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APNewsBreak: $9B for storm prep would rethink NYC

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants huge electrical transformers in commercial buildings hauled to upper floors and wants the ability to shutter key tunnels, airports and subways from floodwaters as part of a $9 billion plan to safeguard New York City

Marijuana Soon To Be Legal In Washington State

KHQ.COM - Marijuana is legal in Washington on Dec. 6, but the new state law gives no protection from workplace drug policies. Many employers will continue to rely on tests showing marijuana use — even from weeks ago — rather than on-the-job impairment. Voters this month agreed to

With Egypt's Morsi, US facing a familiar dilemma

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has been here before, praising an Egyptian leader for championing Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts while expressing concern over his commitment to democracy at home. But with options limited, the Obama

Deputies' shooter struggled with mental illness

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIELAssociated Press FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) - The mother of an Alabama man accused of shooting two sheriff's deputies wrote of his increasingly erratic and threatening behavior in three requests to have him placed in mental institutions against his will in recent years,