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The California Supreme Court finally issued its long-awaited ruling on the Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court case regarding the duty of employers to provide meal periods to employees.  At the Court of Appeal level, the Brinker decision held favorably for employers that employers only had a duty to make meal periods available to employees, and that employers...

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You know times are tough when even maids have to get naked for business. But start-ups can learn some valuable lessons from this nude maid service in Lubbock, Texas. Sometimes to make a successful business, all that's required is adding a twist to a common service. But you have to be careful how far you take that twist....

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By Chris Macias – Wednesday, Apr. 18, 2012 Learning to make pastries may have saved Martinez’s life, or at least spared him a stretch in the state penitentiary. In 2005, facing three felony charges, Martinez promised ... Read the original: From gang member to pastry chef, he finds sweet salvation

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Bay City News Service – 04/18/2012 SAN FRANCISCO — A man who drove his SUV into the Bay in San Francisco’s Marina District last month with three teenage passengers inside was acquitted of reckless driving and ... Original post: California – Man who plunged car into bay acquitted of reckless driving charges

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With soaring human populations and rapid climate change putting unprecedented pressure on species, conservationists must look to innovative strategies - from creating migratory corridors to preserving biodiversity hotspots - if we are to prevent countless animals and plants from heading to extinction. See the original post here: As Threats to Biodiversity Grow, Can We Save World's Species?

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BEYIN, Ghana, Apr 18, 2012 (IPS) - Sam Kojo stands in a thigh-high pile of brown seaweed that blankets a beach in western Ghana. Behind him, a decomposing mound of Sargassum stretches down the shore past the fishing village of Beyin. See the original post: Western Ghana's Fisherfolk Starve Amid Algae Infestation

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ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2012) - Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world's coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers. More: Jellyfish On the Rise in World's Coastal Ecosytems

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Scientists say worldwide collections, existing experts and technology make charting 10 million species in less than 50 years achievable; a necessary step to sustain planet's biodiversity. Continued here: Mission critical: species explorers propose steps to map biosphere

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World leaders must promote effective land use methods to mitigate drought, says Luc Gnacadja of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. View post: Rio+20 should make sustainable land use a top priority

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Aerial surveys of a remote area of rainforest along the Colombia-Brazil border have produced the first photographic evidence of uncontacted tribes, according to a conservation group that works to safeguard indigenous territories and culture. Originally posted here: Overflights of remote Colombian rainforest yield first photographic evidence of uncontacted tribes (PHOTOS)