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...since courts had already struck down similar laws in Georgia, South Carolina and neighboring Missouri (where similar billboards dot a stretch of I-70 near Boonville). Kansas' law was in fact identical to Missouri's, Six noted, and the Missouri law was held unconstitutional by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "Given the state's budget challenges, it would be fiscally irresponsible to continue litigation that has very little chance of success," Six said, adding that his decision would prevent Kansans from being "on the hook" to pay the fees of Lion's Den's lawyers. Under Kansas' agreement...
Mexico also struggles with corruption among prison officials, some of whom are susceptible to the influence of their prisoners - especially the traffickers from the multi-billion dollar narcotics industry. For example, the escape of the 53 prisoners at Zacatecas was clearly an inside job: a closed circuit video showed guards sitting and watching as the escapees marched out of the cells into the waiting convoy. The warden and several guards have since been arrested, though they have yet to be charged. Many of the escapees were members of the Zetas, a feared drug paramilitary based over the border from Texas...
...baseball duo of a batter and pitcher that can throw 90% of its pitches in the strike zone. And while the majority of Japanese robotic inventions - from the dazzling to the horrifying -have largely been unable to break into the mass market, Japanese scientists aren't likely to short-circuit their robotic ambitions anytime soon: Robotic technology plays a larger role in Japan than anywhere else in the world. (See the top 10 Japanese robots...
...would prompt a rise in dopamine levels in the brain's reward system. Researchers think that's where baclofen cuts in: by binding to the GABA-B receptor in the brain, it modulates this system and prevents the release of dopamine in response to cues. That appears to short-circuit cravings...
...businesses - the high-salary R&D and management divisions - at home. San says the government's vision is to turn Taiwan into an operations center for Chinese industry by supplying technical and manufacturing expertise. There are some early indications Ma's strategy might work. Sun Ta-wen, chairman of circuit-board-parts maker Taiflex Scientific in the southern city of Kaohsiung, had planned to shift more production to China to improve efficiency, despite his fear that his company's intellectual property would be stolen. But better transport links have cut shipping costs and reduced travel time, so Sun has decided...