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Valero Working Overtime to Stop Climate-Change Legislationnew

Move over Koch Brothers, San Antonio's Valero Energy wants to keep the future oily.

San Antonio Current | Robert Crowe | 01-18-2012 | Environment

Tags: Valero, Oil industry

Medical Marijuana Crackdown in Southern Californianew

Feds move to take assets of four dispensaries in Orange and L.A. counties.

L.A. Weekly | Dennis Romero | 01-18-2012 | Drugs

Tags: Medical Marijuana, MMJ, L.A. Medical Marijuana

Marco Rubio Withdraws Support for PIPAnew

Florida Senator Marco Rubio — who co-sponsored the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act, known as PIPA — wrote today that, having "heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet," he has "decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act."

The American Independent News Network | Marcos Restrepo | 01-18-2012 | Policy Issues

Tags: Marco Rubio, SOPA, PIPA

The End of Ethnic Studies in Tucson?new

Confusion reigns after the Tucson Unified School District board votes to eliminate ethnic studies.

Tucson Weekly | Mari Herreras | 01-18-2012 | Education

Tags: mexican american studies, tucson ethnic studies, tucson mexican-american studies

Gil Scott-Heron: The Last Holiday: A Memoirnew

Gil Scott-Heron’s memoir isn’t intimate, but it casts him in a new light nevertheless.

Baltimore City Paper | Pierre Bennu | 01-18-2012 | Nonfiction

Tags: Gil Scott-Heron

Traveling Bands Do Not Crossnew

How music industry rules are blocking artists from playing in Oakland.

East Bay Express | Ellen Cushing and Rachel Swan | 01-18-2012 | Music

Tags: Live Music in Oakland

Obama Violates His Own Dictates on MMJnew

Pot shop seizure letters decried by National Cannabis Industry Association.

Westword | Michael Roberts | 01-17-2012 | Drugs

Tags: Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana in Colorado

Occupy Americanew

A proposal for the future of the Occupy movement.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Steven T. Jones, Tim Redmond and Yael Chanoff | 01-17-2012 | #OCCUPY

Tags: Occupy Wall Street, #OCCUPY, Occupy Movement, Occupy America

New Orleans' Pit Bull Problemnew

According to local animal rescue groups, New Orleans' pit bull population is one of the country's largest, per capita.

Gambit | Alex Woodward | 01-17-2012 | Animal Issues

Tags: Pit Bulls, Pit Bulls in New Orleans

Cider Buzznew

The apple's hard stuff makes a comeback.

Seven Days | Kathryn Flagg | 01-17-2012 | Food+Drink

Tags: Apple Cider, Hard Cider

Beyonce, Nicki, and Merrill Get Optimisticnew

Finding the bright side of 2011.

The Village Voice | Maura Johnston | 01-17-2012 | Music

Tags: Bon Iver, Beyonce, Merrill Garbus, Nicki Minaj

States Push Back on Citizens United Rulingnew

A California Assembly member is pushing a bill to ensure that corporate entities making political donations are required to at least disclose those contributions. Other states have taken even bolder steps.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Lisa Carmack | 01-17-2012 | Politics

Tags: Campaign Finance, Super PAC, Citizens United ruling