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Ladybird spider to be released into new areas by conservationists Read the original post: UK's rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle

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ROME, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Forestry officials with the United Nations said more cooperation is needed on forest management to protect those resources from natural disasters. See original here: U.N. urges forest conservation

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Don't despair: that's the message of a new paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, which argues that decades of conservation actions at multiple scales have had a positive impact for many of the world's endangered species. Read the rest here: The glass is half-full: conservation has made a difference

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National Rifle Association (“NRA”) and the California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation (“CRPAF”) representatives made presentations to the California Fish and Game Commission (“Commission”) at its June 30, 2011 meeting in Stockton, California. The presentations revealed the numerous obstacles frustrating the NRA/CRPAF’s pursuit of underlying data behind taxpayer funded “research” that is being used to advocate proposed lead...

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Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that would have increased costs for employers and opened them to potential liability by... Read more here: Governor Vetoes Costly Employer Mandate

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Many local cities have contracts with private organizations to provide fair housing counseling for residents.  These contracts are intended to provide lower income renters in those cities with a resource for understanding their rights as tenants and avenues for redressing unfair and illegal treatment by landlords. In practice, however, a disturbing trend has emerged.  Under the guise of...

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Small business owners that are struggling to make ends meet sometimes need business loans - or a pawn shop. Pawn shop loans are now something that some business owners are turning to as a result of the tight economy and lack of lending. Pawning is probably easier than getting a bank loan, though the interest rates may be...

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Written by David Greenwald, Monday, 08 August Yolo Judicial Watch has analyzed newly available data on the number of prison inmates by county, and determined that Yolo County has a disproportionately high number of prison inmates compared to its size and crime rate. According to the data, there are 3.95 persons in prison from Yolo County per 1000...

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"NRA-ILA Legal Update" Newsletter Introduced Read more here: "NRA-ILA Legal Update" Newsletter Introduced

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If you offer your employees vacation time, you may be wondering whether and when you can deny a vacation request. To answer this question, you must understand that, while there may be state laws regulating how vacation time accumulates and is compensated, there is no law that requires employers to provide their employees with paid or unpaid time...