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The insurgency's assault on Kadafi's forces dug in at the strategic oil city of Port Brega has overwhelmed the small staff of doctors and nurses at a nearby hospital.
Nearly 68,500 pot plants valued at $205.46 million are rooted out in the Pine Mountain area of Los Padres National Forest. It's the largest seizure in the Ventura County sheriff's jurisdiction.
House Republicans press ahead with the measure that would raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending at 18% of the nation's GDP. Obama has said he would veto such a bill.
Assistant Commissioner John Yates resigns less than a day after his boss, Paul Stephenson, quit amid the spreading police bribery and phone-hacking scandal.

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