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the media, and regular people. "Safety ignorance is everywhere," read one newspaper photo caption. • • 3. CHANGES POSSIBLE FOR PART OF U.S. DEPORTATION POLICY • The program that runs people booked for local crimes through a federal immigration database needs "a fresh start," the new Homeland Security secretary says. • • 4. LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST BIG WILDFIRES HELPED THIS TIME AROUND • Communications in the San Diego area have improved, residents are notified more quickly when to evacuate, and more aircraft are available to dump water. • • 5. BOKO HARAM NOW TOP U.S. PRIORITY • The State Department acknowledges it could have acted sooner to designate Nigeria's Boko Haram a foreign terrorist organization. • • 6. A NEW COST-CONTROL STRATEGY IN HEALTH INSURANCE • The Obama administration has OK'd "reference pricing," which lets insurers and employers put a dollar limit on what health plans pay for some expensive procedures. • • 7. PROMOTION FOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER ONCE ACCUSED OF EXCESSIVE FORCE • The commander says he's learned from his mistake in 2002, and says his training and experience help him guide other officers. • • 8. HOSPITAL FOOD THAT'S NOT WHAT USUALLY COMES TO MIND • Dumplings, fried rice, curry -- they're on the menu at some hospitals reaching out to wealthy, foreign-born patients to get their business. • • 9. HOW VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER IS COMMUNICATING WITH CITIZENS • He's sent a text message to millions, via state-owned cellphone operators, about the falling-out with China over an oil rig on disputed waters. • • 10. JAY Z, SOLANGE SAY THEY'VE MOVED PAST ELEVATOR INCIDENT • "We love each other and above all we are family," Beyonce, her rapper impresario husband and her sister say in a statement to AP.
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