiative that seeks to make marijuana law enforcement the city's "lowest priority." The proposed amendment to Kalamazoo's city charter seeks to make the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana by adults age 21 the city's lowest law enforcement priority. The initiative is modeled after a...

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By DAVID OVALLE, The Miami Herald Another lawyer has been booted from a state-funded criminal defense office, bringing the total to three in the past few days. The abrupt terminations plunged the Miami-Dade Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel into turmoil. Rene Palomino, 52, was fired Wednesday, joining attorneys Eugene Zenobi and Kellie Peterson, two death...

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Editorial – The Sacramento Bee - September 7, 2011 If prisoner realignment is to become more than the latest California exercise in passing the buck (while keeping the bucks), state officials must step up with a constitutional commitment to funding. There are two ways to break a promise: all at once, short and to the point, perhaps with a...

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PA: Sunday Hunting Hearing Set for Sept. 15th Go here to read the rest: PA: Sunday Hunting Hearing Set for Sept. 15th

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Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard - Posted: 09/07/2011 02:00:49 AM PDT With a newly appointed attorney, a 20-year-old Garberville man pleaded not guilty to felony assault Tuesday, five days after allegedly attacking his deputy public defender in the Humboldt County jail. Jesse James Petty, who is being held in jail while waiting to stand trial on a charge of attempted murder...

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Whether you formed a Limited Liability Company or an S-Corporation, aside from the tax advantages, chances are you incorporated with the purpose of warding off personal liability in the event that your business gets sued. But did you know that the liability protection afforded by incorporation is not ironclad? If a plaintiff can show that a corporation exists...

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School is back on, which means your teen workers may soon be hitting the books again. Small businesses that employ teenagers should heed teen worker laws and understand some basic teen hiring regulations. After all, you don't want to accidentally run afoul of federal and state labor laws. Businesses should be aware that teen employment laws vary depending...