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practice is to protect nest trees but it would not be possible to protect 60 acres around nest trees without undermining the project's goals, including forest restoration and public safety.
• Fazio repeated the request May 28 along with photos of the nest and mother she hoped would prompt the agency to "reconsider its decision to not protect this nesting pair and their chicks." She said on Thursday she understood the photos had been forwarded to Forest Service biologists but she had received no additional re

sponse.
• It's not clear if the 9th Circuit will rule by August on the appeal seeking to overturn a U.S. district court ruling in Sacramento denying the John Muir Project's request for an injunction to block the logging. The group says the agency's environmental assessment of the project flies in the face of the latest, best scientific research.
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SD court upholds conviction in 1975 AIM slaying
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Canadian man's murder conviction and life sentence in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement activist, ruling that the state had jurisdiction to prosecute him.
• John Graham was convicted in December 2010 of taking part in the killing of An

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