Land is any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property. Land comprises a particular segment of the earth's crust and can be defined in specific terms. The location of the land is extremely important in determining land...

Land-use control is a relatively new concept. For most of human history, it was assumed that people could do whatever they wished with their own property. However, societies have usually recognized that the way an individual uses private property can...

Land use is the human modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. The major effect of land use on land cover since 1750 has been deforestation of temperate regions.[1] More recent...

Election 2000 COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 14 Land use, jail overcrowding key issues in race between LaPorte, Mokros By MIKE JOHNSON of the Journal Sentinel staff Sunday, March 12, 2000 Jail overcrowding, traffic and land-use matters are the key...

LAND USE LAND MINES Communities start to see the reality of growth law that aims for more planning in future land use By MICHELE DERUS of the Journal Sentinel staff Sunday, June 2, 2002 Madison -- Wisconsin communities have grown...

In a ruling favorable to an inmate who sued after a Virginia prison denied his request for kosher meals, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a federal law that protects the religious rights of incarcerated people.The state of Virginia had challenged the federal Religious...

Melvin B. Lane, former publisher of Sunset magazine and a Stanford University trustee, died Saturday of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 85.Lane, former co-owner and publisher of Lane Publishing Co. and Sunset Magazine and Books, was a major force at his alma mater, playing...