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WASHINGTON, D.C. July 1, 2011 - The US Sentencing Commission's unanimous vote on June 30, 2011, to make new federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines retroactive, is consistent with internationally recognized human rights principles, Human Rights Wat...

July 1, 2011 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lauded the world's leading international convention on environment and human rights as a powerful tool for environmental protection and the promotion of civil rights, saying the instrument also helped ...

July 1, 2011 - A United Nations human rights expert warned today that a newly passed Salvadorian law requiring the country's Supreme Court decisions to be unanimous could undermine the independence of the judiciary. Gabriela Knaul, the UN Special Rapp...

July 1, 2011 - Southern California Edison (SCE) recently completed work to upgrade the walls of the dam at South Lake Reservoir – just in time for the summer recreation season. The South Lake Reservoir upgrade involved the installation of a new liner...

July 1, 2011 - Today, 12 jurors in Charlotte, N.C., found anti-abortion extremist leader Flip Benham guilty of criminally stalking a Charlotte-area physician who performs abortions. This is the second time Benham, who is director of Operation Rescue/Op...

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July 2, 2011 - The rejection by the U.S. Supreme Court of California's video game law was a welcome victory for free speech, but a frustrating defeat for the protection of young people. In striking down the 2005 law - that was never actually implement...

June 30, 2011 - How easy is it to falsify memory? New research at the Weizmann Institute shows that a bit of social pressure may be all that is needed. The study, which appears Friday in Science, reveals a unique pattern of brain activity when false me...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2011 -- The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today announced that it will hold a series of workshops and Public Participation Hearings regarding AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. The events are as follows: ...

July 1, 2011 - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) on demolishing and removing the Stanislaus Afterbay Dam on the upper arm of the Stanislaus River, approximately 12 miles east of Angels Camp, Calif., be...