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Plastic bags to be banned in LA
May 25, 2012In what seems to be part of a steadily increasing effort to find, Los Angeles will become the largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores.
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Activists abuzz over Bayer’s bee killing
May 23, 2012Some 90+ activists gathered in San Pablo Park in West Berkeley, California, near where one of the Bayer facilities was located, to protest the company's insect-killing.
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In the “other Chicago,” mental health patients out of options
May 23, 2012Millions gathered in the Windy City for the NATO summit. But over in the "other Chicago" - the inner city, Latino and African American-majority neighborhoods, people are suffering.
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Drink coffee, live longer?
May 22, 2012Some positive science to report: drinking coffee keeps the Grim Reaper away-at lease for a while longer.
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Striking Red Cross workers’ life blood on the line
May 22, 2012"Working at a site without air on a 90-degree day and trying to keep my staff and donors from passing out was part of my daily challenge."
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