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Porterville retailers allege open meetings violation in agreement between city and Indian tribe

donal brown October 21, 2010

A group of Porterville retailers claim that the city council violated the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, when they made an agreement in closed session with the Tule River Indian Tribe. -db The Porterville Recorder October 21, 2010 By Denise Madrid A Cooperative Agreement made nearly six months ago during closed session between the City of Porterville and the Tule River Indian Tribe is being called into question by the Coalition of Retailers

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Secrecy holds for inventions increase

donal brown October 21, 2010

Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood argues that the trend toward placing more and more inventions under secrecy orders is detrimental as a closed procedure without external review. He says increased secrecy hurts rather than enhances national security. -db Secrecy News Opinion October 21, 2010 By Steven Aftergood There were 5,135 inventions that were under secrecy orders at the end of Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told Secrecy News last week. It’s a

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California Supreme Court rejects appeal of mall attempting to curtail speech

donal brown October 21, 2010

A Northern California shopping mall lost its bid to stop a pastor from addressing shoppers about topics other than shopping. The appellate decision held that the state constitution protected “peaceful, consensual, spontaneous conversations between strangers.” -db San Francisco Chronicle October 21, 2010 By Bob Egelko The state Supreme Court rejected a shopping mall’s challenge Wednesday to a ruling that allows people at the mall – a pastor, in this case – to approach strangers and

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Europe losing ground in fight for press freedom

donal brown October 21, 2010

The 2010 World Press Freedom Index shows that while Europe claims some of the highest rated countries for press freedom, many other countries in Europe rank near the bottom. -db MediaShift Commentary October 21, 2010 By Clothilde Le Coz Reporters Without Borders yesterday released its 2010 World Press Freedom Index. Thirteen of the EU’s 27 members are in the top 20 in terms of press freedoms, but some of the other EU nations are very

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Arizona teachers claim law against Mexican-American studies unconstitutional

donal brown October 21, 2010

Teachers in the Tucson Unified School District are citing their free speech rights in suing in federal court to prevent the state from enacting a law that punishes the district’s  schools for  having a Mexican-American Studies Department. -db Courthouse News Service October 21, 2010 By Tim Hull TUCSON, Ariz. (CN) – Arizona has enacted an unconstitutional law that chills speech and will cut 10 percent of the money due to Tucson’s public schools unless the

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