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Undercover for animals (San Mateo Daily Journal)

Ken McCloud found himself entering a man’s car in a dark alley in 1979 before heading to a warehouse full of smuggled reptiles for sale in South Carolina where the seller would put a revolver to his head and threaten death if McCloud were a cop — he was.

Batts, Caplan honored by Anti-Defamation League (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

The Anti-Defamation League hosted its inaugural Civil Rights Black-tie Gala at the Museum of Latin American Art on Oct. 26. There were more than 250 guests at the gala that honored Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts and Frieda Rapoport Caplan, founder and chair of Frieda's, Inc. The event raised approximately $80,000.

Outdoors column: How uncommon is white shark? (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

The white shark, the famed Carcharodon Carcharias or Great White, is well-known for its migratory habits of roaming cold-water oceans in areas such as South Africa and - in the United States - off the coast of New England and California. For a fearsome white shark to be encountered or documented off the more temperate Southeast Coast, specifically the South Carolina coast, is exceptionally rare. ...

Weather makes employers make payroll decisions (South Sound Business Examiner)

It's what some are calling the storm of the decade and it seems out of place in the Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the storm is here and businesses are having to make unfamiliar payroll decisions.For example, should employees who can't leave their houses due to the snow be docked a day's pay? Must the employer treat salaried and hourly employees differently? Are employees allowed to make up work ...

State diciplines health care professionals (South Sound Business Examiner)

The state Department of Health has revoked or suspended the licenses, certifications or registrations of health care providers in Washington. The department has also immediately suspended the credentials of people who have been prohibited from practicing in other states. In Lewis County, the state summarily suspended the license of pharmacist Alvin Fitzgerald. His license to practice pharmacy ...