Judge says wildlife refuge hunts illegal
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Dozens of wildlife refuges could be closed to hunters after a federal judge ruled that the government never considered the consequences of steadily expanding hunting rights for six years.
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YARMOUTH, N.S. (CP) - Lobster traps that were to be used as evidence in an illegal fishing case burned on a federal wharf early Monday in a fire that authorities say was suspicious.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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Three conservation groups sued the federal government Wednesday hoping to block Arctic petroleum development through protections for a rare loon that breeds in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 5 -- Using language that suggests they are fed up with the Bush administration, federal judges across the West have issued a flurry of rulings in recent weeks, chastising the government for repeated and sometimes willful failure to enforce laws protecting fish, forests, wildlife and...
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A federal judge in Colorado has ordered the US Fish and Wildlife Service to re-evaluate the status of Yellowstone cutthroat trout and whether the fish should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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The practice of stopping people at New  England's main airport and detaining them for questioning based  on their behavior is unconstitutional and must be stopped, the  American Civil Liberties Union said in a lawsuit filed on  Wednesday.
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A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.
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Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
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A court in Indonesia has ruled that the detention of five executives of an American gold-mining company over a pollution scare was illegal.
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A New York tiger owner was jailed on  Thursday for keeping his wild feline in his Harlem apartment by  a judge who said he was too dangerous to be on the street.
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Court rules president's suspension of judge illegal.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A federal judge on Friday struck down a ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, calling it a "prejudged, political" move that sought to exclude the vehicles from all national parks...
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A federal judge has blocked the Bush administration from allowing development on 50 million acres of backcountry.
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Two provisions of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge rules Wednesday.
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An Indonesian court says the detention of five US gold-mining company executives over a pollution scare was illegal.
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DOUGLAS, Arizona  - A plan to fence off a third of   the U.S. border to stop illegal immigration from Mexico may   harm migration routes used by animals including rare birds and   jaguars, environmentalists and U.S. authorities warn.