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San Francisco made headlines last year by banning plastic bags, and cities across the US and the world are taking similar steps. But a Canadian high school student has approached the problem of plastic waste quite differently- by finding microbes that can make plastic decompose.   [MORE]

Loving was a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia, where the Supreme Court ruled that state laws prohibiting interracial marriage were a violation of the 14th Amendment.   [MORE]

A Detroit archaeology professor brought his 7-year-old son to a Tigers game, and bought him what he thought was regular lemonade. That was, until a security guard spotted the bottle and called child protective services. The boy was taken to the hospital, and then placed in foster care for 2 days before his mother was allowed to regain custody.   [MORE]

Canada's National Post reports on a new study of how private companies can provide disaster relief more effectively than the Federal government.   [MORE]

According to a new report, the national prison population grew by more than 25,000 last year. Now more than 1 in 100 adults in the U.S. are in prison.   [MORE]

In a WSJ article, the former Democratic presidential candidate opines that freedom means responsibility.   [MORE]

A California court has ordered the whistle-blower site Wikileaks.org to be taken down after a lawsuit from a Swiss banking group.

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High-end chains have joined fast-food restaurants in opposing a new regulation passed by the NYC Board of Health, which will to require calorie counts to be posted on menus of any chain with 15 or more locations nationwide.   [MORE]

ABC news reports on two new studies that raise more concerns about biofuel mandates...  [MORE]

President Bush this week declared that he has the power to bypass four laws, including a prohibition against using federal funds to establish permanent US military bases in Iraq, that Congress passed as part of a new defense bill...Bush asserted that four sections of the bill unconstitutionally infringe on his powers, and so the executive branch is not bound to obey them.  [MORE]