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A realistic Dream Act for all

Only in the bitter partisanship of our moment could Texas Governor Rick Perry be denounced because he expressed compassion. In the most recent Republican presidential debate, Perry was hammered for supporting a Texas law that allows illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition discounts at public universities. Now he has apologized for saying those who oppose helping illegals attend college “have no heart.”

California's September revenue misses target

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California's revenue for September missed the state's budget projection by $301.6 million, raising the prospect that spending cuts could be triggered early next year, the state controller said on Monday.
A man lies on a tanning bed during a session in a tanning salon in Shanghai

State bans use of tanning beds by minors

Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
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California Bans Under-18s From Using Tanning Beds

Califiornia children and youths under the age of 18 will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds under a bill Gov. Jerry Brown signed Sunday prohibiting minors from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
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California bans use of tanning beds by minors

Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
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California Tightens Olive Oil Labeling Rules

California's burgeoning olive oil producers are counting on a newly enacted state labeling law to persuade more consumers that American brands are more virginal than their imported rivals.
Newly sworn Gov. Jerry Brown of California. Consumer advocates are urging Brown to push for tighter health insurer regulation.

California law fights regulation with regulation

In an odd twist, California business groups applauded Governor Jerry Brown for signing legislation on Thursday to create a new layer of government regulation they say will lessen the burdens imposed by future regulations.
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California to end food stamp fingerprinting

Low-income Californians will no longer need to be fingerprinted when they apply for food stamp assistance, under legislation signed into law on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown.
A shark is seen swimming in an aquarium on the Spanish island of Mallorca

2011: A Good Time to be a Shark?

The Marshall Islands, a tiny nation of atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, has now become something of a Mecca for marine scientists, particularly those who study sharks. On Tuesday, the island nation passed a bill creating the world's largest sanctuary for sharks.
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California Governor Jerry Brown Prevents Ban on Male Circumcision

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill preventing local authorities from banning the practice of male circumcision. The bill, which takes effect immediately, comes in the wake of an effort by a San Francisco group opposed to male circumcision to enforce a city-wide ban of the practice in a November ballot measure.
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UC Berkeley Bake Sale: Opposition Building

UC Berkeley's provocative bake sale by Republican students, a poke in the eye of the university's politically correct establishment that recalls the school's free speech legacy, has sparked top-down opposition from university officials and student government leaders.
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Bake Sale's Racial Pricing Rocks Campus

Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.

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