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The Bush administration proposed last week to relax restrictions on aerial gunning and poisoning of “problem” wildlife such as coyotes, foxes, mountain lions and wolves in designated Wilderness areas and Research Natural Areas on Forest Service land. Wilderness and Research Natural Areas are the two most protective land management classifications the Forest Service has, and both were formerly off-limits to predator control programs except in limited circumstances....

UNITE HERE to hold discussion, organize for new campaign named 'Hotel Workers Rising', to lift standards in the hospitality industry here in Sacramento. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 9th, from 1-2PM at the Sierra 2 School, Rom 10 (2791 24th St)...

Independent journalist Josh Wolf was jailed today for refusing to provide video footage to a federal grand jury convened in January. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup denied Wolf's First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment arguments, found him in civil contempt, and ordered him immediately jailed. Wolf, 24, was taken to the Dublin federal detention center, and could remain there until July 2007, for the duration of the grand jury....

Here are the statements of Carlos Villarreal, Director of the Bay Area National Lawyers Guild, and Liz Wolf-Spada, Josh's mother. Six minutes (19MB) and two minutes (5MB) respectively. (More of the press conference later.)...

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NEW YORK – Bloggers - as the feisty class of Internet pundits are known - love to paint themselves as free-speech warriors who bravely tackle the hard truths that mainstream media outlets either ignore or distort. But as the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah raged on and conventional media outlets covered the news from the ground, major players in the liberal blogosphere were keeping, by their own admission, decidedly quiet....

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Josh Wolf, a radical videographer, has refused to turn over his videotapes to the Federal grand jury On Tuesdya August 1 there is a contuation of his contempt hearing, and a San Frnacisco Board of Supervisons meetin where they willl vote on a resolution supporting him....

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to reconsider its April decision to overturn the felony convictions of "Guru of Ganja" Ed Rosenthal of Oakland. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had found juror misconduct — a juror's conversation with an attorney-friend during deliberations — compromised Rosenthal's right to a fair verdict, and so warrants a new trial for the renowned marijuana activist...