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Is California's ballot initiative process broken? Lawmakers think so.

California's ballot-initiative process has roiled that state for 100 years. Legislators are now proposing reforms to bring it under control.
If Proposition 23 passes, will other greenhouse-gas laws fall?

California's 2008 law to limit greenhouse-gas emissions is seen as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's biggest achievement. If it is undone by Proposition 23, other similar laws could follow, experts say.
Same-sex marriage before California Supreme Court

The court must rule in 90 days on the legality of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage.
Voters say yes to state taxes, no to antiabortion measures

More than 150 ballot initiatives – on issues from gay marriage to renewable energy – were decided Tuesday.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.