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In Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc., the California Supreme Court upheld a long-standing rule that benefits defendants in personal injury lawsuits, finding that plaintiffs could not seek reimbursement for medical charges that they ultimately did not have to pay. In doing so, the Supreme Court rebuked a finding by the Fourth District Court of Appeal (San...

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When one of your workers takes FMLA medical leave , you may be wondering what your rights are as an employer. Do you have to reinstate the employee? The short answer is: yes and no. While employees are generally allowed to take up to a 12-week leave from work to attend to medical or family issues, some employees...

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Secret NYPD documents reveal that its Demographics Unit engages in extensive unconstitutional racial and religious profiling in violation of the First and Fourth Amendments.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - In central and western Kenya, farmers have had a bumper crop of plump ears of corn and earthy potatoes. Yet in the north, skeletal children wait for food aid amid a growing emergency. Kenya is supposed to be East Africa's economic powerhouse but a drought has sharply highlighted the historical neglect of northern Kenya,...

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - In central and western Kenya, farmers have had a bumper crop of plump ears of corn and earthy potatoes. Yet in the north, skeletal children wait for food aid amid a growing emergency. Kenya is supposed to be East Africa's economic powerhouse but a drought has sharply highlighted the historical neglect of northern Kenya,...

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Conservationists have raised concerns that a livestock drug banned in India because it was pushing vultures to the brink of extinction is still being sold. Link: Banned livestock drug continues to threaten India's vultures, conservationists warn

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Conservationists have raised concerns that a livestock drug banned in India because it was pushing vultures to the brink of extinction is still being sold. Visit link: Banned livestock drug continues to threaten India's vultures, conservationists warn

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Australia's gums could hold the key to an environmentally friendly aviation sector.A consortium of companies is taking action by using eucalypt trees to develop a commercial biofuel for the Australian aviation industry. Excerpt from: Plane biofuel to be made from eucalypt

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Australia's gums could hold the key to an environmentally friendly aviation sector.A consortium of companies is taking action by using eucalypt trees to develop a commercial biofuel for the Australian aviation industry. Read more: Plane biofuel to be made from eucalypt

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For the first time, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have demonstrated that forest trees have the ability to tap into nitrogen found in rocks, boosting the trees' growth and their ability to pull more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. More here: Bedrock Nitrogen May Help Forests Buffer Climate Change, Study Finds