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Asking whether hookah bars are illegal may seem like a silly question given the massive proliferation of such establishments in the last decade. However, you might be surprised to know that many hookah bars are, in fact, operating illegally under state, county, and/or city laws. With smoking laws varying between jurisdictions and local governments strapped for cash, the...

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By Josh Richman – Oakland Tribune - Updated: 08/29/2011 04:00:46 PM PDT With an East Bay lawmaker’s death-penalty abolition bill withdrawn for lack of legislative support, its backers Monday announced a 2012 ballot measure campaign — but with a new wrinkle. In addition to abolishing the death penalty, the measure would draw $100 million from the state’s General Fund...

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By Sam Stanton – The Sacramento Bee – August 29, 2011 Opponents of the state’s death penalty announced a new effort Monday aimed at getting an initiative before voters next year that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life without parole. The effort uses the enormous costs of California’s death penalty as a sales point...

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By DON THOMPSON - The Associated Press, August 29, 2011 SACRAMENTO A former Los Angeles County district attorney joined an effort to end California’s death penalty Monday, backing an initiative proposed for the November 2012 ballot that would replace capital punishment with life prison terms. “The death penalty in California is broken and it is unfixable,” Gil Garcetti said at...

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The London Stock Exchange is to welcome thousands of new worker drones next month, by introducing bees to its rooftop in the City. See original here: Stripe-suited workers create a new buzz at stock exchange

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When it comes to weaning the world's motorists off their addiction to fossil fuel, few would have bet on finding part of the solution in the pungent depths of elephant droppings and a Swiss compost heap. See the article here: How elephants could solve the biofuel problem

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Musanze - A local conservation organisation, Rwanda Afforestation Support Program (PAREF), has called upon local authorities to monitor public forests to avert degradation by encroachers. Read the rest here: Rwanda: Forest Cover On the Increase

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Dentists are offering free treatment to patients who oppose illegal logging. Stanley Johnson visits an award-winning clinic to find out more Continued here: How dentists are saving Borneo's rainforest

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Wildlife flocks back to waterways across England and Wales as new regulations have seen water quality improve dramatically More: Rivers the healthiest in a generation due to stricter pollution controls

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2011) - Preserving just 4 percent of the ocean could protect crucial habitat for the vast majority of marine mammal species, from sea otters to blue whales, according to researchers at Stanford University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. View post: Preserving 4 Percent of the Ocean Could Protect Most Marine Mammal Species, Study...